Berry stock feeds Northampton

[cull cows]

has anyone used this company I’m thinking of trying there bull beef finisher ration.it sounds and looks very good on paper!!can anyone recommend them?

 

[RAF]

Yes I use bull beef finisher when we run out off our own , it’s a brilliant feed

 

[spin cycle]

looks decent stuff....do they do tonne bags or just bulk

 

[HarryB97]

We began using them a few months ago and use there Bull Beef Finisher and Beef 16. We have 2-3 tonne delivered in 1 tonne bags. There beef 16 is £70 cheaper than the equivelent nut from another manufacturer that we were using. The dry matter is 10% less than most nuts, it stores for a month in the bags but if poured onto the floor will sweat quite heavily against the walls so needs to be used fairly quickly.

 

[cull cows]

Yes I use bull beef finisher when we run out off our own , it’s a brilliant feed

Is it like a moist feed rather than a nut.i spoke to them Friday and it sounds a great feed

 

[yellowbelly]

The dry matter is 10% less than most nuts, it stores for a month in the bags but if poured onto the floor will sweat quite heavily against the walls so needs to be used fairly quickly.

Haven't had anything from them for a few years but that was our experience too. No problems other than that (and it's not a problem if you're aware of it).

 

[HarryB97]

Is it like a moist feed rather than a nut.i spoke to them Friday and it sounds a great feed

It's not a nut more of a lumpy powder with straw mixed in. You wont be able to bucket it out the bag like you would rolled barley as it settles out very tight. One yellow bucket of Bull Beef weighs 5kg whilst rolled barley weighs 10kg so there is a bit more shovelling involved if you rnt using large amounts

 

[RAF]

Bull finisher is moist feed with chopped straw in it , a complete feed, i am tempted to sell corn off field and just buy off them ,be simple then, have been using them for 20 years plus. Although It can be a pig to get out off the lorry sometimes

 

[cull cows]

It's not a nut more of a lumpy powder with straw mixed in. You wont be able to bucket it out the bag like you would rolled barley as it settles out very tight. One yellow bucket of Bull Beef weighs 5kg whilst rolled barley weighs 10kg so there is a bit more shovelling involved if you rnt using large amounts

I’d be feeding through a feeder wagon so that wouldn’t be a problem

 

[sticky]

Absolute rocket fuel, easy to feed no stomach or feet problems, l have about 6.5-7t every 18 days. It does heat when in a pile on the floor but the cattle still eat it all, you really need to be using a batch a fortnight. I would think your cows will fly on it but be aware that ad lib they will eat between 14-18kg a day, I keep a rack of roughage in the yard as well.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Absolute rocket fuel, easy to feed no stomach or feet problems, l have about 6.5-7t every 18 days. It does heat when in a pile on the floor but the cattle still eat it all, you really need to be using a batch a fortnight. I would think your cows will fly on it but be aware that ad lib they will eat between 14-18kg a day, I keep a rack of roughage in the yard as well.

18 kilos a day. That can’t be cost effective to finish cattle eating that quantity...

 

[sticky]

18 kilos a day. That can’t be cost effective to finish cattle eating that quantity...

I know, but I had to bring a bunch in because of no grass and this will get them away quicker than most things, no mixing ingredients just tip a bucket in a feeder. Would've blown money putting them back in the stores.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

I know, but I had to bring a bunch in because of no grass and this will get them away quicker than most things, no mixing ingredients just tip a bucket in a feeder. Would've blown money putting them back in the stores.

What is the average DLWG on that nut?

 

[sticky]

What is the average DLWG on that nut?

It's not a nut but more of a moist blend and bbxfr are doing from 1.5to2kg a day.

 

[harperfarmer]

Used them for years. Take our own barley into them and bring back bull beef finisher for the big cattle on ad.lib or beef 16 for the calf creep. Can have it delivered or collected in both bags or bulk. John bell feeds very large numbers of b/w bullocks (several thousand) and the feed company runs alongside the beef finishing side and he's a very nice and knowledgeable man. Recently weighed a bunch of blue x dairy steers that averaged 1.9kg/day (94kg in 49 days) and the heifers next pen along averaged 1.7kg. Absolute rocket fuel BUT it's a fairly low dry matter at 72.5% so they eat a lot of it. The performance is excellent but it's brings home how much big steers will eat at that age/weight.

 

[sticky]

Used them for years. Take our own barley into them and bring back bull beef finisher for the big cattle on ad.lib or beef 16 for the calf creep. Can have it delivered or collected in both bags or bulk. John bell feeds very large numbers of b/w bullocks (several thousand) and the feed company runs alongside the beef finishing side and he's a very nice and knowledgeable man. Recently weighed a bunch of blue x dairy steers that averaged 1.9kg/day (94kg in 49 days) and the heifers next pen along averaged 1.7kg. Absolute rocket fuel BUT it's a fairly low dry matter at 72.5% so they eat a lot of it. The performance is excellent but it's brings home how much big steers will eat at that age/weight.

I was just going to tag you, and there's not much John doesn't know about feeding cattle, very nice guy.

 

[harperfarmer]

 

[Northeastfarmer]

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There looks more straw than grub
Looks like what the livery next door shovel out the stables

 

[Sandpit Farm]

I just have experience with the pig feed. That was excellent. As is said above, you just need to make sure you don't store it too long.

 

[le bon paysan]

Yes its good food. Fetched it in a t and t about 9 tonnes at a time years ago. A load lasted about 12/14 days and cattle put on 1.4/1.8 KGS a day.
I did all sorts Friesian/Holstein bulls and my suckler calves.
Young Richard Dorrel bought the f/h for burgers and the sucklers went on a South Devon scheme.
There was a very good burger van in a layby but can't remember where, but was close to a canal and a wind mill on top of a small hill.