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[Attam]

This is the blend I use for in lamb ewes. Mix half and half with whole barley, maybe a few oats if I have any. Quote this year is £368 a ton.

 

[Attam]

Price barley in around the 160 mark then a mixed ton is £265 ish. Good saving on pellets or rolls but have to trough feed it so bloody dangerous running the gauntlet with ewes a few walk throughs help

 

[Attam]

How much cheaper is the blend that nuts same (ish) ticket?

Apologies, I was supposed to post this the other day! This is £324 a ton. Again to mix half and half with cereals. We alter the amounts a bit. More protein for younger cattle and drop it off for fattening. Feed stirks, store cattle, fat cattle and lambs with it. Keeps it Nice and simple

 

[Skintagain]

Apologies, I was supposed to post this the other day! This is £324 a ton. Again to mix half and half with cereals. We alter the amounts a bit. More protein for younger cattle and drop it off for fattening. Feed stirks, store cattle, fat cattle and lambs with it. Keeps it Nice and simple

Nice to see maize at top of ticket

 

[kfpben]

Does anyone have any thoughts on For Farmers Ewbol ns 18 ewe rolls?

They seem significantly cheaper than competitor feeds, quoted £325 for 18T tipped, and just checking the grub was decent?

 

[Lincs]

Does anyone have any thoughts on For Farmers Ewbol ns 18 ewe rolls?

They seem significantly cheaper than competitor feeds, quoted £325 for 18T tipped, and just checking the grub was decent?

Im using it this year (the 19%) Seems ok so far

 

[livestock 1]

I’ve used the 19% a fair lot it does a good job ingredients not everyone’s cup of tea
The 19% is better value than the 18% in my reckoning for the bit extra or it was anyway
Probably depends what you want and how much of the sheep’s diet depends on the rolls

 

[Sierra Lama]

I'd be interested to know people's thoughts on this? A local firm, who we buy our lamb creep off is selling this product this year, have been sceptical of a product which we have used for many a year recently from another firm, sometimes it's grand other times it's very dusty and the stock perhaps dont perform as they should on it. I'm wondering if it may be worth just trying something different.

 

[exmoorromney]

If money was no object which ewe rolls would people use? In other words which is the best?

 

[Hill Ground]

If money were no object I'd be feeding some sort of home mix so I knew exactly what went into it, so it was "all killer no filler!"

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

If money were no object I'd be feeding some sort of home mix so I knew exactly what went into it, so it was "all killer no filler!"

Not just Hill ground, but open to all, just for a bit of fun

So what would be the best home mix, ?
And what livestock would it be fed to ?
And why ?
Assuming you have plenty of storage bays/space for straights needed in the mix,
And a good set up to mix, handle and store finished product

 

[andybk]

Went into wynnstay yesterday to get some hep p , most of the bagged feed they had on display was £8.50ish a bag , inc the 18% Tamar coarse calf mix i use to start lambs on ,( MVF is £14.50 )But i have to say the spec of the 18% lamb pellets wasnt that good, a lot of wheat feed / rape , horses for courses but thought was competitive for bagged feed ,

 

[Mixedupfarmer]

Went into wynnstay yesterday to get some hep p , most of the bagged feed they had on display was £8.50ish a bag , inc the 18% Tamar coarse calf mix i use to start lambs on ,( MVF is £14.50 )But i have to say the spec of the 18% lamb pellets wasnt that good, a lot of wheat feed / rape , horses for courses but thought was competitive for bagged feed ,

20kg??

 

[livestock 1]

Not just Hill ground, but open to all, just for a bit of fun

So what would be the best home mix, ?
And what livestock would it be fed to ?
And why ?
Assuming you have plenty of storage bays/space for straights needed in the mix,
And a good set up to mix, handle and store finished product

Barley, maize distillers, sbp, soya molasses
Alter the combination to suit and take some out when required those ingredients can be used for anything from a swale ewe to growing cattle to fattening beast

 

[Hill Ground]

Not just Hill ground, but open to all, just for a bit of fun

So what would be the best home mix, ?
And what livestock would it be fed to ?
And why ?
Assuming you have plenty of storage bays/space for straights needed in the mix,
And a good set up to mix, handle and store finished product

When I got my first sheep and feeding them in troughs was an option, I used to by ton bags of barley or oats from an arable farm I worked on, and soya from a dairy farm I fed on at the weekends. Bit of free access mins in with that, I think was probably the best feed I ever gave my ewes.

 

[Attam]

Not just Hill ground, but open to all, just for a bit of fun

So what would be the best home mix, ?
And what livestock would it be fed to ?
And why ?
Assuming you have plenty of storage bays/space for straights needed in the mix,
And a good set up to mix, handle and store finished product

I like a bit of a game so here gos
Lambing ewe mix
Hi pro soya, barley, barley, oats or sbp, maize Of some sort Ground or Cooked or distillers + minerals. 4 ingredients all at 20% inclusion (barley in twice so 40%). That’s what I’d go for. Interestingly if you bought the ingredients in bulk you wouldn’t be far off £250 a ton for that mix!!

Be interesting to get a price for something like that off a mill to be delivered in pellets or rolls

 

[jendan]

I like a bit of a game so here gos
Lambing ewe mix
Hi pro soya, barley, barley, oats or sbp, maize Of some sort Ground or Cooked or distillers + minerals. 4 ingredients all at 20% inclusion (barley in twice so 40%). That’s what I’d go for. Interestingly if you bought the ingredients in bulk you wouldn’t be far off £250 a ton for that mix!!

Be interesting to get a price for something like that off a mill to be delivered in pellets or rolls

You could cut down to 10% Soya and 10% Maize Distillers.

 

[Attam]

You could cut down to 10% Soya and 10% Maize Distillers.

Would it keep the protein high enough? Probably not far off.
Would you up the barley to 60%?

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

I like a bit of a game so here gos
Lambing ewe mix
Hi pro soya, barley, barley, oats or sbp, maize Of some sort Ground or Cooked or distillers + minerals. 4 ingredients all at 20% inclusion (barley in twice so 40%). That’s what I’d go for. Interestingly if you bought the ingredients in bulk you wouldn’t be far off £250 a ton for that mix!!

Be interesting to get a price for something like that off a mill to be delivered in pellets or rolls

Think that would be to high in protein that mix, you need to cut the soya at least,
Protein needs carbohydrates to digest, if low on carbohydrates then it will burn fat and make them skinny

 

[Attam]

Think that would be to high in protein that mix, you need to cut the soya at least,
Protein needs carbohydrates to digest, if low on carbohydrates then it will burn fat and make them skinny

Good job I’m not a nutritionist then