Feed library: compare nutrients and dry matter

Explore 221 feed profiles with clearly labelled units and sources. Find dry matter, protein, fibre and mineral values for roughages, grains and supplements. Enter your own label or analysis values in your HerdMobile feed records when available. Use the library with your HerdMobile stock records to calculate the daily ration and see which feeds to buy next.

Edited by Ender Soyuince · About our content

2026-10-21

Compiled from open-access scientific sources.

Which feeds and nutrient values can I compare?

Browse 221 feed profiles, from everyday roughages such as wheat straw to mineral products. Find roughages, grains, protein feeds, compound products and premix ingredients, with units beside the selected values. Grouping by feed class helps you find a familiar ingredient, while country names help you explore regional references. Open a feed profile to find its composition and sources. Use your own label or analysis values in HerdMobile when calculating the daily ration from the feed in your store.

How should you compare two values?

Read the nutrient name, unit and basis together. Convert dry-matter and as-fed percentages to a common basis before comparing. Keep each energy figure with its named energy system. Where a field is blank, look for that information on the product label or batch analysis. Enter the values on the same basis in HerdMobile to calculate each feed’s contribution and compare the daily cost for your animal group.

What else belongs beside the feed analysis?

Keep the lot identity, sample date, storage observations, supplier details and product label together. Record purchased and usable quantities separately when there are losses. Add your actual invoice price when comparing feed costs. The linked winter, heat, Eid and sheep-mineral articles show how these records support daily checks. HerdMobile brings your chosen feeds and stock into the ration calculation, helping you connect the feed store with the daily plan.

Catalog profiles

Browse by feed type

Roughage (2)

Forage (1)

Corn silage

Concentrate (25)

Mineral (189)

Other (4)

Browse by country

Find feeds by the countries listed in their sources. Profiles with no country listed are grouped under “Not specified”.

United Arab Emirates (AE) (7)

Afghanistan (AF) (7)

Argentina (AR) (7)

Austria (AT) (7)

Australia (AU) (7)

Azerbaijan (AZ) (7)

Bosnia & Herzegovina (BA) (10)

Bangladesh (BD) (7)

Belgium (BE) (7)

Bulgaria (BG) (7)

Brunei (BN) (7)

Brazil (BR) (7)

Belarus (BY) (7)

Canada (CA) (9)

Switzerland (CH) (7)

Chile (CL) (7)

China (CN) (7)

Colombia (CO) (7)

Cyprus (CY) (7)

Germany (DE) (10)

Ecuador (EC) (7)

Egypt (EG) (7)

Spain (ES) (7)

France (FR) (8)

United Kingdom (GB) (13)

Greece (GR) (7)

Hong Kong SAR China (HK) (7)

Croatia (HR) (7)

Indonesia (ID) (8)

India (IN) (7)

Iran (IR) (8)

Italy (IT) (7)

Jordan (JO) (7)

Japan (JP) (7)

Kenya (KE) (8)

Kyrgyzstan (KG) (7)

South Korea (KR) (7)

Kazakhstan (KZ) (7)

Morocco (MA) (8)

Moldova (MD) (7)

Montenegro (ME) (7)

Mexico (MX) (7)

Malaysia (MY) (7)

Netherlands (NL) (7)

New Zealand (NZ) (9)

Peru (PE) (7)

Pakistan (PK) (7)

Poland (PL) (7)

Portugal (PT) (7)

Romania (RO) (7)

Serbia (RS) (8)

Russia (RU) (7)

Saudi Arabia (SA) (7)

Singapore (SG) (7)

Thailand (TH) (7)

Turkmenistan (TM) (7)

Tunisia (TN) (7)

Türkiye (TR) (24)

Taiwan (TW) (7)

Tanzania (TZ) (7)

Ukraine (UA) (7)

Uganda (UG) (7)

United States (US) (9)

Uzbekistan (UZ) (7)

Vietnam (VN) (7)

South Africa (ZA) (8)

Not specified (16)

Breed references

Questions from the farm

How many feed profiles can I explore?

Browse 221 feed profiles by feed class or country. Each profile brings its composition, intended use and source links onto one page.

How should I read an unknown value?

Unknown means the source has no value for that nutrient. A laboratory result for your feed supplies a measured value for the sampled batch.

How do I check the current feed price?

Enter the price offered for your purchase when calculating the ration. HerdMobile combines your feed prices with daily quantities to show cost per animal.

How do I compare feed analyses?

Compare the same nutrient on the same dry-matter or as-fed basis. A percentage on dry matter and a percentage on wet feed describe different proportions.

How do I connect a profile to my feed lot?

The profile introduces the feed type. Your batch’s analysis gives the dry matter and nutrient content of the feed delivered to your farm.

What does an energy concentration describe?

Energy concentration describes energy per stated quantity of feed, such as per kilogram of dry matter. Multiplying by the matching feed amount gives its energy contribution.

How do I compare hay and silage quantities?

Convert both to dry matter. Example: 10 kg at 50% dry matter and 20 kg at 25% dry matter each supply 5 kg DM; their nutrient profiles can still differ.

How do I assess roughage alternatives?

The library puts forage composition and use information in one place. Compare fibre, protein, dry matter and the quantity available for the animals you are feeding.

Which details belong with a feed sample?

The feed batch and sampling date identify the material tested. The report then gives that sample’s nutrient results and units.

How do I align as-fed and dry-matter values?

Multiply as-fed weight by the dry-matter fraction to find dry weight; divide dry weight by that fraction to find as-fed weight.

What does NDF show?

NDF is the neutral detergent fibre fraction, made up mainly of hemicellulose, cellulose and lignin. It describes a different part of the feed analysis from protein or starch.

How do I use the country groups?

Country groups help you find feeds associated with a named country in the source. Feed-class groups provide another way to browse the same library.

How do I read micronutrient references?

Micronutrient entries give the named nutrient, unit and feed basis. Estimated and lower-bound labels explain whether the number is an estimate or a minimum.

What does the automatic-selection stage tell me?

It shows which animal stages use the feed in HerdMobile’s automatic selection. For concentrated additives, the manufacturer’s label supplies the mixing directions.

Where can I find breed references?

The breed library brings sourced milk-composition values and the studied animal groups together. It helps you explore breed references alongside your own milk records.

How HerdMobile helps

Bring your animals, feed stocks and farm accounts together on your Android phone. HerdMobile keeps your daily work moving offline: record events, compare feed quantities and follow sales and payments in one place. Use your own feeds and herd information to prepare a ration, then keep a backup file under your control.

See how many kilos of each feed to give — Keep the day’s work in view: open your animal records, plan feeding, follow farm accounts and manage your backup in HerdMobile.

Sources

Feedipedia — Wheat straw