Agvance Product Brochure

soil, plant and animal nutrition

v7.1

PRODUCT CATALOGUE1

ASCOCOOL ®

n a t u re’s to n i c fo r cows

LIVERADE

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Table of Contents Compelling reasons to use Agvance

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The Scientific Facts

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Production Process

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Customizer 7 Solutrace 12 CuZinc 13 Metabolizer 14 Metabolizer Plus

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DCM 16 DCM Plus

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Amino 18 Southerner 19 Coaster 20 Dairy 21 FE Drench

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FE 23 Goats 24 Metabolizer Plus for Goats Soil and Plant

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Biotrace Range

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Soil and Herbage Testing

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Seaweed Extract

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Feed Additives and Premixes

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Monensin 32 Ascocool 34 Premix Feed Additives Transition Feeding Dairy Cattle

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Megamaize 38 Mineral Loose-Lick

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Pricing 42 Liverade 46 Canine Amino Boost

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Compelling reasons to use Agvance

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BEST QUALITY IMPORTS. Only the best quality trace minerals and vitamins are selected for import. Manufacturers are required to supply specification sheets that meet or exceed Agvance’s stringent requirements for each consignment supplied.

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QUALITY TESTED. All minerals used are independently quality tested by laboratories in Canada, the United States and Germany.

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BASF BACKED. All mineral chelates used in our blends are underpinned by the best science and technology that the world’s biggest chemicals manufacturer can bring to bear.

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GUARANTEED TRACEABILITY. Each ingredient, along with its original specification sheet and independent analysis data, is tracked by batch number within our system, these individual mineral batch numbers are then tied directly into the recipe for each blend. To better trace and guarantee the quality and consistency of each formulation, a sample of the blended product is retained in our factories for a period of 12 months following date of manufacture.

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RECOMMENDED BY VETERINARIANS. For more than 8 years, Kiwi vets have been recommending Agvance formulations to their clients on thousands of dairy farms. During this time, these vets have actively used both Customizer (customized blends), standard Solutrace, and also their own vet branded blends – all blended and supplied by Agvance. The proven results can be found on thousands of Kiwi farms.

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THE RESULTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. Liver biopsies and blood samples regularly carried out by vets on hundreds of farms prove these products work consistently to achieve good results.

BASF GUARANTEED FOR QUALITY AND EFFICACY Key mineral chelates – copper and zinc glycinates – are supplied in the New Zealand market to Agvance by BASF Germany, the world’s largest chemical and feed supplement company, where they are manufactured to the highest possible standards.

Testing of the bond between chelate and mineral is done by BASF themselves, a research and development technology which is exclusive to BASF for the benefit of Agvance customers.

TESTED TO GLOBAL STANDARDS Agvance carries out a range of tests specific to each mineral being tested. Depending on the mineral being tested, analysis can include such things as elemental mineral level, solubility, heavy metal impurity levels and Dioxin/PCB levels.

Every single formulation is produced using Agvance machinery at one of the company’s own factories, effectively guaranteeing that these quality standards are maintained from procurement of ingredients, through to accuracy of blending, supply to farm and, finally, assessment of herd health, and analysis of herd data, all carried out by your local vet.

* Brookside Laboratories is the only laboratory in the world offering complete agricultural/turf, environmental and certified (ISO 17025) testing services.

BEST QUALITY IMPORTS Agvance imports thousands of tonnes annually of a wide range of products including, trace elements, vitamins, soluble seaweed extracts, fulvic and humic acids, and many other products related to animal nutrition and soil fertility.

BASF’s own Sustainability, Eco-Efficiency and Traceability (SET) initiative allows Agvance to trace exactly which ingredients were used and which conditions applied in the manufacture of the product, via the Global Traceability Network (GTNet).

EVERY FARM IS DIFFERENT. That’s why Agvance has a proven track record (and a sound reputation with NZ vets) for providing trace mineral and vitamin nutrition supplements for livestock and farm animals that can be specifically tailored to each herd’s requirements.

Agvance formulations are specially blended using only the highest quality ingredients, processes and technology to achieve optimum results when addressing a wide range of deficiencies, and so helping to prevent deficiencies that can lead to such issues as lameness, facial eczema, infertility, metabolic diseases, somatic cell problems and infectious diseases, as well as many other diverse problems.

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The scientific facts What function does each trace element perform?

And why should farmers supplement?

COPPER

COBALT

BORON

Physiological Importance • Helps to form red blood cells • Important in the construction of hair and muscle • Key to the utilization and proper metabolism of proteins.

Deficiency symptoms • Ill thrift • Poor conception • Rough coat • Hair discoloration.

Physiological Importance • Key to promoting bacteria in the rumen that is vital to the formation of vitamin B12. This process is vital in the breakdown of propionic acid a major ruminant energy source.

