Nutritionally Improved Straw (NIS)
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I bet he does!
You'd probably get just as much benefit from grassing grass with a couple days more growth i.e. a bit more stem
You'd probably get just as much benefit from grassing grass with a couple days more growth i.e. a bit more stem
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Tried it last spring with zg grass, I won't be using it this spring [emoji6]
How much is it today?
What are my best options to lift butterfat at grass then? Currently feed low protein HDF and some barley. Should I bin the barley. I know if I cut concentrates it would probably help but I don't have the type of cow to live of just grass. Extending the grazing round will be difficult as I'm well overstocked on the platform. NIS chap reckons my hdf which is mainly sugar beet is the wrong kind of fibre.
1kg dm of forage maize each end of the day? Soya hulls?
He hasn't given me a price yet. It's been a year since I last bought any. It is great for calves. I just mix it at about 15% with their cake. Only have to feed them once a week when weaned until turnout
Was quoted £190/t recently when looking for something to dry our very wet 5th cut
Mind, for some weird reason, hauliers seem to think Anglesey is like going to Cornwall even though it’s dual carriageway all the way bar last three miles. Plonkers
Would soya hulls be a better sourse of fibre than sugar beet pulp do you think?
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How were you going to feed it ? I’d feed soya hulls personally
In a pellet if I can. Soya hulls have quite a low me compared to sugar beet pulp. Do you think it will matter? Should I remove cereal grain completely do you think.
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Is this mixed in with parlour cake if so @Beef farmer tried that with nis assuming barley is also mixed it’s going to be a bit hit and miss I’d just feed straight cake.
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We found that soya hulls and sbp at 1kg each with a kg of rotaground straw and a little silage accompanied it v nicely. Mind iam considered somewhat of a TMR W@#£er. Fed about 8kgdm of zg grass and ran at around 3.9 fat which for a white water rafter is ideal
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But not as low as nis ? If your feeding fresh grass that will give you plenty protein and energy ?
betweenthelines
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Dual carriageway goes as far as Bodmin now you know, you island dwelling sheep abuser LOL
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Stinker, like children & strangers, you really must stop talking to salesmen.
There are three ways to raise BF, breed for it, buy some high BF producing cows or feed a bit more quality fibre. In all cases you must work out whether the value of the extra BF covers the costs
Feeding straw will just dilute the cows nutritional intake. No one got rich feeding straw to milking cows (esp Holsteins)
There are three ways to raise BF, breed for it, buy some high BF producing cows or feed a bit more quality fibre. In all cases you must work out whether the value of the extra BF covers the costs
Feeding straw will just dilute the cows nutritional intake. No one got rich feeding straw to milking cows (esp Holsteins)
nis to Cornwall iro of £175.
I've fed it before and seemed to gain 0.2-0.3% bf. At those prices seems too expensive. But then I'm still wondering what to feed because it all seems too ££££
Soya hulls 165nis to Cornwall iro of £175.
I've fed it before and seemed to gain 0.2-0.3% bf. At those prices seems too expensive. But then I'm still wondering what to feed because it all seems too ££££
£140 for May to November
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