Feed Department
Providing Superior Animal Nutrition to Your Farm Operation:
At Hull Coop, we’re committed to supporting the nutritional needs of livestock in our community and surrounding areas. We specialize in top-quality species-specific nutrition ensuring optimal animal health and performance.
Unwavering Commitment to Quality and Efficiency:
Our commitment to quality starts with the very foundation of our operation. Our state-of-the-art computerized batching system, guaranteeing precise measurement and consistent feed quality. This ensures your animals receive the exact nutrients they need to thrive.
Partnering for Your Success
Get in touch with our knowledgeable salespeople to answer any questions you may have about our feed products and services.
Let Hull Coop be your trusted partner in achieving optimal animal health and performance.
Nic Smith | Swine Specialist 712.395.2600
Eric Ochsendorf | Beef Specialist 712.348.2582
Hunter Koolstra | Multi-Species Specialist 712.470.4267
Calissa Keller | Dairy Calf & Heifer Specialist 507-360-2746
Ed Jumbeck | Dairy Cow & Goat Specialist 712-470-5473
Swine
The Hull Coop is looking for quality 1000 - 1200 head sites:
- Nursery buildings
- Wean to finish buildings
- Finishers
We offer forward contracting on corn and soybean meal to help you manage risk.Our accounting department teams up with the swine sales team to provide group performance closeouts in a timely fashion. If you are interested in becoming part of an ownership group, give us a call!
Beef
Services Provided:
Feedlot Consulting
- Ration Formulation
- Starting Cattle Management
- Bunk Management
- Cost of Gain analysis
- Monthly Cattle Tracking
- Closeout analysis with management and investors
Profit Projections
- Multiple Monthly Projections
- Forecast current profit / loss for calves and yearlings being placed looking at spreads in corn pricing and futures spreads
- Can further be customized to each feedlots current pricing and COG’s, or for a particular run of cattle
Feeding Programs
- Feedstuff Samples and Analysis via Dairyland Labs
- Ingredient Recommendations and Pricing Matrix’s
- Effective Ration Formulation
- TMR Evaluations / Mixing Protocols
- Bunker Management / Pile Face Management
Implant Protocols
- Discuss and evaluate current implant protocols with each feedlot’s consulting veterinarian while keeping in mind market windows and spreads
Cow-Calf Management, Heifer and Bull Development
- Mineral Programs
- Feeding Programs
- Breeding Programs
- Synchronization Protocols
- Weaning Programs
Dairy
The Hull Coop Feed Department focuses on supporting dairies by providing high-quality, consistent feed produced with state-of-the-art pelleting equipment at our Sheldon Mill. We have our own dairy specialist on staff to offer expert guidance, while also collaborating with any other nutritional group or individual. This ensures that our dairy customers receive tailored solutions to optimize herd health and productivity. With state-of-the-art pelleting equipment at our Sheldon Mill, we produce feed that meets the highest standards of quality and consistency. Our commitment to excellence helps dairy producers achieve optimal herd performance and productivity.
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VFD Information
Through FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA*), we maintain the same principles as a HACCP program, which are subject to audits by the FDA.
Elements of our Quality and Food Safety system as listed below assure our customers that products manufactured by Hull Coop is safe for animal consumption.
- Food and Drug Administration’s regulation (FDA 21 CFR 589.2000/589.2001)**
- Hazard Analysis & Preventive Controls
- Compliant cGMP Program
- Plant Security & Visitor Policy
- Employee Training and Assessment
- Supplier Approval Program
- Prior Load, Receiving & Delivery Procedures
- Procedures Housekeeping Program
- Pest Control Program
- Premise Control
- Preventative Maintenance Program
- Scale & Equipment Calibration Program
- Formula and Label Verification
- Process Control Documented
- Lab Analysis-Ingredient & Finished Product
- Biosecurity Programs
- Traceability & Recall Procedures
- Corrective and Preventative Action
- Documented Customer Complaint Process
- Document Control Procedures
- Internal Quality Audits
- FDA’s Food Facility Registration
**Hull Coop does not use any prohibited mammalian protein ingredients nor do any livestock products we sell contain prohibited mammalian protein ingredients. Furthermore, Hull Coop has production procedures to prevent prohibited materials from entering its facilities.
What does this mean for you? Dependability, reliability, traceability...in a word, TRUST.
The ABCs of VFDs the FDA’s final VFD rule has added an alphabet soup of new abbreviations to which farmers will need to become accustomed. Here are a few of them along with the titles or processes to which the abbreviation refers:
- VFD: Veterinary feed directives – The order issued by a licensed veterinarian in the course of professional practice, authorizing the use of animal feeds containing VFD drugs.
- VFD drugs: Those drugs intended for use in or on animal feed which are limited to use under the professional supervision of a licensed veterinarian.
- VCPR: Veterinary-client-patient relationship – The context under which veterinarians are limited to issuing VFDs. Standards to assess the validity of a VCPR are set by the state in which the veterinary is licensed to practice medicine. If the state has no VCPR standards, the VFD must meet federally defined standards.
- ADAA: Animal Drug Availability Act – Passed by Congress in 1996 as a method of facilitating the approval and marketing of new animal drugs and medicated feeds. It is from this piece of legislation that the VFD regulatory category was created.
- FDA: Food and Drug Administration – The federal agency that regulates both animal and human drugs, and enforces the VFD rule.
- OTC: Over-the-counter – The current classification under which many soon-to-be-VFD feed-use antimicrobial drugs fall
We’ve grouped several links here in one spot to make it easier for you to find the information you need regarding the Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD).
