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title: Target DM and Feeding Amounts
slug: help/en-us/feedcomp/target-dm-and-feeding-amounts
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createdAt: 2026-04-27T20:21:53.167Z
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Target DM (often shown as Target DM/HD) is the daily dry‑matter goal for each animal in a pen. It gives you a clear nutrition target that stays the same even when feed moisture changes.

Feeding amounts represent what's actually scheduled to be fed in DM/HD (dry matter only) and AF (as-fed, which includes moisture).

FeedComp keeps these two values connected, so your feeding goals (Target DM/HD) and your feeding schedule (feeding amounts) are always in sync.

- If you change a pen’s Target DM/HD, FeedComp can automatically update future feeding amounts to match. It also keeps the same planned split across multiple feedings.
- If you change a feeding's feeding amount (DM/HD or AF), FeedComp recalculates the daily total and updates the pen's Target DM/HD to match.

## How Does This Benefit Me?

- **Set it once, and it flows everywhere. **Update the Target DM/HD for a pen and every future feeding recalculates automatically. No need to edit each feeding individually.
- **Adjust on the fly without breaking the plan. **If you tweak a single feeding, the daily target updates to reflect what you've actually scheduled, so reports and summaries stay accurate.
- **Less room for error. **Because FeedComp handles the conversion between DM and AF using the recipe's DM%, you avoid manual calculation mistakes that can lead to over- or under-feeding.
- **Reports you can trust. **Since the target and feedings are always in sync, what you see in reports matches what you've planned to deliver.

To learn how to add or edit a pen's Target DM/HD, see [Add a Pen](docId\:DmdhETu-_cJFLMZ3H3oe1). To learn how to add or edit a feeding amount, see [Add or Edit a Feeding](docId:_XlwzPy7ABgbaArT3UNRt).