Used home n dry for first time last year. What we cut under 20% worked great, over 20% less so and over 25% not that great. All seemed to feed out ok but am propcorning this year though I think I’ll try feed grade urea next year as I believe it will work more effectively at higher moistures than home n dry
home'n dry.....again
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Dave6170
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Did you just mix the home n dry with the loader bucket? Did you bruise at the same time or after?
Dave6170
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If i can get my 20% or under i m going to try it. If not it will be propped.
That makes more sense now. I misunderstood that! So what’s the advantages of this product over Home N Dry or maxammon? And how does it compare price wise?
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With the barley sale price last year (& likely this), I reckon the finishing ration cost me about £150/t, including the minerals (+ a tenner if you’re buying in I guess). At the time a concentrate to finish them would have been £238/t, with a risk of acidosis that isn’t there with Alkagrain.
It wasn’t a hard decision, certainly if you have home grown cereals, that may well be damp.
Currently I’m wondering if I can strip graze (partially)standing barley...
Yes you can. Been there done it
Wheat will keep well with urea on its own but it has to be left whole the enzyme is on the whole grain, if crushed it will not work. Barley worked well does not need crushing after if the moisture is high enough to start with Basildon Lowland was the man that did a lot of work on this .I crushed wheat very sticky , through a class mill with a hopper on the front .Yes you can. Been there done it
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In 2 keenans in 5 tonne batches. Someone on the forklift and someone emptying them, can mix a lot in a day.
This is the first year we have treated whole and added water to the mix and I think the end results are better. We are rolling grain that the moisture soaked right into and therefore it is rolling into a nice flake with no dust. Before we were rolling and treating at the same time and the grain was rolled first and water added up the elevator which only dampened the dry crushed grain and you still ended up with crushed powdery grain rather than a nice big flake.
Did 1000 tonne at harvest time 50/50 Harbro Maximmon and Norvite Alpha all at 25kgs urea per tonne.
Dave6170
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I used norvite alpha on my barley. Mixed the whole grains with the loader bucket and has turned out really good.
What moisture did you get it at?
Dave6170
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18%, had to add water to the mix
All you need for whole grains is urea the enzyme is on the grain to turn it to amonia.All the products that are manufactured are urea pluses a carrier of the enzyme unease.
is the alpha just the same
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Yes, but cheaper. Novite will sell the enzyme without urea, but harbro won't they want it all there own way.
is it wheat or barley you did and how much are you feeding per head
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600tonnes barley and 400tonnes wheat. Have sold some of that. Currently feeding 3.5kgs of a 50 50 mix to cows
do you mind if i ask what else you are feeding with it
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No, not at all. We are feeding 2.5kgs of a high DUP blend which compliments the treated grain which is mostly RDP.
Aamoi what would dup' blend consist of ? W.distillers ,soya etc protected raps seed meal ?