• Helps in the transport of folic acid to the liver through the formation of methionine.

Deficiency symptoms • Ill thrift • Lack of energy • Poor conception rates.

Physiological Importance • Helps maintain good levels of calcium, magnesium, phosphorous and to a lesser extent copper in the body • Helps to transport magnesium and calcium throughout the body. Adequate boron levels reduce the excretion levels of magnesium and calcium by as much as 40%. (USDA trials).

Deficiency symptoms • Higher incidence of metabolic disease • Arthritis and other degenerative joint/ bone related diseases • Higher levels of calcium and magnesium are needed to maintain adequate central nervous system function.

ZINC Physiological Importance • Helps carry carbon dioxide to the lungs • Helps fight infection • Keeps skin and hair healthy • Important in both male and female fertility • Helps regenerate cell damage • Hardens hooves.

Deficiency symptoms • Ill thrift • Poor conception • Rough coat • Hair discoloration.

MANGANESE Physiological Importance • Controls energy production by controlling sugar levels • Important for bone formation • Important in protein metabolism • Key element for conception • Helps to regulate muscles • Regulates digestion and digestive bacteria.

Deficiency symptoms • Poor body tone • Lower levels of conception • Lethargy.

IODINE Physiological Importance • Most of the body’s iodine is contained in the thyroid gland • Controls metabolism, energy, mental response, maintenance of body condition.

Deficiency symptoms • Lack of energy • Loss of sexual libido.

CHROMIUM Physiological Importance • Helps in the utilization and control of carbohydrates and protein in the body • Increases muscle & tissue growth • Enhances fertility.

Deficiency symptoms • Decreased conception rates • Reduced animal performance.

SELENIUM Physiological Importance • Works with vitamin E as an antioxidant or protector of body cells • Important in maintaining elasticity of muscles • Gives protection against disease • Important in conception.

Deficiency symptoms • Ill thrift • Low conception rate • Low immunity.

COMPLETELY SOLUBLE, DESIGNED FOR OPTIMUM ABSORPTION, AGVANCE MINERAL FORMULATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO RIGOROUS QUALITY PROCESSES:

PRODUCTIVITY Reduce your animal health bills and improve production.

VALUE Bulk imports and a large market share ensure good value for money.

Ca

Na

Cu

Se

CONSTANT MONITORING Ingredients and blends are tested. Manufacturer guarantees and specifications apply.

Mn

Fe

K

Mo

N

Co

BALANCE More than 30 years of experience and R&D expertise ensures the right blend in the right ratios.

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P

Mg S

FLEXIBILITY Every farm is different.

Agvance provides both tailored blends and standard ranges.

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TECHNOLOGY World class blending, monitoring and flexibility, underpinned by BASF chelates.

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What is an Amino Acid Chelate?

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t is a metal that has been attached to a fully hydrolyzed amino acid protein through a special process as shown in the diagram. The metal is protected in such a way that rumen bacteria and enzymes do not degrade it. The amino acid chelate is absorbed directly to the cell, thus it is utilized to its full potential.

Our mineral amino acid chelates are manufactured using a highly advanced and technologically superior process utilizing natural enzymes to hydrolyze proteins in such a way as to maintain their full nutritional integrity. These hydrolyzed proteins are then combined with high purity minerals under a controlled reaction process to form a combination of mineral and protein called a mineral amino acid chelate. Mineral amino acid chelates protect the mineral against degradation and negative mineral binding that commonly takes place within the rumen, the mineral along with the protein is absorbed in the intestinal tract and taken up directly to the cell.

Minerals in this form can therefore be utilized to their full potential without the risk of further complicating the absorption or increasing the excretion of other elements.

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Glycine

PRODUCTION PROCESS Protein Hydrolyzing - Metal Amino Acid Chelation

Citric Acid fo pH adjustment for optimum enzyme utilization

Natural Papain enzyme

Non GMO Soya protein source

Hydrolysis reaction jacketed kettle

Reaction at controlled temperature and pressure

Hydrolyzed Proteins containing Peptides, Amino Acids, Di Peptides

Boil to deactivate enzyme

Adjust pH = 4 to 4.5 with Acetic acid

Metallo Sulfate Isolation and refining of Amino Acid Glycins

Filtration unit

Reaction at parameters of controlled temperature and pressure

Competitor’s spray drying process leads to dusty, lumpy product at a lower metal content

Reaction vessel with heating coil and control

Soluble mineral salt, treated soft water and steam

BASF’s unique granulation process leads to superior granules at a higher metal content

Filtration unit Fluid Bed Granulator

product

Evaporator

Evaporator

Evaporator

Outlet Air Reactor

Spray Dilution

Spray Dilution = Fluid Bed

Sifter discharge Sifter Air Inlet Air

Inlet Air

Granulate Discharge

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Metal Amino Acid Chelate

INNOVATION THROUGH CUSTOMISATION Customizer™ is an innovative new web interface from Agvance that will completely revolutionise the way you supplement your herd. Customizer™ enables vets and qualified animal nutritionists to formulate custom mineral and vitamin blends specifically for your livestock . . . and have them delivered directly to your farm.

