Limestone Flour per Ton Mix for Intensive Beef Diet

TomB

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Location
Wiltshire
If they are eating 10kgs/hd/day then 10kg lime/tonne. We do an 8ton mix and put 3 bags in. Don't get any problems, but im sure you should take professional advice. Also don't forget minerals, perhaps at a slightly higher rate 125/hd/day
 

Nithsdale

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Livestock Farmer
Dont mean to hijack the thread, but it it Interesting this thread is started today... i was suggested to use Limestone Flour mixed in my ewe feed pre-lambing last week. Something iv never used or really heard of before. Whats it used for, or what does it give?

Would that still be at a 1%/head rate for ewes?
 

yellowbelly

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Livestock Farmer
Location
N.Lincs
Dont mean to hijack the thread, but it it Interesting this thread is started today... i was suggested to use Limestone Flour mixed in my ewe feed pre-lambing last week. Something iv never used or really heard of before. Whats it used for, or what does it give?

Would that still be at a 1%/head rate for ewes?
Yes, that's what we used it for. We were using ground field beans for our protein in a mix with barley. Beans are only about 30% protein so needed a high inclusion rate to get an 18% finished mix.
The limestone flour lifts the pH and helps to prevent acidosis.
We are using sodium bicarbonate now for the same reason.
 

Nithsdale

Member
Livestock Farmer
Yes, that's what we used it for. We were using ground field beans for our protein in a mix with barley. Beans are only about 30% protein so needed a high inclusion rate to get an 18% finished mix.
The limestone flour lifts the pH and helps to prevent acidosis.
We are using sodium bicarbonate now for the same reason.


Aye, I'm wanting to feed 50% barley (bruised) this year, with my normal 18% feed, so I want something to keep up the protein level (looking at mixing in a liquid feed for that) a friend's dad said I shouod put limestone flour in the mix too. Said it would 'settle' the barley and keep prolapses to a minimum ?? Not that I think prolapses will be a problem - by adding barley i will reduce beetpulp in the ration by 50%.
 
Location
Cleveland
Aye, I'm wanting to feed 50% barley (bruised) this year, with my normal 18% feed, so I want something to keep up the protein level (looking at mixing in a liquid feed for that) a friend's dad said I shouod put limestone flour in the mix too. Said it would 'settle' the barley and keep prolapses to a minimum ?? Not that I think prolapses will be a problem - by adding barley i will reduce beetpulp in the ration by 50%.
Why don't you swap barley for oats? Oats will do the same job as beetpulp
 

Bury the Trash

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Mixed Farmer
they would be higher protein also .......beet pulp is expensive as well ir.
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Calcium - in the limestone flour - that has a bit of a thing with phosphorous -and all that has some...:unsure:reference to prolapse -there was a thread on here somewhere..........
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.Anyway.......an independant Nutritionist would be good value ir.......;)
 

Nithsdale

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Livestock Farmer
We are going off topic :rolleyes:


I buy local, there is no oats to be had. Everything comes in, hauled by ourselves - lorries can't tip, and blowing is really best avoided.

The straights and barley mix we have works well - very well in fact and we have no reason or desire to change it. We have tried 'better' feeds or mixed, and always come back to it. It's fed to everything, except the in lamb ewes which get the 18% straights without barley mixed. Iv nowhere to store another feed, so have to utilise what i have... which I'm happy doing.

I just asked what the limestone flour offers to ewes, as a passing question as I had it suggested to me last week by a neighbour.
 

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