Independent feeding advice for Meat Cattle
How well your dairy cattle function and produce is largely determined by their nutrition. No optimal nutrition means no optimal results. In addition, nutrition can also influence all kinds of health and fertility problems.
As an independent feed consultant, we are happy to look with you to optimize your results together. Our consultants are experts in the field of cattle nutrition and are up to date with the latest nutritional knowledge. Ration optimization holds no secrets for us. We always look at your personal situation because every company and every entrepreneur is unique. That requires a personal approach and personal, independent feed advice.
The importance of good animal nutrition
As an expert in the field of cattle nutrition, Nutrivice Consultancy also regularly offers various courses and lectures for cattle farmers, goat farmers, sellers, distributors, veterinarians and nutritionists. This autumn, we will again be organising a wide range of masterclasses and training courses. From a two-day masterclass on cow trimming to a multi-day course on dairy cattle nutrition. Our courses take place at various locations in the Netherlands and Belgium.
Various problems are often related to nutrition. Examples of common problems are:
- Milk fever
- Linguishing milk fever
- Rum acidification
- Claw problems
- Disappointing milk production
- Fertility problems
A well-composed ration together with good feed management prevents many problems and provides a lot of job satisfaction. In addition, feed often has a major influence on the financial and technical results of a dairy farm.
Independent, tailor-made feeding advice
In order to provide dairy farms with good, appropriate and independent feed advice, we take into account all specific business objectives, circumstances and possibilities. Important matters that we always continue to steer on are:
Lifetime production:
On many farms, replacement rates are high. This means that many cows leave the farm before they have earned back their rearing costs. This is not sustainable and certainly not profitable. Our advice therefore always focuses on lifespan and lifetime production.
Feed efficiency:
For the financial result, it is important that feed can be converted well into milk. We design rations, compound feeds and mineral mixtures specifically for each dairy farm. For this, we use special software with the latest nutritional knowledge in which rations are calculated to perfection.
Milk production:
The milk production of a cow not only says something about the health of a cow but also about the health of the dairy farm. Milk production is therefore an important factor that is taken into account when providing independent feed advice.
Calf nutrition:
Good calf rearing is essential to produce healthy cows. A healthy calf becomes a healthy cow that can often produce a lot of milk without any problems. Our consultants help with choosing and realising the right rearing strategy. We provide insight into the number of products available on the market (think of calf milks, starter feeds, minerals etc.) and design together with you the feeding schedules, rations and management protocols. We evaluate the results on a regular basis and adjust where necessary.
Fertility
A cow’s health has a major impact on fertility. Controlling fertility means keeping cows healthy.
Mastitis/udder health:
Mastitis is a common problem on dairy farms. A good approach to mastitis involves not only analysing all factors during milking, but also environmental factors.
Reduction of antibiotic use
Claw health:
A cow’s claw health says a lot about the animal’s health. Lame cows are therefore always a point of attention in the feeding advice we provide.
Reduction of metabolic diseases:
We always include the reduction of metabolic diseases such as milk fever when providing the best advice. This is because these diseases can have a major impact on a company, including milk loss.
Many consultants can tell you what can and should be improved on your dairy farm. Far fewer consultants can suggest the right measures and implement them. We specialise in determining and implementing the right measures.
Ruminant Nutrition advice by Nutrivice Consultancy
Many consultants can tell you what could be improved on your dairy farm. Far fewer can propose the right measures and actually implement them.
The consultants at Nutrivice Consultancy specialize in both identifying and implementing the correct solutions.
We design rations for all groups of dairy cattle on your farm. It doesn’t matter whether you work with TMR, PMR, concentrate feeders, milking robots, or individual ingredients. We use the latest scientific nutritional standards. As an independent nutrition consultancy, we do not produce feed ourselves and are not tied to any specific feed manufacturers. This allows us to remain completely independent and tailor our advice to what works best for your farm, regardless of where you source your feed.
Looking for independent feed advice for your dairy herd?
Feel free to contact us.
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