Ruminant Nutrition

Dairy

The profitability of your dairy herd depends on the quality of the milk your cows produce. Our team works with your operations team to develop personalized rations for your herd, and they can use their technical know-how of dairy farming and milk production to help you make improvements in the barn. We know how important biosecurity is, so on your farm and in your barn, we follow your rules.

The value of your milk depends on its fat and protein components, so we focus on feeding your cows so they produce as much milk as possible with the highest possible component levels. We do that by analyzing your feed and herd performance and look at things like lighting, water and ventilation in the barn.

To get started, we work to set up an overall plan that covers your operational setup, management style and business goals. We provide the technical know-how to help you set realistic goals and track your progress.

Our nutritionists look at your production and progress every month. We do that with regular farm visits and monitoring your milk records and/or robotic milking system online so we can find problems quickly and make changes to solve them.

We can help with feed and manure testing, looking at the body condition and growth of your cattle, and working with your veterinarian to solve health problems in the barn.

We move large volumes of dairy ingredients and have access to competitive price lists and proprietary products that our team would be happy to discuss with you.

Beef

We can help you with nutrition and production recommendations at all stages of the beef life cycle. For cow-calf producers, we know that low-cost winter feeding and supplementation strategies, mineral programs, and calf development are important. At the feedlot, your focus is on feeding programs that will get you maximum gain at the best cost for finished animals that are going to yield well at processing.

We use our technical livestock expertise and nutrition knowledge to help you build a nutrition plan customized to your operation. That plan will be based on your grain and forage crops, your management style and production system, and what goals you want to reach.

We visit regularly so we can make recommendations based on your operations needs and the needs of your herd. That includes things like controlling pen conditions, how to best manage your feed bunk and silage pit and suggesting different feed ingredients and grain processing options.

Sheep

We can help you grow and finish your lambs for specific market needs. We know peak market demand for lamb fluctuates every year, so we give you nutrition options that are flexible and will be most profitable for you.

Our team will use their practical livestock knowledge to look at lamb performance, ewe reproduction, and mineral programs to give you the best feed cost for the best performance per animal.

ProFarm

Our ProFarm line of specialty and commodity dairy ingredients ensures producers have access to ingredients that will provide best return on investment for their operations. Profarm is a leading supplier of dairy ingredients with access to competitively priced palm fats, Lactipro, Bovi-herd, and many other ingredients. With strategic and exclusive positions in many of these ingredients, we are excited to broaden the distribution of these products to ruminant customers across the prairies.

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