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Optimise your herds’ rumen to maximise summer performance & milk yields

14th April 2022

As we know, grass can be a very cost-effective feed. It is a good source of rumen degradable protein, highly fermentable carbohydrates, and sugars, so making the most of it can not only help the bottom line but maintain animal performance. However, there are some challenges when cows are at grass.

Time to Reseed Pastures

21st March 2022

Now is the perfect time to walk grassland and assess what’s going on and consider whether a reseed or oversees is needed. Identify poor performing and damaged fields by using the Barenbrug Good Grass Guide which is a simple grass condition scoring tool.  This tool helps to make decisions on improving poor swards and maximising productivity from highly performing fields.  The free guide also has space for field records.

Bedding and Nesting Scores

1st March 2022

We know that achieving higher growth rates in the pre-weaned calf has a lasting impact on performance. It is crucial to maximising calf performance within those first 8 weeks of life to exploit that superior feed conversion efficiency!