The Equity can provide custom rations through collaboration with a customer's preferred nutritionist, regardless of size, situation or preference.
The Equity Elite products are locally manufactured, proven feeds with a robust quality assurance program to ensure consistency and on-farm results.
The Equity has the ability to provide optimal value with our diverse ingredient offering.
The Equity Farm & Home Store is an active member of our community and able to offer you the best value for all species.
The Equity has wholesale relationships throughout our feed delivery area to provide our neighbors with quality products for their customers.
Customer service drives everything we do at The Equity. Our ability to supply complete feeds, balancers and ingredients in meal or pelleted form gives customers options to fit their management style. Additionally, Equity's FDA licensing ensures we are able to provide Category II medications and feed additives as requested. This variety of capabilities puts The Equity on par with nationally branded feed manufacturers.
Our Beta Raven automation system ensures ration accuracy, consistency, and traceability. The system allows for tracking of actual to theoretical verification of each ingredient along with appropriate mixing time, pellet mill temperatures and other manufacturing guidelines.
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The Equity Feed mills are HACCP certified, ractopamine free, and utilize Beta Raven automation to ensure full manufacturing traceability. With two feed mill locations and ‘Approved Supplier’ program, we are able to manufacture or procure feeds for all species with minimal risk of contamination.
The Equity Feed Team is actively involved in food safety, from the pellet mill operator to the Quality Assurance Analyst. Many touch points ensure the feed we produce is safe, traceable, and the highest quality. Ingredient testing focuses not only on nutrient value, but also mycotoxin presence and levels. Drug assays are ran to validate drug inclusions match ration specifications and mixer efficiency (CV) tests confirm mix consistency throughout a batch of feed. Pellet durability indexes are used to continually audit our pellet quality for our customers and their animals.
Biosecurity is top-of-mind for The Equity Feed Team. In addition to multiple sanitation and separation protocols within the mill, we offer Sal-Curb as a feed scrubber for any customer looking for in feed pathogen control. The biosecurity efforts do not stop with the mill. Our feed delivery drivers utilize FeedTrackur which maximizes traceability through GPS delivery coordinates, electronic paperwork and reporting, and real-time sequence history. Upon delivery, customers receive real-time notifications confirming the Right Feed in the Right Bin at the Right Time. All drivers follow truck disinfectant and wash protocols as well as on-farm precautions to limit pathogen exposure and transfer.
The Equity offers custom-blended dairy feed in bulk and bags, as well as bagged feed from brand-name suppliers. Our mills use only high-quality ingredients, and our efficient manufacturing process allows us to provide customers with cost-competitive products.
Our Dairy Nutrition Specialists are here to help you provide optimal nutrition, and they offer feed sampling, least-cost diet formulations, and amino acid formulations. We also maximize the use of homegrown forages and build diets around them; and we work with Industry experts to help solve any problems that might occur.
The Equity understands that dairying is your livelihood. We’re here to stand along-side you and confront challenges, while we do whatever we can to help you increase profitability over time. We focus on herd health, because we believe healthy cows lead to a profitable business.
No matter what stage of beef production defines your operation, the Beef Nutrition Specialists at The Equity will help you find a successful nutrition plan.
We understand that cattle are your livelihood, and we take your herd’s health very seriously. To ensure a maximum rate of return, we offer feed sampling, formulation of least-cost diets, and clinics with industry experts to keep you in the know. Our goal is to work with you to increase your rate of return over time.
Our specialists work with the ingredients you have on the farm and fill in gaps in between. We also manufacture and stock a wide variety of minerals, lick tubs, pellets and everything in between for your cattle operation.
Our newly constructed, fully automated, state-of-the-art feed mill in Horace gives us the capacity to produce large volumes of custom bulk feed for swine growers across the territory we serve.
Our swine team develops programs for swine herds that include budgets for successive stages of growth. You’ll know how many tons each ration requires for improved feed efficiency and rate of gain. This not only allows for convenient purchasing, but it also creates an excellent opportunity for risk management.
Look to The Equity for one of the largest selections of swine feed in the region.
In addition to providing swine feed, we offer Swine Producer Partnerships. This low-risk business helps you diversify your operation and create a steady source of income during the up and down cycles in the agriculture economy.
The Equity and The Equity Hardware Do It Center are proud to be authorized Show-Rite® Show Feeds dealers. Show-Rite® Show feeds have been a staple in the show livestock industry for many years.
We also manufacture our own line of The Equity branded swine show feeds using Show-Rite’s® Alltech® technology.
Our knowledgeable staff will help you select the right product for your show animal needs. We look forward to working with you to create a competitive and enjoyable experience for our local youth, who enjoy taking part in the livestock industry.
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Specialties: Dairy, Calves, & Beef
Specialties: Dairy & Beef
Specialties: Dairy & Beef
Specialties: Beef, Swine, & Show Feed
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Darwin Wohltman, VP of Livestock, has been with the Equity for over 30 years. Darwin started his career as an Agronomy Salesman, before transitioning to the Feed Department as a Swine & Dairy Feed Salesman. In 1995, he transitioned from Swine & Dairy Feed Sales to Swine Consulting, a position he held for the next 20 years. In 2015, he took on the role of VP of Feed & Livestock. During this time, The Equity’s serviceable feed territory expanded with the addition of the St. Rose Feed Mill and the Horace Feed Mill. Darwin has spent most of his career facilitating opportunities for independent pork producers through Swine Producer Partnerships to allow growers to diversify as well as establishing and maintaining industry alignments to position The Equity Livestock Department brand as a swine management entity.
Randy joined The Equity in January of 2019. He has been involved in pork production for 20 years in Iowa, Illinois, and Minnesota. He enjoys working with producers and team members providing the best possible care for the pigs and looking for creative and innovative ways to produce high quality pork.
Alan has been with The Equity for 13 years, where he is the Logistics Coordinator for the Livestock Department. He is also a third-generation farmer in Effingham County, where he operates a small corn and soybean grain farm as well as manages a 1,000 head feeder-to-finish contract barn, in addition to a 40-show pig sow unit. Alan is involved with Illinois Pork Producers and has been a board member for 11 years. With this involvement, he has been able to stay in touch with state and national rules and laws that affect day-to-day business in the swine industry. Alan believes that expanding into swine is a great way to diversify any farming operation.
Corey has been with The Equity since 2014. He is the Field Advisor in the Southern Region for the Livestock Department. He is from Marion County, where he spent his youth raising and showing swine in 4-H and FFA. Corey is a graduate of Lake Land College where he studied Ag Production and Management. He has been actively involved in the swine production industry for over 20 years. Corey’s experience prior to joining The Equity include managing a 2,800 head wean to finish facility, in addition to managing a 5,600 head farrow to wean sow facility. Corey enjoys the interaction he has with growers and his greatest satisfaction is helping them achieve successful results.
Drucilla has been with The Equity since 2016. Prior to taking over the role of Early Pig Care Specialist in 2018, she worked in agronomy sales for The Equity at Marshall. Drucilla works with producers strictly focusing on getting weaned pigs the proper care they need for a great start. She grew up on a swine finishing operation that was affiliated with The Equity. That operation has since retired, allowing for Drucilla and her brother to build their own swine partnership with The Equity.
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