Production flows, from a healthier cow, receiving optimum mineral supplementation.

THE PROCESS IS

»» NUTRITION SAMPLING

CUSTOMIZER TAKES THE GUESSWORK OUT OF ANIMAL NUTRITION.

»» LABORATORY ANALYSIS

»» VETERINARY REPORTING

UTILISE YOUR ANIMAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL FOR YOUR HERD’S NUTRITIONAL NEEDS »» Custom blends – specific formulations based on your individual herd requirements »» Total flexibility – wide range of minerals, vitamins & other additives available »» Highly soluble blends – easily administered through drinking water, feeds or drenches »» Accurate reporting – Customizer retains a comprehensive current & historical record of your mineral formulations

»» Monitoring of animal health performance allows mineral blends to be formulated quickly and easily to suit your herd’s specific requirements. »» Prompt delivery to vet practice – from formulation to blending, delivery within 10 working days »» Access to expert, professional advice

DOSAGE METHODS

Drench gun

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Trough

Mixer wagon

Dosing pump

SIMPLE SCIENCE Using nutritional tests, such as blood tests and liver biopsies, your vet can formulate animal supplements matched to the exact requirements of your herd. At the same time, the program maintains a comprehensive record of these formulations, allowing performance to be monitored.

»» CUSTOMISED FORMULATION

»» ON FARM SUPPLEMENTATION

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CALCULATING FEED RATIONS IN CUSTOMIZER

Feed added to list and daily amount fed entered.

Choose feed from dropdown list and feed added to diet.

The Customizer feed premix module allows the farmers vet or nutritionist to either build a database of feed information for every individual farm by building custom feeds based on feed analysis. Alternatively he can choose to use standard feed analysis data from the comprehensive online feed tables available from within the program. The standard feed tables are based on average feed analysis levels for feeds grown under typical NZ conditions on NZ soils.

The Customizer feed module can accurately calculate the exact nutritional requirements for a transition cow.

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Custom feeds can be created and then stored in the database for current and future use.

Cost per doseTotal blend cost Number of cows dosed Rate per dose

Number of days Number of cows to be dosed

Salts in blend Rate for each salt

Total DCAD calculated based on diet plus supplement blend.

Breed

Stage of lactation

Supplied in total diet

Calculated requirement

Report button

Order:

FEED PREMIX REPORT VET APPROVED CUSTOM FORMULATED MINERAL/VITAMIN DAIRY COW SUPPLEMENT No of Cows: Days:

Agvance

Doses: Dose Rate:

Product Name

Basic Transition Premix

200

Order Date: Cents / Dose

15 Total Quantity/Kg: 3000 Total Retail Cost 258.5 /Gm (GST Excl):

19 April 2016 25.21

776 Kgs

$756.44

Breakdown of each element by source

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Element

Product / Feed

Dose

B

Boron

Pasture Autumn - Gordonton

40.00

B

Boron

Maize Silage - Gordonton 2015

10.00 50.00

Element

Product / Feed

Dose

Ca

Calcium

Maize Silage - Gordonton 2015

11.20

Ca

Calcium

Gypsum (Super Fine) Agvance

13.50

Ca

Calcium

Calcium Chloride

Ca

Calcium

Pasture Autumn - Gordonton

Total element supplied

5.75 41.60 72.05

Element

Product / Feed

Dose

Cl

Chlorine

Calcium Chloride

12.00

Cl

Chlorine

Magnesium Chloride

38.00

Cl

Chlorine

Pasture Autumn - Gordonton

80.00

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Solutrace Range include: Metabolizer Metabolizer Plus DCM DCM Plus Amino Cuzinc Coaster Dairy Southerner

• Totally and readily soluble mineral blends.

• A range of blends that are designed to cover nearly every situation likely to be faced on a dairy farm.

• Blends based around known area mineral deficiencies.

• Based on high tech German manufactured chelates, giving higher levels of mineral absorption..

• Easy to use, can be supplied with wall charts and measuring scoops.

• Compatible with all mineral dispensing units.

• Chelated minerals means less wear and tear on your dosing equipment.

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Mineral formula added to zinc during the facial eczema season Specially formulated as an additive to normal zinc dosing during the eczema season, this product supplies copper solely in the glycinate form. In this way it is rumen protected and will not negatively interact with zinc uptake.

The addition of CuZinc will ensure adequate copper levels as well as other trace elements are well maintained over this critical period.

