3.8    Plant design

Co-operatives are facing direct competition with private players and hence it is necessary to produce quality product at a competitive price. In cattle feed industry, the feed cost is gradually increasing due to increase in cost of    infrastructure facility, cost of raw materials as well as increase in processing cost due to increasing cost of labour, energy & consumables. As such it is difficult for co-operatives to compete with the price of inferior quality of feed produced by private manufacturers. In order to produce better quality of feed at competitive price, all the new cattle feed plants being executed by the NDDB are designed by incorporating the following:

•         Adopting latest technology available in feed industry

•         Incorporating Energy Efficient & Hygienic Designed Equipment

•         Changing the process flow

•         Providing  mechanical conveying  system for  material handling  in  place of  suction pneumatic system

•         Providing  localized aspiration  system  in  all  dust  generation  areas for  dust  free operation

•         Increasing the level of automation to reduce labour cost and dependence on labour.

•         Facilitate for easy handling of raw materials in RMGs and finished feed.