How every FeedMatch calculator works: inputs, equations and optimization method, data provenance, assumptions, validation rules, limitations, review dates and the professional approval each result still requires.
Planning and procurement estimate only. Final formulations, ingredient inclusion, nutrient targets, feed safety, additive use and regulatory compliance must be approved by appropriately qualified professionals and the responsible manufacturer.
FeedMatch does not guarantee nutritional adequacy, feed conversion ratio, growth, mortality, milk or egg production, animal health, product quality, ingredient consistency, market price, profitability. Results do not replace a qualified animal nutritionist, a veterinarian, feed-safety review, ingredient laboratory analysis, regulatory approval, species and life-stage validation, manufacturing quality control, supplier specification, lot-specific certificates, commercial feeding trials or lender due diligence.
A calculation is only as trustworthy as the origin of the numbers in it. Every input in every tool is classified as one of the following, and generic reference composition is never presented as guaranteed supply quality.
Buyer input
buyer-input
Professional nutrient target (must be supplied/approved by a qualified nutritionist)
professional-nutrient-target
Generic reference value (published literature — not a supply guarantee)
generic-reference
Supplier-declared specification
supplier-declared
Lot-specific certificate of analysis
lot-coa
Independent laboratory result
independent-laboratory
Regulatory or authorised-label limit
regulatory-limit
Market price entered by the user
market-price-input
Calculated result
calculated-result
Formulation
Least-cost feed formulation (linear programming)
least-cost-formulation · version 3.0.0 · reviewed 2026-08-21 · confidence: moderate · results stay in your browser
Find the lowest-cost mathematical blend of the ingredients you list that satisfies the nutrient minimums and maximums you enter, so you can price a procurement basket before a nutritionist finalises the diet.
Open the tool · also used on /custom-feed-formulation, /feed-ration-formulas, /feed-optimization/calculators
Inputs and their provenance
Species and life stage (selection) — Buyer input
Nutrient minimums and maximums (% / kcal/kg / g/kg) — Professional nutrient target (must be supplied/approved by a qualified nutritionist)
Ingredient nutrient matrix (% as-fed) — Generic reference value (published literature — not a supply guarantee)
Ingredient delivered price (currency/tonne) — Market price entered by the user
Minimum and maximum inclusion per ingredient (% of batch) — Buyer input
Batch size (kg or tonnes) — Buyer input
Outputs
Ingredient inclusion (% and kg per tonne)
Calculated nutrient profile (% / kcal/kg)
Blend cost (currency/tonne)
Binding constraints (list)
Infeasibility explanation (text)
Formula / optimization method
Minimise Σ(priceᵢ × xᵢ) subject to Σxᵢ = 100 %, nutrient rows Σ(nutrientᵢⱼ × xᵢ) ≥ minⱼ and ≤ maxⱼ, and per-ingredient bounds minᵢ ≤ xᵢ ≤ maxᵢ. Solved with a two-phase primal simplex (Big-M free, artificial-variable phase 1) in the browser. If phase 1 cannot drive the artificial variables to zero the model is reported as infeasible — constraints are never relaxed silently.
Assumptions
Nutrient targets are supplied by the user; FeedMatch does not set requirements.
Ingredient values are generic reference composition on an as-fed basis unless the user replaces them with supplier or laboratory data.
Amino acids are treated as total unless the user enters digestible values; the basis must not be mixed.
Prices are delivered-to-mill prices entered by the user in one currency.
No processing, shrink or mixing loss is added unless the user includes it in price.
Additive and inclusion limits must be entered by the user from the authorised label or applicable regulation; the solver enforces the bounds it is given and knows no feed law.
Validation rules
Inclusions must total 100 %.
Negative prices, negative inclusions and max < min are rejected.
Fewer than three ingredients is reported as infeasible rather than solved.
Conflicting constraints are named instead of being relaxed.
Limitations
A mathematically feasible blend is not automatically nutritionally complete, biologically appropriate, safe, legal, manufacturable or commercially suitable.
No palatability, anti-nutritional factor, mycotoxin, particle-size, pellet-quality or mixing-uniformity modelling.
No vitamin/trace-mineral stability or premix carry-over modelling.
Default sources
Feedipedia (INRAE/CIRAD/AFZ/FAO)
FAO feed resources documentation
Published ingredient composition tables
Defaults: Reference ingredient composition and starting nutrient targets are pre-filled per species so the tool is usable, and are labelled as generic reference values to be replaced.
