Feeding trough – not a trifle

Can any equipment on the farm be singled out as the most important? It would probably be wrong. Because every element of the life support system is indispensable. Feeders are often overlooked as much as ventilation and microclimate, but they determine whether the birds are full, how feed is consumed, and how many unnecessary costs are incurred not by the livestock, but by the floor. And when there are problems with food sticking, spilling, and uneven access to feed on the farm, it becomes clear that the feeder is not a trivial matter, but an engineering tool that either helps save the farmer or, conversely, takes away part of the profit. When it comes to a constructive approach, attention to detail, and a guarantee of results, Italian-made River feeders, already well-known to Ukrainian producers, take the lead. One of the biggest expenses in industrial poultry farming is feed loss. And even a 2-3% saving is already tens of thousands of hryvnias per year. So what kind of feeder ...