What would this blend cost roughly

[daveydiesel1]

650 kg maize
250 kg megalac
100kg dairy minerals

 

[Johnnyboxer]

650 kg maize
250 kg megalac
100kg dairy minerals

You buying or selling?

 

[daveydiesel1]

You buying or selling?

Buying

 

[Milkcow365]

650 kg maize
250 kg megalac
100kg dairy minerals

Raw price
Maize £143
Megalac £250
Minerals £50
£443 + plus mixing and re delivery

 

[upnortheast]

Seems a high level of Megalac - 25%
If feeding 5kg mix gives 1.25 kg Megalac

Isn`t the recommended rate of Megalac circa 0.5 kg day ?

 

[daveydiesel1]

Seems a high level of Megalac - 25%
If feeding 5kg mix gives 1.25 kg Megalac

Isn`t the recommended rate of Megalac circa 0.5 kg day ?

Be feeding 1kg a day. Nutrisionist reccommended to help with fertility

 

[In the pit]

Be feeding 1kg a day. Nutrisionist reccommended to help with fertility

Get cows out onto grass and save yourself a fortume

 

[pappuller]

Be feeding 1kg a day. Nutrisionist reccommended to help with fertility

Blow em off their feet

 

[pappuller]

Be feeding 1kg a day. Nutrisionist reccommended to help with fertility

Get a new nutritionist

 

[daveydiesel1]

Blow em off their feet

Get a new nutritionist

How would feeding an extra 1kg do any harm

 

[daveydiesel1]

Get cows out onto grass and save yourself a fortume

Only gettin slurry onto grazing today as its never been dry enough til now, be a wee while before i can chuck them out

 

[bigw]

Blow em off their feet

I think he means 1kg of the mix not 1kg of megalac

 

[daveydiesel1]

I think he means 1kg of the mix not 1kg of megalac

Yes sorry 1kg of the mix

 

[pappuller]

Yes sorry 1kg of the mix

Hope you didn't take my earlier advice then

 

[crashbox]

Was going to ask "what's Megalac"... But I googled it instead.

"Megalac is produced by a saponification reaction in which fatty acids from the palm oil industry are reacted with calcium (Ca). This produces rumen-insoluble, rumen-inert Ca salts of fatty acids which have no negative effects on rumen fibre digestion or rumen function, unlike 'free', unprotected oils."

Tasty!

Next question, "what's saponification"...

 

[daveydiesel1]

Was going to ask "what's Megalac"... But I googled it instead.

"Megalac is produced by a saponification reaction in which fatty acids from the palm oil industry are reacted with calcium (Ca). This produces rumen-insoluble, rumen-inert Ca salts of fatty acids which have no negative effects on rumen fibre digestion or rumen function, unlike 'free', unprotected oils."

Tasty!

Next question, "what's saponification"...

Does rumen-insoluble and rumen-inert mean good or bad? Sounds bad but mabe not

 

[Bald Rick]

Was going to ask "what's Megalac"... But I googled it instead.

"Megalac is produced by a saponification reaction in which fatty acids from the palm oil industry are reacted with calcium (Ca). This produces rumen-insoluble, rumen-inert Ca salts of fatty acids which have no negative effects on rumen fibre digestion or rumen function, unlike 'free', unprotected oils."

Tasty!

Next question, "what's saponification"...

By product of the soap industry megalac

Saponification is the making of soap

 

[Wesley]

Does rumen-insoluble and rumen-inert mean good or bad? Sounds bad but mabe not

It basically means it doesn’t break down in the rumen & passes through more or less unharmed. It takes a lower pH for it to be broken down, which doesn’t happen until it reaches the abomasum.

 

[daveydiesel1]

It basically means it doesn’t break down in the rumen & passes through more or less unharmed. It takes a lower pH for it to be broken down, which doesn’t happen until it reaches the abomasum.

So does the cow still get the full benefit?

 

[Wesley]

So does the cow still get the full benefit?

Yes. Plus the claim is it doesn’t mess around with normal rumen function so you get the best of both worlds