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MINIMIZE DEFICIENCIES – Maintain high zinc utilization and minimize eczema.

MAINTAIN NUTRITION – Balanced mineral nutrition throughout the summer and autumn.

MINIMIZE DEFICIENCIES

MAINTAIN NUTRITION

PREMIUM SEAWEED

CONCENTRATE

MAXIMIZE UPTAKE – Genuine high quality BASF mineral chelates used.

* “Seaweed concentrate (Genus: Ascophyllum Nodosum) has been shown in trials to be effective in reducing the effects of naturally occurring toxins in grasses that can produce heat stress in ruminants, # trials have also indicated that seaweed can enhance disease immunity. * Reducing Stress In Sheep By Feeding The Seaweed Ascophyllum Nodosum G.S. Archer. # Brown Seaweed treated conserved forage enhances antioxidant and immune function in heat stress wether lambs.K.E. Saker, J.H. Fike, H. Verr and D.L. Ward College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA.

Note: Cuzinc is not an eczema remedy on its own. It should be used as an added supplement to normal zinc dosing.

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

DA I RY COW TR ACE ELEM EN T B LEN D (Product code M14)

Each bag of product is pre-blended, dried and ground to a consistent particle size.

MIXING INSTRUCTIONS These minerals are totally soluble and can be either drenched, dosed through the water system, or directly into cattle feed. If this product is to be drenched with magnesium oxide (Causmag, Calmag) it is advisable to let the magnesium oxide solution settle overnight before adding the “Solutrace” mineral blend. Magnesium sulphate, magnesium chloride, salt, or calcium chloride can be mixed in immediately.

Element

Elemental levels Typical Analysis mg’s per dose @ 5 gms/cow/day

Copper Glycinate (BASF) 151mg Zinc (sulphate)

512mg

Zinc Glycinate (BASF)

168mg

Manganese (sulphate)

124mg

Cobalt (sulphate)

12mg

DAILY DOSE RATE

Iodine (EDDI)

10mg

The dose is 5gms/dairy cow / day. It can be increased to 5gms twice a day if necessary. Dose rate is not recommended to exceed 10gms per day. Yearlings & dry cows 5gms/day maximum.

Selenium (Selenate)

5mg

Boron (Dia Octahydrate)

75mg

Chromium Glycinate

3500mcg

DOSAGE METHODS

Seaweed Concentrate

200mg

Net Bag Weight

25Kgs

Drench gun

Trough

Mixer wagon

Dosing pump

Mineral levels can be custom blended to herd requirements

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KEY BENEFITS

Cu Zinc

GENUINE BASF CHELATES

GENUINE BASF CHELATES

PREMIUM SEAWEED

KEY BENEFITS

CONCENTRATE

HIGHER

LEVELS OF

Metabolizer

Dairy cow trace element with Amino Acid Chelates & Seaweed

MINERAL

SUPERIOR AVAILABILITY

* “Seaweed concentrate (Genus: Ascophyllum Nodosum) has been shown in trials to be effective in reducing the effects of naturally occurring toxins in grasses that can produce heat stress in ruminants, # trials have also indicated that seaweed can enhance disease immunity. * Reducing Stress In Sheep

By Feeding The Seaweed Ascophyllum Nodosum G.S. Archer. # Brown Seaweed treated conserved forage enhances antioxidant and immune function in heat stress wether lambs.K.E. Saker, J.H. Fike, H. Verr and D.L. Ward College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA.

Metabolizer is a fully soluble trace element additive in a premium seaweed base containing the complete range of trace elements found in our other products.

Seaweed is a natural chelator of minerals, increasing availability, at the same time supplying over 21 vitamins, 17 amino acids and a number of natural enzymes capable of stimulating digestion. This product incorporates higher levels of key minerals in organic form, delivering increased levels of trace elements directly to the cell more quickly and more efficiently.

This formulation is ideal for the needs of herds situated on farms where mineral availability is severely affected by low soil levels, or induced deficiencies related to negative interactions from other elements.

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PREMIUM SEAWEED CONCENTRATE BASE HIGHER LEVELS OF MINERAL IN ORGANIC FORM – Genuine high quality German BASF mineral chelates used

SUPERIOR AVAILABILITY

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

DA I RY COW TR ACE ELEM EN T B L E N D (Product code M15)

Each bag of product is pre-blended, dried and ground to a consistent particle size.

MIXING INSTRUCTIONS These minerals are totally soluble and can be either drenched, dosed through the water system, or directly into cattle feed. If this product is to be drenched with magnesium oxide (Causmag, Calmag) it is advisable to let the magnesium oxide solution settle overnight before adding the “Solutrace” mineral blend. Magnesium sulphate, magnesium chloride, salt, or calcium chloride can be mixed in immediately.

