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NWF Blends – Flexibility is key!

31st May 2022

NWF Agriculture offers bespoke blends that are formulated using “cutting edge” formulation software to ensure blends match your specific production aims. The FAR registered sales team and the blends technical team can help ration the whole diet to meet your production criteria. For all feeding systems this summer it is important to regularly analyse forages and grass to enable you to balance the diet accurately and economically. NWF offer a comprehensive forage and grass analysis service along with mineral profiling analysis to facilitate this.

Grazing – learn and adapt!

24th May 2022

A relatively mild winter and some dry hot weather in March have provided some healthy grazing covers, and whilst a cold snap has slowed growth, the opportunity for a good turnout will be a welcome relief for many systems. Despite the seasonal variation, the same issues arise, and these must be managed early to drive performance at grass. Early season pastures (previous season results to right) are often dryer than expected, which is great news for intakes, the higher proteins could drive up milk urea’s, but the real concern is rumen health and milk fats.

6 Points to Summer Success; Youngstock

17th May 2022

The effects of heat stress and warm weather in calves are not as well documented and can often be overlooked compared to their dairy cow counterpart, due to having no obvious production loss. Although calves have an upper critical limit of 25ºC, they can start to feel the effects of heat stress at 21ºC. Above 20ºC the calf will use additional energy to maintain a normal body temperature, shifting vital energy away from growth. Similar to when it’s cold, calves require more energy to keep warm. When it is hot, calves require energy to keep cool.