AFIA offering online manufacturing course

Register now for the American Feed Industry Association’s next online feed manufacturing course, conducted in partnership with Kansas State University, April 11 – May 16.

The five-week “AFIA 500: Fundamentals of Feed Manufacturing” distance education program provides an in-depth understanding of the feed manufacturing process, while allowing participants to work at their own pace and engage in online discussions with other students and university instructors.

The course covers a variety of topics, including:

• The process flow from particle size reduction
• Batching and mixing
• Conditioning and pelleting
• Boilers
• Post-pellet systems
• Packaging and loadout
• Maintenance

Program fees are $499 for members and $685 for nonmembers. The deadline to register is Wednesday, April 5.