How a poultry farm in Zhytomyr region reduces costs thanks to its own compound feed **Note:** The translation provided is faithful to the original text, maintaining the key details and structure.

In Popilnya, located in the Zhytomyr region, a local poultry farm has implemented its own compound feed production line, which has allowed the enterprise to halve the costs of egg production. Thanks to this decision, the farm houses 260,000 hens under one roof and demonstrates an effective cost-saving model for the industry. This is reported by AgroReview. Own compound feed: the path to financial stability The main cost in poultry farming is feed, which constitutes up to 65% of the cost of an egg or poultry meat. Traditionally, farms purchase ready-made compound feed at a price of 7,000–9,000 UAH per ton, paying additional costs to intermediaries. In Popilnya, they decided to change the approach: they installed their own production line, which allows them to prepare compound feed from their own and purchased grain. The cost of corn for production is 4,500–5,000 UAH per ton, which provides savings of up to 4,000 UAH on each ton of feed. Given the scale of the farm, this allows them ...