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Kingshay's Knowledgebase - Feeding

Moist Grain Options Farming Note

Moist Grain Options Farming Note

Harvesting grain destined for animal feed when it's moist rather than dry can shorten harvest times in difficult weather conditions and allow for a faster turn around in ...

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Multi-Cut Silage

Multi-Cut Silage

Adopting a multi-cut silage system, which reduces the interval between silage cuts could be one way to help farmers maximise milk from forage - something nearly all respo...

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Mycotoxins

Mycotoxins

Mycotoxins are a hidden risk in feeds and forages which can lead to milk suppression, suboptimal fertility and health issues. Once present, they are impossible to remove,...

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Nitrates levels in grass

Nitrates levels in grass

Nitrates in forage can reduce milk yields and cause fertility problems, can turn silage butyric and even cause death in stock. This Farming Note covers: How to ens...

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Precision Chop vs Forage Wagon

Precision Chop vs Forage Wagon

Many factors determine the quality of the silage that is ultimately fed to dairy cows. The Forage Cost Report bases yield and cost values on an average of well grown crop...

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Protein Feeds

Protein Feeds

Protein feed markets are always volatile but farmers can look to forward plan purchasing protein sources to manage costs or introduce more home grown forage proteins to t...

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Ration Presentation and Structure Dairy Insight

Ration Presentation and Structure Dairy Insight

The importance of formulating a well-balanced, appropriate ration for cows is well known. Once this is done, we must next focus on how we present this ration to the cow. ...

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Reducing Antimicrobial Resistance in Calves with Orego-Stim Research Insight

Reducing Antimicrobial Resistance in Calves with Orego-Stim Research Insight

This Research Insight explores the research behind Orego- Stim a 100% natural, phytogenic product which can reduce anti-microbial resistance in waste milk for calves. Th...

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Reflections & New perspectives

Reflections & New perspectives

Begin the Year How you Want to Continue! - We all have good intentions to change what we do but setting a new pattern of behaviour can be a challenge. Once established, h...

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Silage Requirements Assessment

Silage Requirements Assessment

How can you be sure you have sufficient feed to see your cows through to spring turnout? And if you haven’t got enough, what can you do now, to maximise stocks for the ...

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Successful Transition to the Winter Diet

Successful Transition to the Winter Diet

Making sure cows are moved onto the correct winter ration will not only ensure milk production and cow health is maintained, but that the farm’s grazing covers are clos...

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Sugars in The Dairy Cow Diet

Sugars in The Dairy Cow Diet

How much sugar is being delivered by your herd’s ration? Most UK winter diets are falling well below the target 6 to 8% sugar in the total diet dry matter, meaning ther...

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