Reviewed outputs can pre-fill these RFQ fields — labelled with their provenance, and never submitted automatically: Ingredient list, Quantity per ingredient, Species and stage, Target specification, Delivery destination.
Ready-made ration formulas (100 kg and 1 tonne)
ration-formula-library · version 1.2.0 · reviewed 2026-08-21 · confidence: indicative · results stay in your browser
Show a worked, solver-generated example ration per species and phase with mixing quantities, nutrient summary and cost per tonne, as a starting point for a nutritionist review and an ingredient RFQ.
Ingredient prices (USD/tonne) — Market price entered by the user
Outputs
Mixing table (kg per 100 kg and kg per tonne)
Nutrient summary (% / kcal/kg)
Indicative cost (USD/tonne)
Formula / optimization method
Same simplex engine as the least-cost formulation tool, run against a fixed illustrative ingredient basket and published-style nutrient targets, then rendered as a mixing table.
Assumptions
Illustrative targets only — they are not a requirement standard and must be replaced with the targets your nutritionist approves.
Indicative prices; landed cost in your market will differ.
No additive, medication or regional restriction is applied.
Validation rules
Mixing tables must sum to the stated batch size within rounding tolerance.
Limitations
These are worked examples for procurement planning, not diets to feed.
No premix, medication or additive programme is included.
Default sources
Feedipedia (INRAE/CIRAD/AFZ/FAO)
Defaults: Fixed illustrative basket per species/phase.
Scope and review
Species: Broiler, Layer, Dairy cattle
Life stages: Starter, Layer phase, Lactation
Feed types: Mash, Pellet, Concentrate
Jurisdictions: Global (user must confirm local feed law)
Languages: en
Reviewed by: FeedMatch Group procurement editorial team (commercial and logistics review only — no nutrition, veterinary or engineering sign-off)
Requires qualified nutritionist review
Next procurement step
Reviewed outputs can pre-fill these RFQ fields — labelled with their provenance, and never submitted automatically: Ingredient list, Quantities at 100 kg and 1 tonne scale, Species and phase, Cost-per-tonne reference.
Feed demand
Feed demand and FCR calculator
feed-demand-fcr · version 2.1.0 · reviewed 2026-08-21 · confidence: moderate · results stay in your browser
Convert an animal population and a production plan into feed tonnage per cycle, per year and per month so you can size a procurement contract and storage.
Open the tool · also used on /feed-conversion-ratio-calculator, /broiler-feed-calculator, /poultry-feed-calculator, /knowledge/tools/feed-consumption-calculator
Inputs and their provenance
Animal count (head) — Buyer input
Target weight or output (kg or eggs) — Buyer input
FCR assumption (kg feed / kg gain) — Buyer input
Mortality (%) — Buyer input
Cycles per year (count) — Buyer input
Outputs
Feed per cycle (tonnes)
Annual feed requirement (tonnes)
Per-animal feed (kg)
FCR / mortality sensitivity (scenario range)
Formula / optimization method
Feed = surviving animals × target live-weight (or output) × FCR, plus a partial allowance for feed consumed by animals lost before the end of the cycle. Scenario bands apply an FCR delta (conservative +0.10, optimistic −0.05). The correct intake model depends on the species and production system; this is a biomass × FCR approximation, not an intake-curve model.
Assumptions
FCR is the user's assumption. FeedMatch does not guarantee it and makes no performance claim.
Wastage and safety stock are only included if the user enters them.
None.
Validation rules
Zero or negative animal counts, negative FCR and mortality above 100 % are rejected.
Division by zero on per-animal outputs is guarded.
Limitations
No temperature, strain, health-status, phase-feeding or intake-curve modelling.
Layer and aqua systems need feed-per-output rather than weight-gain logic.
Default sources
User-entered production data
Defaults: Neutral placeholder values so the tool runs; replace with your own flock/herd figures.
Jurisdictions: Global (user must confirm local feed law)
Languages: en, de, fr, es, pt
Reviewed by: FeedMatch Group procurement editorial team (commercial and logistics review only — no nutrition, veterinary or engineering sign-off)
Requires qualified nutritionist review
Next procurement step
Reviewed outputs can pre-fill these RFQ fields — labelled with their provenance, and never submitted automatically: Annual tonnage, Monthly delivery profile, Species and stage, Destination.
