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<blockquote data-quote="neilo" data-source="post: 6672578" data-attributes="member: 348"><p>No, but a lot of the ingredients in some of the cheaper blends tend to be of little value in a sheep feed. Anything with sky high levels of fibre, are literally full of cr*p. Fibre is far cheaper to supply in that bale you put in front of them, rather than in a bought in concentrate.</p><p>Many of the high quality ingredients, are unfortunately the dearest too, hence their inclusion rates in cheaper rations are far lower.</p><p></p><p>As discussed above, in lamb ewes require good levels of DUP (not just CP), and the best source of that is soya (or sopralin), which is around £340/t iirc. Rapemeal can supply DUP too, but far less of it proportionally, and with a poorer amino acid profile. Decent rates of inclusion of an expensive ingredient will either increase the price of the feed, or reduce the compounder’s margin (guess which).</p><p></p><p>Pye may well have used bakery & confectionary waste in their finishing rations. It’s good stuff for finishing, high in sugar & starch. Not necessarily what you want for in-lamb ewes though, unless you have a diet very low in energy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="neilo, post: 6672578, member: 348"] No, but a lot of the ingredients in some of the cheaper blends tend to be of little value in a sheep feed. Anything with sky high levels of fibre, are literally full of cr*p. Fibre is far cheaper to supply in that bale you put in front of them, rather than in a bought in concentrate. Many of the high quality ingredients, are unfortunately the dearest too, hence their inclusion rates in cheaper rations are far lower. As discussed above, in lamb ewes require good levels of DUP (not just CP), and the best source of that is soya (or sopralin), which is around £340/t iirc. Rapemeal can supply DUP too, but far less of it proportionally, and with a poorer amino acid profile. Decent rates of inclusion of an expensive ingredient will either increase the price of the feed, or reduce the compounder’s margin (guess which). Pye may well have used bakery & confectionary waste in their finishing rations. It’s good stuff for finishing, high in sugar & starch. Not necessarily what you want for in-lamb ewes though, unless you have a diet very low in energy. [/QUOTE]
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