Element

Elemental levels Typical Analysis mg’s per dose @ 5 gms/cow/day

Copper (sulphate)

132mg

Copper Glycinate (BASF)

156mg

Zinc (sulphate)

350mg

Zinc Glycinate (BASF)

210mg

Manganese (sulphate)

186mg

Cobalt (sulphate)

27mg

DAILY DOSE RATE

Iodine (EDDI)

11mg

The dose is 5gms/dairy cow / day. It can be increased to 5gms twice a day if necessary. Dose rate is not recommended to exceed 10gms per day. Yearlings & dry cows 5gms/day maximum.

Selenium (Selenate)

5mg

Boron (Dia Octahydrate)

75mg

Chromium Glycinate

3500mcg

DOSAGE METHODS

Seaweed Concentrate

400mg

Net Bag Weight

25Kgs

Mineral levels can be custom blended to herd requirements Drench gun

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Trough

Mixer wagon

Dosing pump

A wider range of more highly concentrated minerals

BASF ORGANIC COPPER

HIGHER ORGANIC ZINC

Agvance uses the highest quality genuine BASF Copper and Zinc mineral chelates in their blends.

Zinc-Glycinate • Mineral complexed to more than 95%, guaranteed • Aids healthy connective tissue, reproduction and immunity • Limits damage by oxidation Copper Glycinate • Mineral complexed to more than 93% and highly soluble in water

• Aids elastin formation, healthier immune systems and protection against oxidation: pigmentation (melanin synthesis) • Important for overall bone health

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OPTIMIZE IMMUNITY

HIGHER LEVELS OF MINERAL IN ORGANIC FORM SUPERIOR AVAILABILITY EASY TO USE

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

DA I RY COW TR ACE ELEM EN T B LEN D (Product code M16)

Each bag of product is pre-blended, dried and ground to a consistent particle size.

MIXING INSTRUCTIONS These minerals are totally soluble and can be either drenched or dosed through the water system or directly into cattle feed.

If this product is to be drenched with magnesium oxide (Causmag, Calmag) it is advisable to let the magnesium oxide solution settle overnight before adding the Solutrace mineral blend.

Magnesium Sulphate, magnesium chloride, salt, or calcium chloride can be mixed in immediately.

Element

Elemental levels Typical Analysis mg’s per dose @ 5 gms/cow/day

Copper Glycinate (BASF)

150mg

Zinc (sulphate)

500mg

Zinc Glycinate (BASF)

360mg

Manganese (sulphate)

161mg

Cobalt (sulphate)

25mg

Iodine (EDDI)

20mg

Selenium (Selenate)

8mg

The usual dose is 5gms/dairy cow/day.

Yearlings 3gms/day maximum.

Boron (Dia Octahydrate)

75mg

Chromium Glycinate

3500mcgs

DOSAGE METHODS

Net Bag Weight

25Kgs

DAILY DOSE RATE

* METABOLIZER PLUS LOW COPPER uses organic (chelated) copper at a rate of 50mgs per dose.

Mineral levels can be custom blended to herd requirements Drench gun

Trough

Mixer wagon

Dosing pump

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KEY BENEFITS

Metabolizer Plus

GENUINE BASF CHELATES

DCM BETTER ANIMAL

KEY BENEFITS

HEALTH

MORE COST

DCM Blend

DCM leaves more money in your pocket while providing the basics

EFFECTIVE

EASY TO USE

DCM is a basic blend of inorganic trace elements, designed to balance the diet of the dairy herds where animal health issues are not a major issue.

This is a low cost, but comprehensive blend of trace elements.

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COMPREHENSIVE FORMULATION – Offering all 8 trace elements to enhance cow health and immunity.

PRICING – Higher trace element levels and superior pricing to any other blend currently available.

SUPERIOR MANUFACTURE – Produces a product that is dry, free flowing with superior solubility.

TECHNICAL INFORMATION Each bag of product is pre-blended, dried and ground to a consistent particle size.

MIXING INSTRUCTIONS These minerals are totally soluble and can be either drenched or dosed through the water system. or directly into cattle feed.

If this product is to be drenched with magnesium oxide (Causmag, Calmag) it is advisable to let the magnesium oxide solution settle overnight before adding the Solutrace mineral blend.

Magnesium sulphate, magnesium chloride, salt, or calcium chloride can be mixed in immediately.

DAILY DOSE RATE The usual dose is 5 gms/dairy cow/day, this can be increased to 5 gms twice a day if deemed necessary.

It is not recommended that the dose rate exceed 10 gms/day.

Yearlings and dry cows 3 gms/day maximum.

