The Cheapest Least Cost Feed Formulation Software WinFeed 2.8 Help Documentation Contents • • • • • • • • • WinFeed Formulation Modes WinFeed prepares least cost formula diets for ruminants and non-ruminants by using following two methods. • • To learn more about or feed formulation click on the respective link. WinFeed is very simple and straightforward software. Most of the controls are self explanatory.

Anybody familiar with Microsoft Windows and basic terminologies of Animal Nutrition can learn it in few minutes. However, few things are explained here.

If you need further help, please visit our web site or send us an email for support and the latest documentation. Important Note about Supplied Examples WinFeed comes with few examples of Feed Store and readymade formulae. Please note that these examples are just for understanding of the programme. They should not be used for real life feeding practice. The nutrient composition has been selected to be reasonable but there is no guarantee for their accuracy.

It is recommended to prepare your own nutrient composition database and formulas for real life feed formulation. Opening Window This window provides the following options. Open an already saved formula This option will let you open a previously saved formula. Few example formulas have been provided with WinFeed. These formulas can be open through this option.

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Select Animal Requirement Set and an appropriate Feed Store This is one of the most important functions of this software. WinFeed allows you to save animal's nutrient requirement in one file and the Feed Store (Ingredient Composition Database) in another file.

For example, you can have various requirement files like 'Nutrient Requirement for Broiler', 'Nutrient Requirement for Layer Finisher', Nutrient Requirement for Lamb', Nutrient Requirement for Dairy Cow' etc. In separate files.

Similarly you can save various Feed Stores such as 'Feed Store for Summer Season', 'Feed Store for Poultry', 'Feed Store for Region 1', 'Feed Store for Cattle Region 2', etc. Once you have these files ready, you can use this option to select one requirement set such as 'Nutrient Requirement for Broiler' and an appropriate Feed Store such as 'Feed Store for Summer Season', and then start formulation. Few example requirement sets and Feed Store have been provided with WinFeed. Please try them to understand this function. Start a new formula using an existing Feed Store By selecting this option you can start a new formula with a selected Feed Store. When you click on this option, you will be asked to select a Feed Store file. After selecting Feed Store, you will be taken to the Main Window where you can select ingredients to be used in formulation.

You will also be required to enter nutrient requirements manually in the Main Window. Start a brand new formula with a new Feed Store Probably this is the option you will be using very first time. When you select this option a blank Feed Store and a blank formula will be opened. You will have to enter Ingredients and their price and nutrient composition in the Feed Store Window. The Feed Store Window can be accessed from the Main Window. You will also be required to enter nutrient requirement values in the Main Window.

Import Animal Nutrient Requirements from MS Excel file This function lets you import Animal Requirements from an Excel file into WinFeed. Many organisations publish Feeding Standards in MS Excel format. After changing data order in these files according to WinFeed required pattern, these files can be directly import into WinFeed. Thus this function not only saves your time but also prevents data entry typo errors. This function is very sensitive. It will not work if any of the instructions given below is not followed. The data must be exactly in a specific order.

An example Excel files 'Example 28 Requirements.xls' has been provided with WinFeed. This file should be examined thoroughly to understand required format. This example Excel file can be found in 'Animal Requirements' folder. Carefully examine this file to understand required format. The first three rows are for any reference and column heading. The file contains names of nutrients in the first column, nutrients requirements or minimum limits in the second column and maximum limits in the third column.

The following instructions must be followed when preparing Excel file. • Only first three columns A, B and C of the Excel worksheet should be used for data entry. All the cells under column D and onward must be deleted. If there is any data under these columns, the file will not be imported into WinFeed.