Procurement and quotations
Premix and additive quantity planner
premix-additive-quantity · version 1.1.0 · reviewed 2026-08-21 · confidence: high · results stay in your browser
Turn an inclusion rate that you have already been given into per-batch and annual quantities, bag counts and a procurement schedule.
Quantity = production tonnes × inclusion rate, after normalising the rate to kg/tonne (1 % = 10 kg/t; 1 g/t = 0.001 kg/t; 1 mg/kg = 1 ppm = 0.001 kg/t). Product-strength correction divides by declared concentration. Bag count rounds up.
Assumptions
FeedMatch does not recommend an inclusion rate. Obtain it from the manufacturer, a qualified nutritionist, the authorised label or the applicable regulation.
Manufacturing loss is only applied if entered.
Maximum permitted levels differ by jurisdiction, species and additive; the tool applies no limit of its own.
Validation rules
Unit of the inclusion rate must be selected explicitly.
Concentration must be > 0 and ≤ 100 %.
Limitations
No medication dosing, no withdrawal periods, no veterinary interpretation.
Does not detect premix double counting across separate premix and straight-additive lines unless both are entered.
Default sources
Authorised product label
Applicable feed-additive regulation
Defaults: None pre-set for inclusion rate — deliberately left empty so no rate is implied.
Scope and review
Species: Species-independent
Life stages: Not stage-specific
Feed types: Premix, Additive, Concentrate
Jurisdictions: Global (user must confirm local feed law)
Languages: en, de, fr, es, pt
Reviewed by: FeedMatch Group procurement editorial team (commercial and logistics review only — no nutrition, veterinary or engineering sign-off)
Reviewed outputs can pre-fill these RFQ fields — labelled with their provenance, and never submitted automatically: Additive/premix identity, Annual quantity, Packaging, Certification required, Delivery schedule.
Supplier quotation normalisation and comparison
quote-normalisation · version 1.0.0 · reviewed 2026-08-21 · confidence: high · results stay in your browser
Put competing quotations on one basis — same specification, moisture, packaging, Incoterm, payment terms and landed cost — and show what is missing rather than guessing.
Quoted specification and nutrient basis (text/%) — Supplier-declared specification
Incoterm, payment terms, lead time, validity (text) — Supplier-declared specification
Certification and COA status (status) — Supplier-declared specification
Landed cost inputs (currency) — Buyer input
Outputs
Normalised landed cost per tonne (currency/tonne)
Comparability gaps (list of missing fields)
Formula / optimization method
Each quotation is restated on the buyer's chosen Incoterm and moisture basis using the landed-cost model, then displayed side by side. Suppliers are never ranked on price alone; missing or incomparable fields are shown as gaps.
Assumptions
Declared specifications are supplier statements, not verified analysis.
Quotations remain confidential to the buyer; one supplier's quotation is never shown to another.
Certification is shown as claimed unless documentation has actually been reviewed and is current.
Validation rules
A quotation missing Incoterm, moisture basis or validity is flagged as not directly comparable.
Limitations
No verification of documents, no credit assessment, no guarantee of supply or of lot conformity.
Default sources
Supplier quotations you receive
Defaults: None.
Scope and review
Species: Species-independent
Life stages: Not stage-specific
Feed types: Raw materials, Additives
Jurisdictions: Global (user must confirm local feed law)
Languages: en
Reviewed by: FeedMatch Group procurement editorial team (commercial and logistics review only — no nutrition, veterinary or engineering sign-off)
Requires your own commercial and customs verification
Next procurement step
Reviewed outputs can pre-fill these RFQ fields — labelled with their provenance, and never submitted automatically: Specification, Certification requested, Documentation required, Incoterm, Payment terms.
RFQ builder
rfq-builder · version 3.1.0 · reviewed 2026-08-21 · confidence: high · results are stored with the RFQ you submit
Collect reviewed calculator outputs into a structured request for quotation that you approve before anything is sent.
Pre-filled calculator outputs (mixed) — Calculated result
Outputs
Structured RFQ record (form)
Formula / optimization method
No calculation. Fields carried over from a calculator are labelled with their provenance (buyer input, generic reference, supplier declaration, lot-specific data, calculated estimate, requires nutrition/regulatory review) so nothing calculated is mistaken for a confirmed specification.
Assumptions
Any nutrient target carried into an RFQ is the buyer's, and must be approved by a qualified nutritionist before it becomes a purchase specification.
