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Making the best use of grass grown between now and the end of the season could have a big impact on margins, particularly this year. Grass, whether grazed or conserved, is still the cheapest feed…

Improving forage utilisation from home-produced feed and ex­tracting the maximum nutritional benefit will help reduce the cost of feeding cows, according to Georgina Chapman from liquid feed specialist ED&F Man. “Even allowing for increased fertiliser…

Improving forage utilisation by feeding more of the forage you produce and extracting the maximum nutritional benefit will help reduce the cost of feeding cows according to Georgiana Chapman from liquid feed specialists ED&F Man.…

The molasses market continues to evolve, We are seeing positive signs on the supply side of the market with India expected to have a good crop and Thailand’s crop expected to be better than last…

Farmers are having to struggle this winter with higher feed prices and, in particular, protein costs in dairy diets. This is partly a consequence of global rises in the price on most principal protein sources,…

THIS year’s first cut grass silages have higher NDF and lignin contents making the forage more difficult to digest. At the same time, they are lower in the rapidly fermentable carbohydrates needed to feed the…

In the last 12 months, brothers Richard and James Pratt have inc­reased milk from forage by 1,00 litres/ cow and milk solids from 750kg to 806kg/ cow from their 140-cow all-year-round calving herd. The pedigree…

This year’s first cut sil-ages have higher fibre and lignin contents than usual, making the forage more difficult to digest. That was according to Georgina Chapman, technical support manager with E.D. and F. Man, commenting…

Molasses blends can play a valuable role in dairy rations this winter. Georgina Chapman, Technical Manager with ED&F Man Liquid Products says there are five very good reasons to choose molasses blends. Molasses blends are…

Faced with some challenging first cuts and rising purchased feed prices, now could be the time to take a closer look at molasses in rations, suggests one UK liquid feed supplier.  Read more here