Uzbekistan 1T/H Floating Fish Feed Plant And 1-2TPH Extruded Cattle Feed Plant

Why choose to make fish feed and cattle feed at the same time? The plan of killing two birds with one stone

Unlike many traditional single livestock and poultry farmers, Abdullah realized very early that Uzbekistan has obvious seasonality in its breeding structure. Cattle are mainly slaughtered in spring and summer, and are mostly kept indoors in autumn and winter, requiring high-protein and high-energy pellet feed.

On the other hand, there has been a wave of courtyard pond fish farming in the vicinity of Tashkent in recent years. Many small farmers have even transformed abandoned ponds and old brick factory puddles in the village into small fish ponds, and the demand for black carp, carp, crucian carp, etc. has gradually increased.

The demand for floating fish feed by fish pond owners and small aquaculture cooperatives is also rising, but due to the scale and formula restrictions of local feed factories, many people cannot find suitable suppliers.

"If I can make cattle feed myself and fish feed by the way, I can sell the unused ones to nearby fish farms and friends, which is definitely more cost-effective than transporting bags from the city." Abdullah frankly expressed this plan during his first communication with the technical consultant of RICHI Machinery.

It was this simple idea that gave birth to the later landing of this 1 ton/hour floating fish feed production line and 1-2 tons/hour extruded cattle feed production line.

Where do the raw materials for this project come from?

To make this floating fish & cattle feed flant in Uzbekistan run smoothly, raw materials are the first factor. Although Uzbekistan is a landlocked country, its agricultural foundation is relatively solid, especially around Tashkent, where silage corn, alfalfa, cottonseed meal, wheat bran, and sunflower meal are all common feed raw materials.

Abdullah's cattle feed formula mainly uses locally produced corn flour, wheat bran, and alfalfa dry powder, and then mixes a certain proportion of cottonseed meal and a small amount of imported premixes; as for fish feed, because floating feed requires a higher protein content, he chooses to purchase soybean meal, a small amount of fish meal, and carbohydrate raw materials such as corn and wheat bran locally, and adds oil and compound vitamins and minerals to improve floating properties and nutritional balance.

"Extruded" cattle feed: a small process "adventure"

One of the biggest features of this floating fish & cattle feed flant in Uzbekistan is the use of extrusion technology in the cattle feed link. Unlike the conventional ring die pelletizer to press cattle feed pellets, Abdullah decided to use a 90kw single screw extruder that is common with fish feed to make cattle feed after many discussions with the RICHI team.

This seemingly "non-mainstream" approach is actually behind Abdullah's careful consideration: the puffed feed not only has a higher starch maturation rate under high temperature and high pressure, but is also easier to digest and absorb, and is more friendly to cattle intestines. At the same time, because the expansion capacity is highly flexible, he can convert this animal feed production line into the main fish feed production line in the off-season to improve equipment utilization.

After trial production, Abdullah's extruded cattle feed pellets can reach a diameter of about 8mm, with a more uniform density and a longer storage period than conventional pellets. Although this innovative approach is not popular in the local area, it has brought good feeding feedback. His first batch of customers are several other cattle farmers in the village. After trying it, everyone said that the cattle have good feeding habits and the feces are more ideal.

What equipment is used in this feed line?

In order to meet the needs of flexible switching between fish feed and cattle feed, this 1 ton floating fish feed + 1-2 tons cattle livestock feed production line has a simple overall layout, but RICHI has put a lot of effort into the details. From the signing of the contract on August 7, 2017 to the installation and commissioning and formal production in 2019, Abdullah has invested a total budget of about US$70,000.

The main animal feed mill machines includes: a 37kw cattle feed coarse crusher, a 500kg/batch horizontal mixer, a 90kw dry type fish feed extruder (also used as fish feed), a feed dryer, SKLN11*11 countercurrent cooler, a vibrating screen, an oil injection unit, an automatic packaging scale, and a 1 ton/hour steam boiler system.