Sourcing is free for buyers; FeedMatch may be compensated by suppliers on transactions, which does not affect shortlisting.
Import permits, certification and additive approvals remain the buyer's responsibility.
Validation rules
Company, contact name, email, delivery country and monthly tonnage are required.
Email format is validated; duplicate submissions are rejected.
Limitations
An RFQ is never submitted automatically. No external agent may submit one without authenticated authority, explicit final approval, current terms acceptance and consent.
Default sources
Your reviewed calculator outputs
Defaults: Only what you carried over from a tool.
Scope and review
Species: Species-independent
Life stages: Not stage-specific
Feed types: Raw materials, Additives, Complete feed, Equipment, Turnkey mill
Jurisdictions: Global (user must confirm local feed law)
Languages: en, de, fr, es, pt, ar
Reviewed by: FeedMatch Group procurement editorial team (commercial and logistics review only — no nutrition, veterinary or engineering sign-off)
No additional professional review flagged
Next procurement step
Reviewed outputs can pre-fill these RFQ fields — labelled with their provenance, and never submitted automatically: All of the above.
Logistics and landed cost
Landed-cost (CIF/DDP) calculator
landed-cost · version 2.0.0 · reviewed 2026-08-21 · confidence: high · results stay in your browser
Build a total landed cost per tonne from a supplier quotation plus freight, port, duty, tax, finance and loss lines that you enter, so quotations on different Incoterms become comparable.
Freight, insurance, port and inspection charges (currency) — Buyer input
Customs duty and taxes (%) — Buyer input
Finance cost and expected loss/shrinkage (% ) — Buyer input
Exchange rate and rate date (rate) — Buyer input
Outputs
Supplier price subtotal (currency)
Freight and logistics subtotal (currency)
Border, duty and tax subtotal (currency)
Total landed cost (currency)
Landed cost per tonne (currency/tonne)
Sensitivity to FX, freight and loss (range)
Formula / optimization method
Landed = (unit price × quantity) + freight + insurance + port/inspection/testing + (dutiable base × duty %) + taxes + demurrage + inland + finance cost, divided by delivered tonnes net of the loss/shrinkage % you enter. Where a nutrient basis matters, cost per usable dry-matter tonne = landed per tonne ÷ dry-matter fraction.
Assumptions
Dry-matter correction only applies where you enter a moisture figure; do not compare an as-fed price with a dry-matter price.
Every cost line is user-entered. No freight rate, duty rate, tax rate or exchange rate is fabricated or auto-filled from a market feed.
Tariff classification and duty rates must be confirmed against your own customs tariff and HS classification.
Validation rules
Quantity > 0.
Loss % must be < 100.
Exchange-rate date must be recorded with the rate.
Limitations
Excluded by default: demurrage beyond what you enter, storage after delivery, quality-claim outcomes, currency hedging cost.
Default sources
Your freight forwarder
Your customs broker
Your bank's dated FX rate
Defaults: Zero for every cost line; illustrative figures are labelled as illustrative wherever shown in guides.
Scope and review
Species: Species-independent
Life stages: Not stage-specific
Feed types: Raw materials, Additives, Complete feed
Jurisdictions: Global (user must confirm local feed law)
Languages: en, de, fr, es, pt, ar
Reviewed by: FeedMatch Group procurement editorial team (commercial and logistics review only — no nutrition, veterinary or engineering sign-off)
Requires your own commercial and customs verification
Next procurement step
Reviewed outputs can pre-fill these RFQ fields — labelled with their provenance, and never submitted automatically: Product and specification, Quantity, Incoterm, Destination port, Packaging, Delivery schedule.
Container and storage
Container loading, bulk density and storage/silo planner
container-storage · version 1.3.0 · reviewed 2026-08-21 · confidence: high · results stay in your browser
Work out how much actually fits in a container or silo, and when to reorder, using the lower of the weight limit and the volume limit.
Bulk density of the specific ingredient (kg/m³) — Generic reference value (published literature — not a supply guarantee)
Container type and legal payload (tonnes / m³) — Buyer input
Bag weight, pallet configuration (kg / count) — Buyer input
Monthly consumption, lead time, safety stock (tonnes / days) — Buyer input
Outputs
Weight-limited capacity (tonnes)
Volume-limited capacity (tonnes)
Loadable quantity (lower of the two) (tonnes)
Silo/warehouse volume required (m³)
Reorder point and stock cover (tonnes / days)
Formula / optimization method
Volume-limited tonnes = usable container volume × bulk density ÷ 1000. Loadable = min(legal payload, volume-limited). Storage volume = tonnes × 1000 ÷ bulk density, plus headspace. Reorder point = average daily use × lead-time days + safety stock.
