Draff for young stock

[jamesy]

Hi

I’ve the chance of draff @ £20/t. Who feeds it to growing cattle and what rates do you feed it at, what makes up rest of ration?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Its a fantastic healthy feed - mix barley with it and some mins

 

[Optimus]

I feed it to all my cows.usually a shovel per animal or there abouts you'll so know if they've got too much.
Feed it with tatties ,rolled barley bread an biscuit.

You pick the draff up yourself or is that delivered?

 

[jamesy]

I feed it to all my cows.usually a shovel per animal or there abouts you'll so know if they've got too much.
Feed it with tatties ,rolled barley bread an biscuit.

You pick the draff up yourself or is that delivered?

Delivery will likely be £3-£4/t

 

[Chae1]

Hi

I’ve the chance of draff @ £20/t. Who feeds it to growing cattle and what rates do you feed it at, what makes up rest of ration?

Thanks in advance!

Wouldn't feed too much to growing animals. Makes them lay down fat in my experience. Fine for finishing them.

 

[Hilly]

I used to feed it to autum calving cows good stuff but it got too expensive .

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Wouldn't feed too much to growing animals. Makes them lay down fat in my experience. Fine for finishing them.

Strange as is mainly digestable fibre and protein- starch content is low

Brewers Grains

Brewers' Grains are a highly palatable and succulent moist feed

www.kwalternativefeeds.co.uk

 

[Chae1]

Strange as is mainly digestable fibre and protein- starch content is low

Brewers Grains

Brewers' Grains are a highly palatable and succulent moist feed

www.kwalternativefeeds.co.uk

Well we've fed thousands of tons of it Derrick and that's my experience.

If Google told you something different that's fine.

What were you saying in another thread about know it alls?

Here goes 1 of our rations. Hope it helps @jamesy.

Don't require any further comments Derrivk.

This was for 320kg weaned charolais stores.

 

[Adam@Rumen]

Definitely take at that price. Be worth getting an analysis done as the feed values can change considerably depending on plant & manufacturing process and then you'll know where you stand.

 

[jamesy]

Well we've fed thousands of tons of it Derrick and that's my experience.

If Google told you something different that's fine.

What were you saying in another thread about know it alls?

Here goes 1 of our rations. Hope it helps @jamesy.

Don't require any further comments Derrivk.

This was for 320kg weaned charolais stores.

That’s great thanks, gives me a rough idea.

 

[Optimus]

The wetter it is the better it is!
We just tick along young stock till about 12 month then start to push them harder

 

[Highland Mule]

feed values can change considerably depending on plant & manufacturing process

I'd imagine that for the OP it's coming from one of two plants, within a mile or two of each other. But yes, some analysis would probably be a good idea.

 

[ilovemilk90]

Well we've fed thousands of tons of it Derrick and that's my experience.

If Google told you something different that's fine.

What were you saying in another thread about know it alls?

Here goes 1 of our rations. Hope it helps @jamesy.

Don't require any further comments Derrivk.

This was for 320kg weaned charolais stores.

but you have to recognise that to put fat you need starch and sugar and if you feed Draff, like stated before is protein and fibre, on its own to youngstock it just is not possible for them to lay down any excessive amount of fat cover unless you also fed something else with it that you havent mentioned.
In the ration above the fat cover isnt coming from the draff, its coming from the barley and the pressed pulp.
Its logic, not about the chap being a know it all.

 

[Chae1]

but you have to recognise that to put fat you need starch and sugar and if you feed Draff, like stated before is protein and fibre, on its own to youngstock it just is not possible for them to lay down any excessive amount of fat cover unless you also fed something else with it that you havent mentioned.
In the ration above the fat cover isnt coming from the draff, its coming from the barley and the pressed pulp.
Its logic, not about the chap being a know it all.

Well I just know when we feed it to dry cows outside over winter. We have to take them off draff a month to 6 weeks before due to calve otherwise the cows teats are so fat newborn calves struggle to get there mouths round them to sook.

Hence my comment

 

[livestock 1]

I’ve fed draff to incalf cows and in grain beet 4 draff to 1 part superflow
It grows the calves too big here due to too higher protein
You can fatten cattle and sheep with it with success but it’s not as fast as favourite products

 

[Hilly]

Hi

I’ve the chance of draff @ £20/t. Who feeds it to growing cattle and what rates do you feed it at, what makes up rest of ration?

Thanks in advance!

Make the most of it at that money ! Once the neighbours find out it will be 35 before you know it and if they get a bio mass crap in you won’t get any .

 

[livestock 1]

Make the most of it at that money ! Once the neighbours find out it will be 35 before you know it and if they get a bio mass crap in you won’t get any .

I fed tonnes of it like you said but once it gets over 1k per artic load it takes the shine off the job

 

[Hilly]

I fed tonnes of it like you said but once it gets over 1k per artic load it takes the shine off the job

They get paid of the government to dry it and burn it to make heat now that’s what pushed up the price .

 

[livestock 1]

Hi

I’ve the chance of draff @ £20/t. Who feeds it to growing cattle and what rates do you feed it at, what makes up rest of ration?

Thanks in advance!

Wheat feed pellets, sugar beet pellets, molasses oats are all things to mix in with it to make a ration depending on price. Ring KW they will keep you right

 

[livestock 1]

They get paid of the government to dry it and burn it to make heat now that’s what pushed up the price .

Fooking ridiculous