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Rearing healthier more productive calves
Fibre is essential to achieve a healthy, productive calf and particularly important for rumen development. As ruminants, cows require quality fibre in the diet to maximise production and to maintain health by sustaining a stable environment within the rumen.
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Animal Feed
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Supporting calves with probiotics
Shane McPhee has been on his farm near Whakatane for 14 years and rears 200 Friesian bull calves every year. After reading about a new probiotic product for calves called BiosupportTM in a magazine, Shane was intrigued.
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Rearing calves that become great heifers
In a quest for optimal results, dairy farmer Greg McCracken has trialled various feeding regimes over the years. Thanks to his carefully documented evidence, he now knows exactly what works and what doesn’t.
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Hitting growth targets starts with calf nutrition
The right diet gives calves the best start in life, especially when raising replacements for your herd.
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Preparing the cow for lactation
What do you change in your herd’s diet from three weeks out from calving? Everyone knows the raft of metabolic diseases that can develop shortly after calving, but not everyone knows how to prevent them.
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Mineral line into dairy helps reduce milk fever
The incidence of milk fever has reduced significantly with the addition of a magnesium oxide product through a mineral line into a North Island dairy.
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A good transition diet is key for stress free calving and success in the milking herd
A cow’s nutrition pre-calving affects the way it performs in the milking herd and to give cows the best possible start, they need a diet that meets their micro-nutrient needs.
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Keeping on top of trace elements
Trace elements are a small but vital component of animal nutrition. A lack of essential trace elements can affect production, reproduction, disease resistance and growth.
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Minerals in autumn
It’s the time of the year when cows are dried off and the attention naturally shifts towards ensuring they are in good condition for calving. Meeting their nutritional demands now will set you up for a good winter.
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Molasses blocks and minerals a perfect marriage
It’s no secret that minerals play a key role in animal health and productivity. Ensuring regular and adequate intake is the tricky part. SealesWinslow’s Science Extension Officer, Natalie Hughes, explains how effective supplementation doesn’t have to be a hassle.
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Quality results during mating season
The importance of a successful mating season doesn’t need emphasising. Given its impact on next year’s production, it’s worth considering what factors help achieve mating success. One such factor is improved cycling activity.
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Greater complementary feeds choice for South Island farmers
From mid-September South Island farmers will have a much greater range of complementary feeds to choose from.
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Make the most of spring
By now many farms will be in the midst of calving and cows will be eating to peak appetite for maximum milk production.
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The value of molasses in spring
Feeding molasses in early lactation helps drive appetite and improve both rumen function and energy levels following calving.
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High-yield maize ideal for small farm
Owning a dairy farm just a few kilometres south of beautiful Papamoa beach allows Andrew McLeod to enjoy his hobby of water skiing during the rare moments of down time.
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