Feed: To premix or not premix?
When it comes to the topic of on-farm premixes, most dairy owners and managers have strong feelings one way or the other. The proponents would focus on improved loading accuracy and the detractors would ask why you would want to load and mix ingredients twice. Both are solid points of view and perhaps each feeding area has its own best approach.
In general, I tend to be mostly positive on using premixes. Perhaps we have made dairy rations overly complicated by having a solution for every need by adding yet another ingredient to the commodity area. Some of these are to save money and others may be to enhance milk production. Premixing makes this over-indulgence in feeding perfection possible.