Long-cut feed with uneven chop invites sorting, especially in dairy cows. Animals eat concentrates and fine particles first, leaving coarse fibers, causing unbalanced nutrition and large amounts of leftover waste.
6-12mm short-cut feed has uniform chop and, once mixed with concentrates and additives, cannot be separated, so animals cannot sort and every bite is balanced.
This ensures nutritional balance and minimizes feeding waste, cutting feed losses by 5% to 15% in practice.