Water is the cheapest feed ingredient, so as a feed manufacturer you want maximum amount of it in your recipe. However, every ingredient has its own moisture content and this often varies. Modern technologies make it possible to check an ingredient’s moisture level and adjust the processing parameters to the maximum allowable moisture content.
This article can also be found at Feed Tech, volume 9, no.
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Keywords: Feed moisture, microwave monitoring,
Hydromix, Intelscan, moisture control