Batch Feedings
Batch feedings are ad‑hoc feedings created outside of your dairy’s main feeding schedule. They are used when feed is needed outside normal planning, such as unexpected feedings or one‑off situations.
Batch feedings still use existing recipes and equipment constraints to ensure consistency with your normal feeding operation. These feedings are created and completed from the FeedComp mobile app, allowing feeders to respond quickly while keeping feed data accurate.
Tap Feed at the bottom of the screen, and then tap Batch Feeding to record an unscheduled feed drop to one or more pens.
Expand the sections below to learn more:
Tap the recipe to mix.
Tap + Add Pen under 
Pens.
Select one or more pens, and then tap Next at the bottom of the screen.
If the feeding was assigned to more than one pen, you can use the handle 
on the left side of an item to drag and drop it to a new position in the list, and then tap Next at the bottom of the screen.
Select DM/HD or AF, enter the ingredient Amount scheduled for each pen, and then tap Add at the bottom of the screen.
Tap Next at the bottom of the screen.
Tap Start Mix at the bottom of the screen.
IMPORTANT: If you want to use both a feeding device and a loading device to monitor and manage loads, enable Loader View on a loading device. Loader View allows you to connect your loading device to your feeding device, so any operations on your feeding device are mirrored on your loading device. When Loader View is enabled on a loading device, you can advance or pause feedings and view real-time feeding details while loading is in progress.
Follow the steps below to load a mix:
If a timer was set for the ingredient, wait for the timer to complete. Or, tap Advance this Ingredient 
to move to the next step in the recipe. You can Skip 
or Ignore 
ingredients if needed.
NOTE: If the weight of an ingredient detected by the scale drops below the threshold set for the mixer while mixing a recipe, FeedComp displays an alert that requires attention before adding the next ingredient to the mixer. To set the threshold, see Create New Equipment or Edit Equipment. Tap Acknowledge to confirm and record the ingredient's actual amount and continue mixing. Acknowledged ingredients are identified with an ACK icon 
on the Feeding History Report.
Proceed to Drop the Mix at the Pens.
IMPORTANT: If you have enabled Loader View on a loading device, the loading device is automatically disconnected from your device once all of the ingredients are loaded.
Follow the steps below to complete the batch feeding:
- Once all of the ingredients are added and the progress bar reaches 100%, FeedComp automatically advances you to drop at the pen. Or, you can tap Start Dropping at the bottom of the screen.
- Drop the mix at the first pen. You can Skip or Ignore pens if needed.
- Once the progress bar reaches 100%, FeedComp automatically advances to the next pen. Or, you can tap Advance this Drop to manually move to the next pen. As you drop the mix, the scale weighs the load and FeedComp calculates the percentage complete.
- Once all of the drops are complete and the progress bar reaches 100%, FeedComp automatically advances. Or, you can tap Continue at the bottom of the screen to advance manually.
IMPORTANT: Before tapping Continue, Confirm the feed has been fully dropped. Also, check that the scale reads zero (or your target remaining weight).
- Tap View Report Card at the bottom of the screen to view additional details for the ingredients dropped and pens fed for the batch feeding. The batch feeding is now complete, and FeedComp compiles and presents your batch feeding summary.
FeedComp allows you to skip or ignore ingredients when loading them into a mixer, and you can also skip or ignore pens when dropping the mix when feeding.
When you're loading ingredients for a mix and dropping the mix at a pen, the following options are available:
- Tap Ignore to ignore the ingredient or pen. When you tap Ignore , the ingredient or pen is skipped and removed from the order entirely.
- Tap the arrow
to advance to the next ingredient or pen.
- Tap Skip
to skip the ingredient or pen. When you tap Skip , the ingredient or pen is temporarily skipped and moved to the end of the order so you can return to it later.
Once the loading or dropping process is started for a batch feeding, you can tap Abort at the top middle of the screen to abort the batch feeding.