Anyone using eornagold?

Deepsouthwest

As it says in the title, anyone using it? How do they find it?

Coonagh

I used to find it brilliant for emptying my bank account! We fed beef cattle with it but it just added cost to the ration and we didn't see the gains that were promised. I make a point of not dealing with the company who sell it now.

sh1tstirrer

Deepsouthwest wrote: »

As it says in the title, anyone using it? How do they find it?

Is it some sort of feed additive I've never heard of it?

Cow Porter

sh1tstirrer wrote: »

Is it some sort of feed additive I've never heard of it?

never used it,
http://www.kwforagesystems.ie/Products/41/Eornagold

ganmo

From that it reads like some form of treated distillers

Greengrass1

Have noy used this but have used brewers its not as good as it was 10 yrs ago. Too mich water in it now

Deepsouthwest

Coonagh wrote: »

I used to find it brilliant for emptying my bank account! We fed beef cattle with it but it just added cost to the ration and we didn't see the gains that were promised. I make a point of not dealing with the company who sell it now.

Thanx Coonagh, have an empty pit here and thinking of filling it with something with the yr that's in it (massive stocks of winter feed built up-mixed with super levy and low grain price) think there should be good value maize, beet or brewers, distillers, hulls etc. Had a sales rep in this morning, selling eornagold, sounds good on paper(but then they all do). Have no experience of it though.

Cattlepen

Coonagh wrote: »

I used to find it brilliant for emptying my bank account! We fed beef cattle with it but it just added cost to the ration and we didn't see the gains that were promised. I make a point of not dealing with the company who sell it now.

I wouldn't blame you.They are oddballs. Rep called into me once .Regular
Know it all. Said he would test my silage,took a sample and I never saw or heard from him again.A year later I said I would try the Trafford Gold. Ordered a load and rang after three weeks to see where it was, the boss started swearing that it was a f**king by product and he couldn't tell me when he would have it. I left it at that

Coonagh

Deepsouthwest wrote: »

Thanx Coonagh, have an empty pit here and thinking of filling it with something with the yr that's in it (massive stocks of winter feed built up-mixed with super levy and low grain price) think there should be good value maize, beet or brewers, distillers, hulls etc. Had a sales rep in this morning, selling eornagold, sounds good on paper(but then they all do). Have no experience of it though.

Out of interest what price is it now? As far as I'm concerned it's just higher DM Brewers.

Deepsouthwest

Coonagh wrote: »

Out of interest what price is it now? As far as I'm concerned it's just higher DM Brewers.

Around €70/tonne. I was under the impression it was a lot closer to distillers than brewers. Pitted brewers with my silage this summer costing around €60/tonne. Distillers was costing around €90 at the same time. Of course the falling cereal prices are obviously forcing it down now. What would u do in my situation?

Coonagh

Deepsouthwest wrote: »

Around €70/tonne. I was under the impression it was a lot closer to distillers than brewers. Pitted brewers with my silage this summer costing around €60/tonne. Distillers was costing around €90 at the same time. Of course the falling cereal prices are obviously forcing it down now. What would u do in my situation?[/quote

What will you be using it for? Surely with current grain prices these by products will be less competitive.

Coonagh

At 38% DM your getting 380 kgs dm for €70, seems dear to me. Especially with grain prices where they are.

frazzledhome

Used in the day, too wet to be value. All I remember is the bill not the performance.

Buy washed chopped fbeet, country full of it. Mix with citrus 7:1 and you'll have a pit if rocket fuel. Seal really, really well

farm14

Got a call about it off a salesman on would I be interested in buying some. Used it before. As the above poster said it's great to clear out your bank account & won't improve profits.

frazzledhome

farm14 wrote: »

Got a call about it off a salesman on would I be interested in buying some. Used it before. As the above poster said it's great to clear out your bank account & won't improve profits.

That's a gas crowd, when feed is scarce you'd have to donate a kidney to get it. Plenty if grub they'll deal no prob

mf240

frazzledhome wrote: »

That's a gas crowd, when feed is scarce you'd have to donate a kidney to get it. Plenty if grub they'll deal no prob

Well sure everyone wants it when grub is scarce. Have heard of them failing to deliver on orders.

mahoney_j

frazzledhome wrote: »

That's a gas crowd, when feed is scarce you'd have to donate a kidney to get it. Plenty if grub they'll deal no prob

Myself aNo a neighbour HaD 75 tonne on order to mix with wc and told no problem just give a few days notice.we gave 5 and were informed they wouldn't deliever to our part(North tipp)as it was too far north of Dublin!!!.a rep rang last week telling us 2 trucks were loaded and ready to leave,2 months too late pity as Brewers mixed with wc would of been a super combination

blue5000

mahoney_j wrote: »

Myself aNo a neighbour HaD 75 tonne on order to mix with wc and told no problem just give a few days notice.we gave 5 and were informed they wouldn't deliever to our part(North tipp)as it was too far north of Dublin!!!.a rep rang last week telling us 2 trucks were loaded and ready to leave,2 months too late pity as Brewers mixed with wc would of been a super combination

What price was it delivered down to Tipp? I used to use brewers from Murphy's in Cork, always thought the lager stuff was better than the stout. I think Guinness are using 300 tons of malt per day, that's a lot of brewers to get rid of.

Deepsouthwest

17 replies and not one of them positive, that's a bad indication of it.

joejobrien

Cant comment on ernogold but used trafford super fuel for cows alright and when we came off it cows dropped more than the cost of the product.that s a good few years ago. Then the price went up and there was no value in the product anymore. Always messy with pricing on invoices and finished upwith them with abit of arguing wit rep, promising sun, moon and stars. Never dealt with them again