Assumptions
None.
A single bulk density is never applied across ingredients — soybean meal, maize, DDGS, fish meal and mineral products differ materially.
Road and port axle/payload limits are jurisdiction-specific and must be confirmed locally.
Validation rules
Bulk density must be > 0.
Payload and volume limits must both be present before a loadable quantity is shown.
Limitations
No angle-of-repose, bridging, caking, moisture-migration or fumigation modelling.
Default sources
Published bulk-density tables
Your carrier's payload sheet
Defaults: Per-ingredient reference bulk densities, labelled as reference values.
Scope and review
Species: Species-independent
Life stages: Not stage-specific
Feed types: Bagged, Bulk
Jurisdictions: Global (user must confirm local feed law)
Languages: en
Reviewed by: FeedMatch Group procurement editorial team (commercial and logistics review only — no nutrition, veterinary or engineering sign-off)
Requires process or electrical engineering review
Next procurement step
Reviewed outputs can pre-fill these RFQ fields — labelled with their provenance, and never submitted automatically: Packaging, Quantity per shipment, Delivery schedule, Destination.
Feed mill and process
Feed-mill capacity and throughput planner
feed-mill-capacity · version 2.2.0 · reviewed 2026-08-21 · confidence: moderate · results stay in your browser
Translate a target annual production into required nameplate capacity, shifts and storage, and produce the scope inputs for an equipment RFQ.
Open the tool · also used on /guides/feed-mill-capacity-sizing, /feed-mill-cost, /turnkey-feed-mills
Inputs and their provenance
Target annual production and product mix (tonnes/year, %) — Buyer input
Operating hours, shifts, days per year (hours) — Buyer input
Utilisation and changeover allowance (%) — Buyer input
Product mix changeovers reduce effective hours; the allowance is user-entered.
Dust, fire, ATEX-equivalent and food/feed-safety requirements are jurisdiction-specific and are not modelled.
Validation rules
Utilisation and yield must be between 0 and 100 %.
Scheduled hours cannot exceed 8,760 per year.
Limitations
This is a capacity envelope, not a line design. Final layout, bottlenecks and equipment selection require a process engineer and the equipment supplier.
Default sources
Equipment supplier throughput data you obtain
Your own production plan
Defaults: Common industry operating patterns as starting values, clearly editable.
Scope and review
Species: Species-independent
Life stages: Not stage-specific
Feed types: Mash, Pellet, Extruded, Bagged, Bulk
Jurisdictions: Global (user must confirm local feed law)
Languages: en, ar
Reviewed by: FeedMatch Group procurement editorial team (commercial and logistics review only — no nutrition, veterinary or engineering sign-off)
Requires process or electrical engineering review
Next procurement step
Reviewed outputs can pre-fill these RFQ fields — labelled with their provenance, and never submitted automatically: Capacity t/h, Product mix, Equipment scope, Bagging/bulk, Project timeline, Destination.
Feed-mill energy and utilities estimator
feed-mill-energy · version 1.1.0 · reviewed 2026-08-21 · confidence: indicative · results stay in your browser
Estimate connected load, annual energy and energy per tonne by process stage, so utility supply and OPEX can be scoped.
Tonnage by process route (mash / pellet / extruded) (tonnes/year) — Buyer input
Stage-level specific energy (kWh/tonne) — Generic reference value (published literature — not a supply guarantee)
Electricity tariff (currency/kWh) — Buyer input
Outputs
Connected and average operating load (kW)
Annual energy (kWh/year)
Energy per tonne by route (kWh/tonne)
Peak demand (kW)
Formula / optimization method
Energy is summed per stage (intake, conveying, grinding, batching, mixing, conditioning, pelleting, extrusion, drying, cooling, coating, sieving, bagging, dust collection, compressed air, steam, support) rather than applying one kWh/tonne to all output. Mash, pellet and extruded routes carry separate specific-energy assumptions.
Assumptions
None.
Tariff, demand charges and standby generation are user-entered.
None.
Validation rules
Route tonnages cannot exceed total production.
