Dairy Products

When considering feeding dairy cows rations it is import that you have excellent on farm pasture management practices. To fully realise the benefits of feeding a finished feed, it is important that pasture is firstly being fully utilised. The finished feed needs to be filling a true gap in the feed budget not covering for poor management practices.

The benefits of feeding a finished feed are known : quality, controllable quantity and the ability to include a wide range of other products. The other products can include Availa-Mins, High Five, Organic Copper & Zinc, increase levels of calcium and magnesium, rumensin, Yea-Sacc etc.

Although we have a wide range of products available for the dairy cow, we are always happy to discuss individual requirements and adjust the feed to suit those requirements. Please feel free to call and discuss this with us.

Why feed Weston’s Pellets not grain?

Pellets for a much more complete and balanced ration.

Pasture provides the bulk of a dairy cows diet and maximising production from pasture is essential to increased profitability. Feeding the right type and amount of supplement in conjunction with pasture can increase production and profitability significantly. Supplements are used to supply what is lacking in the pasture. Supplements are in fact complementary to pasture if used correctly.

The pelleting processes increases digestibility of pellets over grain. The increased surface area of a pellet compared to grain allows to greater microbial and enzymatic activity.
Pellets allow the flexibility of additives to the cow’s diet, for instance Rumensin can be easily added or Bovatec and minerals also.
In fact, all Weston pellets contain a mineral and vitamin pack as part of a conventional feeding system.
Pellets are delivered ready to used and require no further preparation.

In conclusion, pellets even though they may appear initially dearer than grain, provide a much more complete and balanced ration that out performs straight grain in many areas. Consequences of grain inadequacies usually show up in the next lactation and can be costly to remedy.

The increased production and increased profitability of Weston Animal Nutrition’s Dairy Pellets more than justifies the extra cost.

Experience

Originally trading as Archers Four Mill, the Weston Animal Nutrition mill locates in Rangiora has been continuously trading for the past hundred years.
Weston Animal Nutrition has just invested in a new mill in Rangiora in order to improve ration performance and enlarge the product range available to farmers.
Its sister company in Australia is the largest independent stockfeed miller in NSW.
Our objective is to maintain a flexible, farmer-oriented approach to ordering, delivery and accounting procedures.

Quality control

All feed manufactured on site meets the MAF and Stockfeed Millers Association guidelines for safe practise in ruminant feed manufacture. All ruminant products contain no animal based protein products.