Food… The Most Important Vitamin of Them All
Food… The Most Important Vitamin of Them All. When you are feeding cows there are three basic rules of nutrition: FILL THEM UP, FILL THEM UP & FILL THEM UP!…
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Margin Management Is The Key To Profit
Margin Management Is The Key To Profit All business run according to certain rules and, although a dairy farm is different to running a bakery, certain rules apply to both.…
Who Wants An Extra Couple Of Hundred Dollars Per Day?
Who Wants An Extra Couple Of Hundred Dollars Per Day? – Ask Us How. If it starts raining in February and keeps raining through March and April you will have…
Mission Methane: More food companies turn to feed additives to reduce carbon footprint
PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY FEEDWORKS Mission methane: More food companies turn to feed additives to reduce carbon footprint This feature article has been extracted from its original version written by Lisa…
How To Beat The Summer Heat
How To Beat The Summer Heat Most farms had a pretty good spring with timely rain. Hopefully your hay sheds are full and the silage is stacked away. Summer is…
Putting The Right Feed In Your Silo At The Right Time
Putting The Right Feed In Your Silo At The Right Time At Reid Stockfeeds we pride ourselves on putting the right feed in your silo at the right time. This…
Winning The Battle Against Fibre
Winning The Battle Against Fibre As we hit December grass is maturing and so the battle against high fibre has begun. It has been said that one of the biggest…
Making the most of summer
Making the most of summer The summer of 2021-2022 looks like being the third in a row where we are dominated by the presence of La Nina. What that means…
Preparing for summer feeding
Preparing for summer feeding By the time that you read this article, summer will only be weeks away. Depending on where you live it might feel like winter has just…
Understanding Protein
Understanding Protein Proteins are involved in every aspect of a cows’ life. They contribute to muscle development and movement, the immune system, growing calves, the reproductive system, are building blocks…
The Last 20 Cents; is often the best 20 cents
The Last 20 Cents; is often the best 20 cents Most of you will be familiar with the image to the right. It shows that pasture grasses contain the most…
Creep Feeding For Profitable Results
Creep Feeding For Profitable Results Livestock producers don’t need to be reminded that meat prices are excellent. The key driver of those prices continues to be that demand for red…
Two Priorities To Think About
Two Priorities To Think About This Spring The total amount of food that a cow eats on a 24hour cycle, determines not just how much milk that she will produce,…
Finishing Sheep And Cattle Suggestions
Finishing Sheep And Cattle Suggestions You can’t fatten an animal on market day. Preparing for sale day requires planning and time. Getting the best results is a box ticking exercise…
The Economics Of Feeding In The Springtime
The Economics Of Feeding In The Springtime Springtime is the time of year where many farmers wind back the dial in the dairy and feed a few less kilos in…
Spring Into Good Times
Spring Into Good Times Everybody loves Spring. Sunny days, with blossoms and flowering wattles, the birds and the bees are getting busy and there is powerful pasture growth. Soon all…
Looking Forward To A Profitable Future
Looking Forward To A Profitable Future Since the drought broke 2-3 years ago all sectors of Australian Agriculture have experienced an unprecedented boom. Magnificent seasons, strong demand, and consumer confidence…
Pellets, Crushed Grain Or Whole Grain, Which Is Best For You?
Pellets, Crushed Grain Or Whole Grain, Which Is Best For You? With the acquisition of Five Star Stock Feeds there is a complete range of feeds for your livestock, and…
Slowing down the grazing rotation
Slowing down the grazing rotation We know from countless studies that pastures are very slow to recover from grazing until they reach 1 ton of dry matter per hectare (DM/Ha)…
Understanding pasture quality
Understanding pasture quality It requires a high degree of planning, discipline, management and sometimes luck to maintain a rotation long enough to allow pastures to fully recover and be grazed…
Improving your butterfat percentage
Improving your butterfat percentage Butter is the new super-food and the payment available for butterfat in milk is now nearly the same as for protein. If you want a healthy…
Tips on managing winter and early spring cow rations
Tips on managing winter and early spring cow rations This month we want to focus on strategies that might help you have an easier and more profitable winter and early…
A Roadmap to Feeding Sheep & Cattle Grain
Why introduce cattle or sheep to grain? There are various reasons why a farmer chooses to supplementary feed their livestock. Dry environmental conditions may dictate a shortage of pasture or…