DA I RY COW TR ACE ELEM EN T B L E N D

Element

Elemental levels Typical Analysis mg’s per dose @ 5 gms/cow/day

Copper Sulphate

250mg

Zinc 400mg Cobalt 10mg Iodine 10mg Selenium (Selenate)

8mg

Boron (Dia Octahydrate)

40mg

Chromium Glycinate

3.5mg

DOSAGE METHODS Net Bag Weight 25Kgs Mineral levels can be custom blended to herd requirements Drench gun

16

Trough

Mixer wagon

Dosing pump

DCM PLUS DCM Plus provides more than just the basics for all year round DCM Plus has been optimized as a low cost way of supplying a comprehensive range of minerals while supplying copper in a totally organic (chelated) form.

This form of copper will allow a higher tolerance during periods where variable levels of palm kernel are fed leading to potential risk for copper liver toxicity. Where a low to medium level of palm kernel is fed, DCM Plus will ensure a good level of copper is maintained at all times even in areas where copper deficiency can be a problem.

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MIXING INSTRUCTIONS These minerals are totally soluble and can be either drenched or dosed through the water system. or directly into cattle feed.

If this product is to be drenched with magnesium oxide (Causmag, Calmag) it is advisable to let the magnesium oxide solution settle overnight before adding the Solutrace mineral blend.

Magnesium sulphate, magnesium chloride, salt, or calcium chloride can be mixed in immediately.

DAILY DOSE RATE The usual dose is 5 gms/dairy cow/day, this can be increased to 5 gms twice a day if deemed necessary.

It is not recommended that the dose rate exceed 10 gms/day.

Yearlings and dry cows 3 gms/day maximum.

DOSAGE METHODS

COPPER CHELATE

MORE COST

EFFECTIVE

COMPREHENSIVE FORMULATION – Including genuine high quality BASF organic copper chelate for enhanced cow health.

PRICING – Higher trace element levels and superior pricing to any other blend currently available.

EASY TO USE

SUPERIOR MANUFACTURE – Produces a product that is dry, free flowing with superior solubility.

TECHNICAL INFORMATION Each bag of product is pre-blended, dried and ground to a consistent particle size.

ORGANIC

DA I RY COW TR ACE ELEM EN T B LEN D

Element

Elemental levels Typical Analysis mg’s per dose @ 5 gms/cow/day

Copper Glycinate (BASF) 150mg Zinc 400mg Manganese 75mg Cobalt 15mg Iodine 20mg Selenium (Selenate)

8mg

Boron (Dia Octahydrate)

50mg

Chromium Glycinate

3.5mg

Net Bag Weight

25Kgs

* DCM PLUS LOW COPPER uses organic (chelated) copper at a rate of 50mgs per dose.

Mineral levels can be custom blended to herd requirements Drench gun

Trough

Mixer wagon

Dosing pump

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KEY BENEFITS

DCM Plus Blend

GENUINE BASF CHELATES

GENUINE BASF CHELATES

BETTER

KEY BENEFITS

ANIMAL HEALTH

MORE

COST EFFECTIVE

EASY TO USE

Amino

Key minerals attached to a protein Chelated trace elements have a different mode of action to minerals in sulphate form. Amino acid chelates bypass the rumen and are absorbed through the intestinal wall hence they take more of a direct route to the blood stream. Minerals in amino acid form pose less of a problem when in combination with other minerals, this is particularly relevant to copper and zinc. By supplying key minerals in chelated form while maintaining good levels in the sulphate form offers the advantage of a wider range of minerals at much higher levels of concentration.

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BETTER ANIMAL HEALTH – Superior German BASF mineral chelates offer increased efficiency of uptake.

MORE COST EFFECTIVE – High quality formulation at very low cost.

EASY TO USE – High solubility can be drenched, dispensed into drinking water or feeds.

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

DA I RY COW TR ACE ELEM EN T B L E N D (Product code M12)

Each bag of product is pre-blended, dried and ground to a consistent particle size.

Element

Elemental levels Typical Analysis mg’s per dose @ 5 gms/cow/day

Copper (sulphate)

101mg

Copper Glycinate (BASF)

120mg

Zinc (sulphate)

525mg

Zinc Glycinate (BASF)

151mg

Manganese (sulphate)

124mg

Cobalt (sulphate)

26mg

The dose is 5gms/dairy cow / day. It can be increased to 5gms twice a day if necessary. Dose rate is not recommended to exceed 10gms per day. Yearlings & dry cows 5gms/day maximum.

Iodine (EDDI)

22mg

Selenium (Selenate)

5mg

Boron (Dia Octahydrate)

48mg

DOSAGE METHODS

Chromium Glycinate

3500mcg

Net Bag Weight

25Kgs

MIXING INSTRUCTIONS These minerals are totally soluble and can be either drenched, dosed through the water system, or directly into cattle feed. If this product is to be drenched with magnesium oxide (Causmag, Calmag) it is advisable to let the magnesium oxide solution settle overnight before adding the “Solutrace” mineral blend. Magnesium sulphate, magnesium chloride, salt, or calcium chloride can be mixed in immediately.

