B&W Feeds provides mobile mill-and-mix services for commercial livestock farms across Southern England.

Our specialist vehicles process suitable cereals and pulses directly on the customer's farm. Complementary ingredients, including proteins, minerals, oils and supplements, can then be incorporated according to the agreed ration.

The finished feed is mixed on site and discharged into the farm's chosen storage arrangement, which may include bins, tote bags, trailers or a suitable floor or storage area.

Using Your Farm's Own Crops

Mobile mill-and-mix enables suitable farms to make greater use of cereals and pulses already grown and stored on site.

Home-grown crops provide the foundation of the feed, while B&W Feeds can supply the additional ingredients needed to create a complete ration. The ingredients and formulation will depend on the livestock, production stage, forage, available crops and wider feeding system.

Nutrition and Ration Support

Nutrition and ration support is available to mobile mill-and-mix customers. This may involve a straightforward ration for a particular livestock group or a wider feeding review that also considers forage analysis and other feed resources available on the farm.

B&W Feeds works with laboratories providing forage analysis. Customers are responsible for the laboratory charges, while the B&W Feeds team can help arrange the analysis and use the results to inform the ration discussion.

Contact the team with your postcode, livestock details, available crops and approximate feed requirement to discuss current service availability.

Why Should Your Farm Use B&W Mill and Mix Feeds?

• Make use of home-grown crops: Incorporate suitable cereals and pulses already available on the farm.
• Understand what is in the ration: Maintain clear visibility over the home-grown and complementary ingredients used.
• Prepare feed around the livestock: Develop standard or bespoke formulations for different species and production stages.
• Access nutrition support: Discuss the ration, forage and wider feeding system with the B&W Feeds team.
• Retain flexibility: Review ingredients and formulations when livestock requirements or farm circumstances change.
• Choose a practical discharge method: Finished feed can be discharged into suitable bins, bags, trailers or agreed storage areas.
• Maintain traceability: Keep a clear connection between the crops grown on the farm and the feed produced.
• Use an accredited service: B&W Feeds operates under the relevant feed and contractor assurance schemes shown on the website.
• Reduce unnecessary crop movements: Processing on farm can avoid sending suitable crops away for milling before bringing finished feed back.
• Work with an experienced independent business: B&W Feeds has more than 30 years' experience in mobile milling and mixing.

Complementary Feeds, Supplements and Straights

Home-grown cereals and pulses do not automatically create a complete livestock ration. Depending on the livestock, forage and production stage, additional ingredients may be required.

B&W Feeds supplies conventional and organic complementary feeds and products for use alongside the mobile mill-and-mix service. Many products can also be purchased separately.

Available products include:

• Cereals and pulses.
• Straights, including sugar beet, lucerne and soya products.
• Protein concentrates.
• Minerals and trace elements.
• Yeast, bicarbonate and limestone.
• Grain and total mixed ration preservation products.
• Bucket, block and liquid supplements.
• Grass and forage seeds.
• Soya-free cattle-finishing feed.

Selected products can be carried on the mobile mill in 25kg bags. Larger quantities can be delivered in advance in 25kg bags or 1,000kg tote bags, while many cereals, straights and concentrates are also available in bulk.

Availability, minimum quantities and delivery arrangements vary by product. Contact B&W Feeds to discuss the ingredients required for your ration.

As well as our dairy herd of 150 cows we also grow wheat beans and oats, it is important to us to be able to use our home grown cereals for the cows and young calves. As well as reducing our carbon footprint, it gives us resilience in turbulent times.For 12 years B&W have provided an excellent service milling what we grow here to provide a highly palatable consistent feed for the cows milked by two lely robots, and the calves we wean as replacements or for sale.When we are short of ingredients, usually beans, they can always provide a competitive alternative, provide advice on formulating any mix.

Peter Gantlett, Woodhill Park Farm, Swindon

The rations prepared for Woodhill Park Farm make use of the wheat, beans and oats grown on the farm. Where an ingredient is unavailable or in short supply, B&W Feeds can discuss and supply a suitable alternative.

Examples of the blends formulated and mixed on farm for Woodhill Park Farm are shown below.