Ag Partners/Lincoln Supply Feed Mill
Ellsworth, Iowa
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This feed mill features 120-ton-per-hour ingredient receiving; a 60-ton-per-hour grinding system through three rollermills in a separate grinder room; 14 ingredient bins with 962 tons of storage; a 4-ton batching and mixing system, including one 24-bin micro system; and metered liquids to the mixer. The pellet mills are housed at the work floor of the main mill tower. Two 7932 pellet mills discharge to one counterflow cooler. The fats coating system utilizes a surge hopper with continuous leveling sensor, dry flow meter, micro motion meter, and roto-coater. Loadout utilizes a single driveway with an automated 3 1/2-ton weigh lorry system. This feed mill has a total finished feed capacity of approximately 420 tons.
Additional features to the feed mill include a tank farm for six liquids, one 25 hp air compressor, and one 300 hp natural gas boiler. One 500-pound manlift is used for vertical access from the ground floor to the roof.
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Owner
Ag Partners, L.L.C./Lincoln Supply, LLC
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Size / Capacity
60 tons per hour
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Completion Time
13 months
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Younglove's Services
Conceptual design
Structural engineering
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