DAILY DOSE RATE

Drench gun

18

Trough

Mixer wagon

Dosing pump

Mineral levels can be custom blended to herd requirements

Southerner

GENUINE BASF CHELATES

The high rainfall and heavy reliance on crop grazing in this region leads to higher levels of soil ingestion, this causes a number of essential minerals to become bound and excreted.

Solutrace Southerner takes care of these problems by supplying a complete balance of eight trace minerals with the key minerals in a non binding amino acid chelate form.

Amino Acid Chelates have a much higher level of bio-availability; absorption is directly to the bloodstream and storage in the muscles.

Solutrace Southerner will however also supply some mineral in non-organic form in order to efficiently feed rumen bacteria as well as utilize liver storage capacity.

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HIGHER COPPER – High levels of copper in glycinate

form, allows higher blood copper levels.

BETTER SELENIUM AVAILABILITY – 4 mg’s of

selenium in the glycinate form will give better control of selenium deficiency.

BETTER

SELENIUM AVAILABILITY

EASY TO USE

EASY TO USE – Stable dry powder form, high solubility in water, can be drenched, dispensed into drinking water or blended into feeds.

SUPERIOR, genuine BASF mineral chelates used.

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

DA I RY COW TR ACE ELEM EN T B LEN D (Product code M36)

Each bag of product is pre-blended, dried and ground to a consistent particle size.

MIXING INSTRUCTIONS These minerals are totally soluble and can be either drenched, dosed through the water system, or directly into cattle feed. If this product is to be drenched with magnesium oxide (Causmag, Calmag) it is advisable to let the magnesium oxide solution settle overnight before adding the “Solutrace” mineral blend. Magnesium sulphate, magnesium chloride, salt, or calcium chloride can be mixed in immediately.

Element

Elemental levels Typical Analysis mg’s per dose @ 5 gms/cow/day

Copper Glycinate (BASF)

200mg

Zinc (sulphate)

525mg

Zinc Glycinate (BASF)

250mg

Manganese (sulphate)

125mg

Cobalt (sulphate)

25mg

Iodine (EDDI)

20mg

Selenium Glycinate

4mg

The dose is 5gms/dairy cow/day.

Yearlings and mixed age calves 2 - 3 gms/day.

Selenium (Selenate)

4mg

Boron (Dia Octahydrate)

70mg

DOSAGE METHODS

Chromium Glycinate

3500mcg

Net Bag Weight

25Kgs

DAILY DOSE RATE

Mineral levels can be custom blended to herd requirements Drench gun

Trough

Mixer wagon

Dosing pump

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KEY BENEFITS

Specifically formulated for the Southland region

HIGH IN COPPER

GENUINE BASF CHELATES

KEY BENEFITS

HIGH IN COPPER

IMPROVED AVAILABILITY

EASY TO USE

Coaster

Specifically formulated for the West Coast of the South Island Higher levels of soil ingestion, owing to the high rainfall in this region, can lead to increased levels of iron in the diet. At the same time wet soils increase the molybdenum uptake to the pasture leaf, causing a number of essential minerals to become bound and excreted.

Solutrace Coaster takes care of these problems by supplying a complete balance of eight trace minerals with the key minerals in a non binding amino acid chelate form.

Amino Acid Chelates have a much higher level of bio-availability; absorption is directly to the bloodstream and storage is in the muscle.

Solutrace Coaster will, however, also supply some minerals in non-organic form in order to efficiently feed rumen bacteria as well as utilize liver storage capacity.

• • • •

HIGHER COPPER AVAILABILITY – High levels of

copper glycinate allows higher blood copper levels.

IMPROVED AVAILABILITY – Higher Selenium and copper in the amino acid form is metabolized directly to the cell and provides efficient muscle storage.

EASY TO USE – Table dry powder form, high solubility in water, can be drenched, dispensed into drinking water or blended into feeds.

HIGH QUALITY German BASF mineral chelates used.

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

DA I RY COW TR ACE ELEM EN T B L E N D (Product code M35)

Each bag of product is pre-blended, dried and ground to a consistent particle size.

MIXING INSTRUCTIONS These minerals are totally soluble and can be either drenched, dosed through the water system, or directly into cattle feed. If this product is to be drenched with magnesium oxide (Causmag, Calmag) it is advisable to let the magnesium oxide solution settle overnight before adding the “Solutrace” mineral blend. Magnesium sulphate, magnesium chloride, salt, or calcium chloride can be mixed in immediately.

Element

Elemental levels Typical Analysis mg’s per dose @ 5 gms/cow/day

Copper (sulphate)

100mg

Copper Glycinate (BASF)

154mg

Zinc (sulphate)

420mg

Zinc Glycinate (BASF)

136mg

Manganese (sulphate)

130mg

Cobalt (sulphate)

25mg

Iodine (EDDI)

15mg

The dose is 5gms/dairy cow / day.

