Good quality pellet have several benefits: reduced waste, less segregation in the feed, improves palatibility and shorter eating periods. Also animal performance and feed efficientcy can benefit from pelleting the feed, but it is not always easy to make a good quality pellet.
Pellet binders (or pelleting performance enhancers) are products that are use to "bind", "glue" or hold the various feed components together in order that they will maintain pellet integrity subsequent operations after they are extruded from the pellet die.