Cereal grinding: A pricey yet valuable feed manufacturing operation
Grinding cereals to be mixed into feeds for animals is the second most energy consuming operation in any feed mill. That is, assuming the feed mill also pellets said feed and not just the occasional one. If no pellet mill exists, then the grinder — be it a hammer or a roller mill — becomes the most expensive item on the electricity/energy bill. It is thus only reasonable to have to address ...