Zero tariff suppresses cost output rather than showing zero cost.
Limitations
Steam demand needs a boiler specification; the tool collects inputs but does not size a boiler.
Motor sizing, harmonics, power factor and transformer selection require an electrical engineer.
Default sources
Equipment supplier motor lists you obtain
Published process-energy ranges
Defaults: Stage-level reference ranges, labelled as reference.
Scope and review
Species: Species-independent
Life stages: Not stage-specific
Feed types: Mash, Pellet, Extruded
Jurisdictions: Global (user must confirm local feed law)
Languages: en, ar
Reviewed by: FeedMatch Group procurement editorial team (commercial and logistics review only — no nutrition, veterinary or engineering sign-off)
Requires process or electrical engineering review
Next procurement step
Reviewed outputs can pre-fill these RFQ fields — labelled with their provenance, and never submitted automatically: Connected load, Utility scope, Equipment scope.
CAPEX, OPEX and investment
Feed-mill CAPEX, OPEX, TCO and ROI model
capex-opex-roi · version 2.3.0 · reviewed 2026-08-21 · confidence: indicative · results stay in your browser
Build an order-of-magnitude project budget and cash-flow view — installed CAPEX, annual OPEX, manufacturing cost per tonne, working capital, payback, NPV and IRR — for internal screening only.
Open the tool · also used on /calculator/capex, /calculator/opex, /feed-mill-cost
Production volume and selling price (tonnes, currency/tonne) — Buyer input
Discount rate and horizon (%, years) — Buyer input
Outputs
Equipment-only / installed / total project CAPEX (currency)
Annual OPEX and manufacturing cost per tonne (currency, currency/tonne)
Working-capital requirement (currency)
Break-even volume (tonnes/year)
Simple and discounted payback (years)
NPV and IRR (only where cash flows support them) (currency, %)
Formula / optimization method
Manufacturing cost/tonne = annual OPEX ÷ saleable tonnes. Break-even = fixed cost ÷ (price − variable cost per tonne). Simple payback = total CAPEX ÷ annual net cash flow. NPV = Σ CFₜ/(1+r)ᵗ − CAPEX. IRR is solved by bisection and is only displayed when the cash-flow series changes sign at least once; otherwise it is suppressed rather than shown as a misleading number.
Assumptions
None.
Ingredient cost normally dominates OPEX; the model is only as good as the ingredient price you enter.
No inflation, tax shield or depreciation schedule unless entered.
Permitting, environmental and fire-safety costs are jurisdiction-specific and are not estimated for you.
Validation rules
Negative production, negative price and discount rates ≤ −100 % are rejected.
Payback is suppressed when net cash flow is ≤ 0.
IRR is suppressed when no sign change exists.
Limitations
Screening output only. A positive NPV here does not make a project profitable, financeable or bankable.
No lender due diligence, no tax modelling, no country-risk premium, no construction-schedule risk.
Default sources
Your own supplier budget quotations
Your own utility and labour costs
Defaults: Editable placeholder ranges for a typical mill scale.
Scope and review
Species: Species-independent
Life stages: Not stage-specific
Feed types: Mash, Pellet, Extruded
Jurisdictions: Global (user must confirm local feed law)
Languages: en, ar
Reviewed by: FeedMatch Group procurement editorial team (commercial and logistics review only — no nutrition, veterinary or engineering sign-off)
Requires process or electrical engineering review
Requires your own commercial and customs verification
Next procurement step
Reviewed outputs can pre-fill these RFQ fields — labelled with their provenance, and never submitted automatically: Budget band, Capacity, Equipment scope, Project timeline, Destination.
Trade-finance readiness check
trade-finance-readiness · version 1.2.0 · reviewed 2026-08-21 · confidence: high · results stay in your browser
Show which documents and commercial facts an independent finance provider would normally expect before any preliminary review — preparation only.
Readiness state (early preparation / information missing / potentially ready for preliminary independent review / specialist assessment required)
Missing information list (list)
Formula / optimization method
A completeness checklist. It counts which expected documents and commercial facts are present and returns one of four preparation states. It performs no credit scoring.
Assumptions
None.
Requirements differ by provider, instrument, country and counterparty.
Sanctions, KYC and AML screening are performed by the finance provider, not by FeedMatch.
Validation rules
No numeric approval score is produced or displayed.
Limitations
FeedMatch is not a lender, broker or advisor and does not arrange, approve or price finance.
