soya meal

wiggy123

What price per ton is it-also can it be got in small bags-re 25kg bags!
Currently feeding 2 incalf heifers-a scoop of barley+oats at present.. precalver lick bucket with them-silage bale-okish just! are outside, in good nick! would you add something to them-soya meal??

_Brian

Can be got in bags and mills will fill small barrels too.
Haven’t bought this year so not sure on price.

orm0nd

using some here , buying in small bags for convenience, local prices for 25 kg bags range from €10.40 to €12

charolais0153

orm0nd wrote: »

using some here , buying in small bags for convenience, local prices for 25 kg bags range from €10.40 to €12

13 here....

wiggy123

ah ok--must check it out-would you recommend it to incalf stock?
also have 5 cows-currently getting hay(another month at least) pre-calver lick with them also..
are outside also... doing well at mo!
was go to feed them oats/barley combination also.. Uncle told me I was mad, waste monies!
as doing grand-plenty flesh on them!

now these are all PB angus stock

Muckit

Good silage and minerals would be more than ample l would have thought. It all really depends on the quality of your silage and what bcs your cows are in.
Minerals are very important for both the cow and the calf precalving.

wiggy123

silage is very average!

charolais0153

wiggy123 wrote: »

silage is very average!

Ours is too. Id throw in a few forks to them sometimes and think they have too much and fork some out again! They only have concrete to lick at the majority of the time

Who2

I wouldn’t feed barley pre calving. If it’s hay only or heifers I’d recommend soya on its own, it’s a serious job to bring on milk without getting the calf fat. Newborns always seem to have a good kick to them with soya.

gozunda

Who2 wrote: »

I wouldn’t feed barley pre calving. If it’s hay only or heifers I’d recommend soya on its own, it’s a serious job to bring on milk without getting the calf fat. Newborns always seem to have a good kick to them with soya.

Not a fan tbh. Have seen scour caused by feeding diet of soya on its own.

Who2

gozunda wrote: »

Not a fan tbh. Have seen scour caused by feeding diet of soya on its own.

I’d only feed less than a half kilo pre calving. Cows or heifers on hay alone definitely need it. Colostrum is supposed to be way better with it .

grassroot1

Who2 wrote: »

I’d only feed less than a half kilo pre calving. Cows or heifers on hay alone definitely need it. Colostrum is supposed to be way better with it .

My Teagasc adviser was directing me to feed soya precalving too to aid colostrum.
I am reluctant to feed as I see it as extra work and cost, has there been and trials done on colostrum after soya addition.

wiggy123

re barley/oats -between 2 incalfs +maiden! getting about 5-6kg's only between them just

orm0nd

sucklers as a rule have better quality colostrum than dairy stock

i would leave out the barley and feed a little of a 6:1 mix of oats and soya

patsy_mccabe

I always think of Soya as a very high protein source. 48% Crude Protein according to this;
https://www.teagasc.ie/media/website/animals/beef/concentrate-feeds.pdf

Mushy06

i paid €430 a ton. In ton bag delivered last week. For weanlings with very average silage with with low protein.

bogman_bass

wiggy123 wrote: »

What price per ton is it-also can it be got in small bags-re 25kg bags!
Currently feeding 2 incalf heifers-a scoop of barley+oats at present.. precalver lick bucket with them-silage bale-okish just! are outside, in good nick! would you add something to them-soya meal??

How far along are they? If they aren’t springing I wouldn’t bother

wiggy123

eh-due end of march time