This entire set of configurations was provided by RICHI and technicians were sent on-site for guidance. It took 2 months to complete the installation. The main body of the plant is only 7.5 meters long, 7 meters wide, and 7.7 meters high. It occupies a compact area and is very suitable for independent farmers like Abdullah.

Who will the produced feed be sold to? Use or sell?

According to the designed capacity, Abdullah's floating fish & cattle feed flant in Uzbekistan can stably produce up to 8-10 tons of feed per day. The diameter of fish feed particles is 1-2mm, and the diameter of cattle feed is large particles of 8mm.

His own pond needs about 40 tons of floating fish feed a year, and the 50 fattening cattle in the cowshed need about 80 tons of expanded pellet cattle feed every year. About 70% is for personal use, and the remaining 30% is sold to small fish pond owners and individual cattle farmers in the surrounding area through the village cooperative.

In recent years, encouraged by the "import substitution" policy, the domestic demand for high-quality feed in Uzbekistan has increased significantly. Abdullah also plans to gradually register his own brand after stable production, and package the excess fish feed and cattle feed into 20kg small bags and sell them to small aquaculture farmers in the suburbs of Tashkent.

What does this production line mean to Uzbek farmers?

When the RICHI team was working on this case, they took Abdullah to visit several other similar feed factory projects in Uzbekistan. As of the end of 2020, RICHI has completed 24 large and small animal feed factory projects in the local area, of which 18 are complete production lines and 6 are single-machine equipment, covering chicken feed, cattle feed, laying hen feed, broiler feed, poultry feed, fish feed, livestock feed, etc.

Abdullah has also strengthened his confidence: compared with simple breeding, making feed by himself and mastering core raw materials and formulas can not only reduce costs and increase efficiency, but also catch the express train of the local agriculture transition to scale and mechanization.

More importantly, floating fish feed is not popular in Uzbekistan. Most small pond owners still rely on imports or bulk feed, and nutrient waste and water pollution problems exist all year round. Localized floating feed supply like Abdullah just fills this gap, allowing more farmers to use standardized, highly puffed, and high floating granular feed at a reasonable cost.

Trust and cooperation behind a small farm in Uzbekistan

Abdullah said frankly when asked why he chose RICHI: "At the beginning, I also looked at other manufacturers. Some equipment prices were indeed lower, but they either could not produce extruded cattle feed or the follow-up services could not keep up. RICHI gave me a very solid feeling from production qualifications to technical reserves, construction team, and even later formula support."

In the first year after production, Abdullah's floating fish & cattle feed flant in Uzbekistan helped him save about 15% of feed procurement costs, and the homemade floating feed also increased the survival rate of his own fish pond by about 10%.

This small farm has now attracted more small retail households in the surrounding area to learn and come to him to customize feed, step by step turning "self-use" into "self-making and self-selling", quietly driving the local micro-feed industry boom.

Written at the end: If you are also thinking about change

In Uzbekistan, whether it is a small farm like Abdullah or a newly established breeding cooperative, if you want to improve your risk resistance and profit margins, mastering the source of high-quality feed is undoubtedly the most direct choice.

RICHI Machinery, with its many years of overseas experience and flexible and diverse equipment solutions, is helping more and more farmers, like Abdullah, to transform from a simple buyer of feed to a feed manufacturer who has the initiative.

If you want to be like Abdullah, even if you only start with a few tons, as long as there is demand, RICHI can help you turn the blueprint into reality step by step from design, selection to installation training. Whether it is floating fish feed, extruded cattle feed, or chicken, duck and sheep, all kinds of pellets can be customized.

Abdullah's story may be just a microcosm of the transformation of countless small farms, but with good equipment and reliable partners, even the smallest farms have the opportunity to burst out new possibilities.

This is the story of a small floating fish & cattle feed flant in Uzbekistan, and it is also one of the real microcosms of what is happening around the world with RICHI Machinery. Looking forward to the next case, that is you.

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