Organic cattle feed

n1st

I'm looking for organic weanling crunch in the Midlands.

Anyone know a supplier of 25kg bags?

Nuts would do either just to keep a few outwintered cattle.

My Agri retailer does not supply.

Also a guide on price per 25kg bag.

orchard farm

Kiernans do organic nuts

€21 at the minute

tractorporn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058329315/organic-cattle-feed

Can you be a bit more specific as the Midlands covers a hell of a lot of ground. Like Mullingar agri stocks 25kg bags as does Town and Country in Longford, Gem hardware in Cloughan always has small bags, Tighe agri in Strokestown always has organic feed as does Coffeys in Lecarrow. That's 4 of the 5 Midlands counties covered and I still could be a distance from you.

TheClubMan

Morrins in Baltinglass do a 16% organic beef nut in 20kg bags for €16. Imported from the UK

n1st

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121564142#Comment_121564142

Roscommon side. Coffey's would be great

tractorporn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121564206#Comment_121564206

Eddie Naughten beside Caseys stocks it as well. Roscommon is very well served for organic feed merchants probably easiest place in the country to get feed. Glancys in Elphin import feed directly from France and lads say it is of better quality than the English feed.

organic_cattle_man

Organic nuts are nearly double that of conventional at the minute.

Organic cattle at sixmilebridge went for over €4/kg at the weekend.

Few organic cattle listings here: https://herdfinder.ie/listing-category/organic-cattle

Castlekeeper

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121956798#Comment_121956798

Is that herdfinder a relatively new platform for selling stock?

What's its reach like?

organic_cattle_man

I think it has been around a while. It was brought up at a board meeting I was at a few months ago that a few people found it quite good, its free as well so it saves you a bit of cash. I sold 2 lots of organic cattle on it last month, very similar to donedeal but only for cattle and free.

quidel7

What type of organic feed can be got for young calves?

StoutPost

Different answer than the question you asked, but I've paid 650 per ton for combi crop (barley, oats, peas) and up to 450 for organic oats per ton, big bags, collected from farm.

893bet

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123260098#Comment_123260098

where was that collected from?

what protein percent was each do you know?

Did they like it?

StoutPost

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123260336#Comment_123260336

Both were off farmers within 90 minutes of me. Pallet delivery is something around 70 euro per pallet, and I was getting half ton bags so I thought that was too much. I did ask about the protein content, I know the guy I bought it from and he said he hadn't it tested but that there are a lot of peas in it. Said most lads wouldn't know, to be cautious on claims. I'm giving it to sheep, most like it, a small number I have to say aren't eating it. They're getting 50/50 oats/combi at the moment, but I'll be out of oats very shortly. More of them were eating the oats on it's own, it might just take a few days for the good sauce to work.

Castlekeeper

I've gotten my last 2 lots tested. Normal combi was 12.2% and stuff with lots of peas was 14.7%.

It's very palatable to livestock, birds and rats also unfortunately.

StoutPost

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123261822#Comment_123261822

Thankfully I have the brown furry lads under control, snap traps were useless, had an old live catch mink cage that's doing the business. Prefer not to use poison, IF I can avoid it.

I've some in IBC tanks that I 3/4 cut around the top of the plastic to make a hinged lid. I've more still in bulk bags but find having them up on two pallets a help.

Castlekeeper

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123262677#Comment_123262677

What do you use for bait in the mink traps?

StoutPost

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123265650#Comment_123265650

Combi crop! Oats before that.

893bet

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123260488#Comment_123260488

having just got locked up today looks like I will be after some organic feed to finish a few….😞

quidel7

oh, no. Sorry to hear that.