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Meal feed amount to young stock

  • 09-02-2017 09:52PM
    #1
    wiggy123
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    have pedigree angus bulls--5 in total,are been wintered outside-just coming a year old...on silage-gd enough stuff, currently just getting a nut+ration of 3kg a day at mo! was go to up it-would it be a waste to add say 2kg of barley to it..or just up the feed amount at mo.. there doing ok-not spectacular.. but will progress gd when hit grass..plan ot dose very soon again


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  • #2
    Bass Reeves
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    Barley will make them put on fat as opposed to growing. I be of the opinion that if they are getting a ration/nut it would want to be in 18% protein. I be thinking more in the line of 750grams of soya bean meal and then 16% nut

    Slava Ukrainii



  • #3
    Muckit
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    Bass can soya be bought in bulk?


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    Bass Reeves
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    Muckit wrote: »
    Bass can soya be bought in bulk?

    No not that I know of . While you may be able to buy it in 20 ton loads I do not think you can buy it in bulk 3ish ton loads. The reason is you would be a while using a ton of it. Unless mixing your own ration it would be unusual to be going over 1 kg/ head and even mixing your own over 2 would be unusual. So a ton would would do 40 cattle for 25 days. It will not store will and if any dampness in bin will go solid.

    Slava Ukrainii



  • #5
    Mooooo
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    You can, altho I had 24 tonne bought but got it delivered in 3 tonne loads last year


  • #6
    larthehar
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    I collect soya bean meal in bulk from the coop, bring out a 500kg in the meal bucket..


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  • #7
    Muckit
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    What's it working out a tonne?


  • #8
    50HX
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    feeding 0.5kg soya bean meal + 1.5kg nut this winter and very happy with the results so far


  • #9
    wiggy123
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    what price it per tonne?


  • #10
    50HX
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    wiggy123 wrote: »
    what price it per tonne?

    i'm buying it in small bags as it'd go off if i bought it in tn bags so i'm not much good to you

    will check tomorrow


  • #11
    wiggy123
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    small bag then?


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  • #12
    50HX
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    wiggy123 wrote: »
    small bag then?

    €11 - southern milling brand


  • #13
    wiggy123
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    ok


  • #14
    Who2
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    400 a ton at the moment is what I'm paying


  • #15
    tanko
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    Who2 wrote: »
    400 a ton at the moment is what I'm paying

    Where are you getting it from, is that in small bags?


  • #16
    Who2
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    tanko wrote: »
    Where are you getting it from, is that in small bags?

    Bulk, I just go in with a couple of blue barrels and line them up in front of the pile and he tips it in with the loading shovel. Any of the meal merchants should have it.


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