Displaying items by tag: feed
Better feed uptake, minimises wastage
Redpath explains how to efficiently feed cows in their dairy housing.
Limiting losses while feeding cows grass silage
Grass silage begins to break down once exposed to air, making steps to reduce losses crucial.
Feeding out maize silage
Maize silage is a maize crop cut and ensiled in a stack or bunker; commonly used as a supplement to pasture in situations where cows would otherwise be underfed.
Building pasture cover levels
The long summer dry has meant many farmers are now focused on how they can increase pasture cover levels while still meeting cow condition score targets.
Opportunities to lift herd health
Are your cows getting enough calcium?
How’s your farm’s food conversion efficiency?
Food Conversion Efficiency is often misunderstood and overlooked, despite its role in profitability.
Planning prevents poor maize
The predicted dry patch, which in November seemed impossible to envisage, has arrived.
Contractor lands zoo feed deal
Manawatu agricultural contractor Mike Hancock is helping to feed some of the world’s most stunning and endangered animals.
Too late to plant maize silage?
About this time of the year, we always seem to get calls from merchants and farmers asking several versions of the same question: “Is it too late to plant maize silage in November?”
Minimising losses while making silage
Most losses that occur when you make silage are invisible, but they can be up to 40% of the original cut pasture.
