New range of poultry feeds developed in Carmarthen
A new range of bulk poultry feeds is now available from Wynnstay’s feed mill at Carmarthen after the company has invested in new milling equipment at the site. The feed mill at Travellers Rest was purpose built in 1981 to supply compound animal feeds to the region’s dairy and livestock producers. But an ongoing programme of investment and improvement works means that the mill is now able to produce bulk poultry feeds as well as a range of blended animal feeds. “We are currently in the process of investing £250,000 at the site to increase output and reduce energy consumption,” explains Wynne Jones, operations manager at the mill. Key to the site’s energy savings is a new inverter which controls the speed of the mill’s grinders and allows the milling speed to be automatically adjusted or shut-down according to workload. New product transfer equipment has also been installed to increase the site’s overall output capacity and to further reduce energy consumption. “As part of that programme...