The tool never outputs approved, eligible, guaranteed, a credit limit, a rate or a matched lender.
Default sources
ICC Incoterms® rules
ICC UCP 600 (documentary credits)
Defaults: None.
Scope and review
Species: Species-independent
Life stages: Not stage-specific
Feed types: Raw materials, Equipment
Jurisdictions: Global (user must confirm local feed law)
Languages: en
Reviewed by: FeedMatch Group procurement editorial team (commercial and logistics review only — no nutrition, veterinary or engineering sign-off)
Requires your own commercial and customs verification
Next procurement step
Reviewed outputs can pre-fill these RFQ fields — labelled with their provenance, and never submitted automatically: Transaction profile, Documentation status.
Units and conversion
Feed unit converters (dry matter, inclusion, energy, bags)
feed-unit-converters · version 1.4.0 · reviewed 2026-08-21 · confidence: high · results stay in your browser
Convert between the units feed quotations and specifications actually use, without changing what a nutrient value means.
Converted value with unit and basis stated (varies)
Formula / optimization method
Exact ratio conversions: 1 % = 10 000 ppm = 10 000 mg/kg = 10 kg/t = 10 000 g/t; 1 MJ = 239.0057 kcal; dry-matter value = as-fed value ÷ (dry-matter % ÷ 100). The basis (as-fed or dry matter) is always printed with the result.
Assumptions
Conversion changes the unit, never the nutrient meaning. A dry-matter figure is not comparable with an as-fed figure.
Bag ⇄ tonne conversion uses the declared bag weight, not an assumed one.
None.
Validation rules
Dry-matter percentage must be > 0 and ≤ 100.
Round-trip conversions must return the original value within floating-point tolerance.
Limitations
Short tons, pounds and gallons are only converted where explicitly selected; do not assume 'ton' means tonne.
Default sources
SI unit definitions
Supplier-declared moisture
Defaults: Worked examples per converter.
Scope and review
Species: Species-independent
Life stages: Not stage-specific
Feed types: Raw materials, Complete feed, Additives
Jurisdictions: Global (user must confirm local feed law)
Languages: en
Reviewed by: FeedMatch Group procurement editorial team (commercial and logistics review only — no nutrition, veterinary or engineering sign-off)
No additional professional review flagged
Next procurement step
Reviewed outputs can pre-fill these RFQ fields — labelled with their provenance, and never submitted automatically: Specification basis, Quantity, Packaging.
Privacy of your calculations
Calculations run in your browser. Your formulas, quotations, ingredient prices, supplier identities, commercial volumes and financing information are private: they are not placed in URLs, not indexed and not listed in the sitemap. Only the RFQ you explicitly submit leaves your browser, and no external agent may submit one without authenticated authority, your explicit final approval, current terms acceptance, data-sharing consent and an audit trail.
Frequently asked questions
Are FeedMatch calculator results a feed formulation I can use?
No. Every output is a planning and procurement estimate. Final formulations, ingredient inclusion, nutrient targets, feed safety, additive use and regulatory compliance must be approved by appropriately qualified professionals and the responsible manufacturer.
Where do the ingredient values come from?
Pre-filled composition is generic reference data from published tables such as Feedipedia and FAO documentation, on an as-fed basis. It is not a supply guarantee. You can replace any value with your supplier specification, a lot-specific certificate of analysis or an independent laboratory result, and every value is labelled with which of those it is.
What happens if a least-cost formulation has no solution?
The solver reports the model as infeasible and names the conflicting constraints. It never relaxes a nutrient minimum, a maximum or an inclusion bound silently in order to return a cheaper answer.
Does FeedMatch guarantee FCR, growth or prices?
No. FeedMatch does not guarantee nutritional adequacy, feed conversion ratio, growth, mortality, milk or egg production, animal health, product quality, ingredient consistency, market price, profitability. Assumptions such as FCR, mortality, freight, duty and exchange rates are entered by you, not supplied as fact by the platform.
Are my calculator inputs and results private?
Yes. Calculations run in your browser. Formulas, quotations, ingredient prices, supplier identities, volumes and financing information are not published, not indexed and not included in the sitemap. Values only leave your browser if you choose to submit an RFQ.
Can an AI agent submit an RFQ for me?
Not without authenticated authority, your explicit final approval, current terms acceptance, data-sharing consent and an audit trail. No RFQ is ever submitted automatically.
