Start Here: Better Feeding Made Simple

FeedComp includes a wide set of capabilities designed to help you get more value from your feeding workflow—often in ways that go well beyond what you’d expect at first glance. Once you’re familiar with what FeedComp can do, you can use it to support more flexible, real-world feeding scenarios while still keeping your process consistent and trackable.

On day one, FeedComp establishes a "single source of truth" for your farm. FeedComp helps move your operation to a simple, repeatable feeding system:

This builds consistency and confidence without forcing your farm to change everything at once.

Use these steps to start feeding with the fewest decisions.

See Your First Feeding below to learn more.

Batch feeding is used for ad‑hoc feedings outside the main feeding schedule. It supports unplanned or one‑off feeding needs while keeping feed data accurate and consistent.

Batch feedings are created and completed in the FeedComp mobile app using existing recipes and equipment settings, so unplanned feedings follow the same standards as scheduled ones.

Use batch feeding when feed is needed outside the planned schedule and you need to record what was fed.

See Batch Feedings to learn more.

FeedComp's advanced features help your farm stay flexible—without losing control—as daily conditions change.

Premixes let you define and manage blends (such as mineral or supplement mixes) as reusable building blocks inside your recipes. Instead of recreating the same combination of ingredients in multiple rations, you can set it up once as a premix and use it wherever it’s needed. This makes it easier to standardize nutrition and keep recipes clean and consistent.

See Premix Recipes to learn how to create, edit and mix a premix recipe.

Alternate recipes let you switch to a pre-configured option when ingredients, availability, or plans change, without rebuilding the schedule. See Alternate Recipes to learn more.

For farms that currently adjust pen counts to “absorb” leftovers, FeedComp provides dedicated tools that keep data accurate instead.

Overnight workflows are especially useful when feeding runs late or starts early, but they work best when they match how your farm defines a feeding day.

If your farm moves animals during the day or feeds ahead of time, automatic pen count updates don’t always reflect how feed is actually delivered. FeedComp lets you control when pen counts are applied to the schedule so planned feedings stay consistent with your routine.

Many farms start with stable pen counts and make manual adjustments as needed, then refine how and when counts sync as the team becomes more comfortable.

When pens are enabled for auto‑updates from DairyComp, FeedComp automatically adjusts the Feeding Counts, Total DM and Total AF values based on the pen changes recorded in DairyComp. If synchronization is turned off for specific pens, the Feeding Count is managed solely within FeedComp. Understanding how pen synchronization timing and automatic batch recalculations work helps ensure accurate counts, correct feeding amounts, and proper interpretation of feed targets as pen populations change.

See Pens to learn more about managing pens and Sync Feeding & Animal Counts.

If you’re new to FeedComp, a few simple habits can make a big difference. Recording feedings accurately from the start helps ensure that your feeding reports capture what actually happened on the farm and allows you to see value sooner.

Start with these practical patterns:

If you’re new to feeding with FeedComp, this article walks you through the basic steps to log in and complete your first feeding using the mobile app. You’ll learn how to sign in, select the correct device and feeding type, and move through the feeding workflow from mixing to dropping.