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Feed mill ROI planner

Payback, NPV and IRR — with a ramp-up, not a fantasy first year.

Chain your CAPEX and OPEX estimates into a year-by-year cash flow: contribution per tonne, break-even tonnage, payback, NPV at your hurdle rate and IRR. Every figure is yours; FeedMatch publishes no prices and gives no investment advice.

Enter installed CAPEX, cost per tonne and feed value — or run the CAPEX estimator and OPEX estimator first and the values carry across.

Investment and volume

Raw material and finished stock tied up.

Commercial assumptions

From the OPEX estimator.

Labour, maintenance, overhead — carried at any utilisation.

Sale price, or the price you pay a third-party mill today.

Payback
0.1 years
On USD 600,000 invested
Steady-state EBITDA
USD 16,128,000
2,688.0% of capital employed
NPV
USD 89,902,421
At 10% discount rate
IRR
n/a
Contribution per tonne
USD 420.00
Margin USD 420.00/t all-in
Break-even volume
n/a

Cash flow by year

YearTonnesRevenueEBITDACumulative
Year 121,120USD 8,870,400USD 8,870,400USD 8,270,400
Year 232,640USD 13,708,800USD 13,708,800USD 21,979,200
Year 338,400USD 16,128,000USD 16,128,000USD 38,107,200
Year 438,400USD 16,128,000USD 16,128,000USD 54,235,200
Year 538,400USD 16,128,000USD 16,128,000USD 70,363,200
Year 638,400USD 16,128,000USD 16,128,000USD 86,491,200
Year 738,400USD 16,128,000USD 16,128,000USD 102,619,200
Year 838,400USD 16,128,000USD 16,128,000USD 118,747,200
Year 938,400USD 16,128,000USD 16,128,000USD 134,875,200
Year 1038,400USD 16,128,000USD 16,128,000USD 151,003,200

Estimates Only: 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. This calculator is provided for general informational purposes only. Results are approximate and may contain errors, omissions, or outdated information. They do not constitute legal, financial, engineering, tax, technical, or professional advice. Users are solely responsible for independently verifying all calculations, specifications, prices, regulations, and requirements with qualified professionals before making any decisions. By using this calculator, you acknowledge that the website owners, operators, and affiliates accept no responsibility or liability for any loss, damage, or decisions resulting from its use.

Supplier and manufacturer listings are provided for research, transparency and discovery only. FeedMatch Group does not provide automatic buyer-supplier introductions. Every feed project request is reviewed manually by David / FeedMatch Group, and supplier introductions are made only after internal approval.

Test the case against real quotations

A business case is only as good as the CAPEX and ingredient cost behind it. Send the requirement to FeedMatch: a person reviews it, then a supplier-neutral RFQ produces comparable offers against your specification. Qualified projects start at USD 250,000.

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Feed mill ROI — questions buyers ask

How is feed mill payback calculated?
Payback is the point at which cumulative EBITDA covers the installed CAPEX plus working capital. This planner models a ramp-up in years one and two rather than assuming full utilisation from day one, because most greenfield mills need two seasons to reach design output — and the ramp is usually what turns a three-year payback into a five-year one.
What margin per tonne makes a feed mill viable?
There is no universal figure. What matters is contribution per tonne — feed value minus variable cost — against your annual fixed cost. The planner shows break-even tonnage from exactly that relationship, so you can see how far below design capacity the plant can run before it loses money.
Should an integrator build its own mill or keep buying feed?
Enter the price you pay a third-party mill today as the feed value and your delivered ingredient cost as the input. The contribution per tonne then shows what in-house production would retain. Weigh that against CAPEX, working capital, technical staffing and the risk of running below design utilisation. In many cases a better-sourced supply contract beats a new mill on risk-adjusted return.
What is NPV and IRR telling me here?
NPV discounts each year's EBITDA at your cost of capital and subtracts the investment — positive means the project beats that hurdle rate. IRR is the discount rate at which NPV becomes zero, useful for comparing against alternative uses of the same capital. Both are screening indicators, not an investment recommendation; FeedMatch is not a lender or investment advisor.
Can FeedMatch help finance a feed mill project?
Project financing may be available subject to buyer, project, country, equipment origin and lender eligibility. FeedMatch can route qualified projects toward financing partners alongside the supplier comparison, but no approval is implied or promised, and FeedMatch is not a lender or financial advisor.
What does FeedMatch do once the numbers work?
You send the requirement, a person reviews it, and FeedMatch runs a supplier-neutral RFQ against your defined specification so the offers you receive are genuinely comparable. FeedMatch works on qualified projects from USD 250,000 upward and does not sell equipment or feed.

FeedMatch Group is an independent, supplier-neutral, human-led sourcing and RFQ platform. FeedMatch is not a feed producer, manufacturer, EPC contractor, farm, nutritionist, lender, broker-dealer, investment advisor or unmanaged marketplace. Nothing on this page is investment, financial or engineering advice; all outputs are indicative planning estimates derived from the values you enter.

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