Animal feed

Animal feed

Of or relating to the food products given to farmed animals.

Industry: Agriculture

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Electro-hydraulic servo valve

Agriculture; Animal feed

A directional type valve which receives a variable or controlled electrical signal and which controls or metres hydraulic flow.

Elevator

Agriculture; Animal feed

A building or terminal where grain is elevated and transferred to an alternate mode of transportation (e.g. truck to rail, rail to ship).

Feedstock

Agriculture; Animal feed

A material used as a raw material in an industrial process.

Any variety of corn that is grown extensively in large fields primarily for livestock feed, as contrasted with the horticultural varieties, such as sweet corn or popcorn. Most field corn is of the ...

Philtre

Agriculture; Animal feed

A device whose primary function is the retention by a porous media of insoluble contaminants from a fluid.

Feed conversion

Agriculture; Animal feed

Units of production (lb or kg weight gain) per unit of feed fed (lb or kg weight of feed fed) during a specified time period.

Feed efficiency

Agriculture; Animal feed

The amount of feed required to produce one unit of product, such as pounds (kg) of feed to produce one pound (kg) body weight gain, or one pound (kg) of milk or one dozen eggs. Also referred to as ...