Newsletter 123: Winging It!
This Newsletter discusses the following topics:
- F1 Ignition
- Target growth rates for Holsteins
- Grazing vs TMR Profitability
- Cutting back on Plastic
- Mineral market update
- Commodity market update
Category: News
News for farmers about developments in the field of ruminant nutrition.
Newsletter 122: Trying To Cut Feed Costs?
This Newsletter discusses the following topics:
- New edition of the F 1 Dairy Blueprint.
- Trying to cut feed costs
- Calcium intakes for close up dry cows
- What should we do about copper?
- Mineral market update
- Commodity market update
Newsletter 121: Do You Have Stress Issues?
This Newsletter discusses the following topics:
- Stress and Inflammation.
- Lameness a man-made problem!
- Managing Cryptosporidium.
- Acidosis in calves
- Mineral market update.
- Commodity market update.
Newsletter 120 – Spring at Last!
This Newsletter the following topics:
- Milk Fever re-visited.
- Amino Acids
- Turning out? Why you need a buffer.
- 2021 Silage. Is your grass fit for purpose?
- Mineral market update.
- Commodity market update.
Newsletter 119 – Sometimes you get what you pay for!
This newsletter focuses on:
- Covid 19. Code of working practices.
- Cheap protein sources!!!
- The liver revisited.
- Bulling activity, & fertility.
- Protected fats what do you really need?
- Mineral market update.
- Commodity market update.
Newsletter 118 – Action Points!
This update focuses on URGENT order deadlines for Christmas and New Year, tricky trading conditions for fat, early order discounts for silage inoculants and a new perspective on F1 Yeast.
Newsletter 117
Are you ready for Brexit? We have published Newsletter 117, discussing rumen buffering, the use of yeast for beef, and cow alert monitoring!
LS Newsletter 115
Newsletter 115 has been published! Covering the re-launch of Britannia Energized Calf Milk, the benefits of Oregano (!), essential fatty acids, maize silage and much more!
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LS Newsletter 116
We have published Newsletter 116, discussing updated COVID 19 working practises, and more!
Trace Elements
Organic or Inorganic?
Current research is showing that inclusion of inorganic minerals from Copper, Manganese, Zinc and Iron is far from desirable for mineral supplements.
Sulphates, Oxides, Chlorides and Carbonates all have serious negative effects and whilst history has shown some benefits when used sparingly we now know that the variation in Ph through the GIT (Gastro-intestinal Tract) causes some very negative interactions during digestion, and some of the compounds produced are toxic at a cellular level.
We also know that the loading of unused trace elements is also both wasteful and has a negative impact on the environment.
Chelated organic minerals (Trace elements bonded to peptides or amino acids), have been proved to be highly bi-available and can totally replace their inorganic counterparts at lower levels and will often save money.
They significantly reduce negative environmental impact and have been shown to have major advantages in improving, health (mastitis, somatic cell counts, lameness, ante-natal metabolic disease issues) fertility, and neonatal and post-natal heifer growth and performance through first lactation.
It therefore makes sense to focus on TRT (Total Replacement Treatment) of these key trace elements in supplemental formulation.
The fundamental starting point with introducing TRT has to be the dry cow period. There is much compelling evidence to show both better calving and long term benefits by replacing standard formulations with chelated trace zinc, manganese, copper and selenium as the only sources.
£50 per Tonne off
We have decided to run a little campaign from August 1st as a result of this new focus.
Anyone ordering TRT minerals forward on contracts to next spring will get £50 per Tonne off the RRP
There will be a further reductions of:
- £10 per tonne for 5 tonne drops
- £20 per tonne for 10 tonne drops
- Full Loads POA
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