October 4, 2013
India''s Kerala Feeds begins construction of new feed plant
India''s Kerala Feeds Ltd. has started the construction of their newest cattle feed plant to be located in Thiruvangur, Kozhikode, which will have capacity to produce 300 tonnes of cattle feed a day, and will be expandable to 500/day in the future.
The foundation stone for the factory building was laid by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on September 17, 2011. Civil works on the feed mill site began on September 7, 2012 and are projected to be completed by the end of February next year.
The feed mill is expected to be finished and operational by September 2014. It will use state of the art imported feed machinery to guarantee them feed production on a large-scale and of a high quality.
The project was initially funded by the state government, and will benefit from an investment of INR500,000 (US$8,000), of which INR180,000 (US$3,000) will be spent on the completion of building amenities. A portion of the remaining fund will be utilised for developing internal roads and drainage facilities.
The new cattle feed mill project is expected to benefit a large number of dairy farmers in the Malabar region. Though the factory is located in Thiruvangur, the products will be available through sub-dealers across the State. Goat feed too will be available for the farmers once full-fledged operations begin.
It was also said that the cattle-feed plant would be of big help to the dairy farmers in the Malabar region who were facing a shortage of quality feed at affordable prices.
Kerala Feeds currently operated a 650-tonne per day cattle feed plant in Kallettumkara, Thrissur; a 1,200-tonne per annum mineral mixture plant in Athavanad, Malappuram; a 15,000-tonne per annum densified fodder block plant in Muthalamada, Palakkad and a 300-tonne per day feed plant in Karunagappally, Kollam.
The company is currently building or has approved the building of a 50-tonne per day by-pass protein plant in Kallettumkara, Thrissur , a 500-tonne per day cattle feed plant in Idukki, a 60-tonne per day goat feed plant in Chemmanchery, Kozhikode; along with the 300-tonne per day cattle feed plant in Chemmanchery, Kozhikode.