Yearlings and mixed age calves 2 - 3 gms/day.

Selenium (Selenate)

5mg

Boron (Dia Octahydrate)

66mg

DOSAGE METHODS

Chromium Glycinate

3500mcg

Net Bag Weight

25Kgs

DAILY DOSE RATE

Mineral levels can be custom blended to herd requirements Drench gun

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Trough

Mixer wagon

Dosing pump

Dairy

MAXIMIZE

High producing pasture alone will not supply the balanced nutritional requirements of your dairy cows. “Solutrace Dairy” has been formulated to take care of the trace mineral deficiencies on NZ dairy farms. It is a totally balanced blend of concentrated trace minerals in an easy to use soluble form. Solutrace blends contain every trace element known to affect the performance and health of the NZ dairy cow.

• • •

LOWER COSTS

MAXIMIZE PRODUCTION – Balanced mineral

formulation balances the diet.

LOWER COSTS – A comprehensive, mineral

formulation at very low cost.

EASY TO USE

EASE OF USE – Dry highly soluble powder formula

means Solutrace products are easy to use.

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

DA I RY COW TR ACE ELEM EN T B LEN D (Product code M10)

Each bag of product is pre-blended, dried and ground to a consistent particle size.

MIXING INSTRUCTIONS These minerals are totally soluble and can be either drenched, dosed through the water system, or directly into cattle feed. If this product is to be drenched with magnesium oxide (Causmag, Calmag) it is advisable to let the magnesium oxide solution settle overnight before adding the “Solutrace” mineral blend. Magnesium sulphate, magnesium chloride, salt, or calcium chloride can be mixed in immediately.

DAILY DOSE RATE The dose is 5gms/dairy cow/day. It can be increased to 5gms twice a day if necessary. Dose rate is not recommended to exceed 10gms per day. Yearlings & dry cows 5gms/day maximum.

DOSAGE METHODS

Drench gun

Trough

Mixer wagon

Element

Elemental levels Typical Analysis mg’s per dose @ 5 gms/cow/day

Copper (sulphate)

350mg

Zinc (sulphate)

630mg

Manganese (sulphate)

200mg

Cobalt (sulphate)

20mg

Iodine (EDDI)

10mg

Selenium (Selenate)

8mg

Boron (Dia Octahydrate)

50mg

Chromium Glycinate

3.5mg

Net Bag Weight

25Kgs

Mineral levels can be custom blended to herd requirements

Dosing pump

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KEY BENEFITS

Cost effective and guaranteed mineral balance all year

PRODUCTION

CONTAINS SEAWEED EXTRACT

BETTER

COMPREHENSIVE

FORMULA

EASY TO USE

FE Drench

For all conditions where a higher level of Zinc is required A balanced formulation of minerals supplying seasonally optimum levels of zinc. Formulated to also supply a balance of other minerals normally depleted over the summer season. Contains Seaweed Concentrate for mitigation of heat stress and grass staggers.

•

• •

GENUINE HIGH QUALITY German BASF mineral chelates used.

TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOSAGE Dose rate 3.5 grams per 100 kgs of bodyweight.

Stock should not be dosed continuously at maximum rates for more than 100 days.

DOSAGE METHODS

Drench gun

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Mixer wagon

COMPREHENSIVE FORMULA – Supplies all essential trace elements normally depleted over the summer period.

EASY TO USE – A highly soluble mineral blend supplying 8 essential trace elements that can be drenched or dispensed via a mixer wagon.

DA I RY COW TR ACE ELEM EN T B L E N D

*ACVM Registration No: A006944

KEY BENEFITS

ANIMAL HEALTH

Element

Elemental levels based on 16 gram dose rate Form (in the form of )

Zinc

10150mg

Zinc Oxide*

Copper

150mg

Copper Glycinate (BASF)

Chromium

5mg

Chromium Glycinate

Seaweed Concentrate 1000mg

Ascophyllum Nodosum

Cobalt

10mg

Cobalt Sulphate Heptahydrate

Iodine

10mg

Ethylene Diamine Diahydro Iodide

Selenium

4mg

Sodium Selenate

Boron

60mg

DiaSodium Octaborate

CONTAINS ORGANIC CHROMIUM

BETTER ANIMAL

COMPREHENSIVE

FORMULA

FE

EASY TO USE

For all conditions where a higher level of Zinc is required A balanced formulation of minerals supplying seasonally optimum levels of zinc. Formulated to also supply a balance of other minerals normally depleted over the summer season.

•

BETTER ANIMAL HEALTH

• •

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Trough

Mixer wagon

Dosing pump

*ACVM Registration No: A006924

DOSAGE METHODS

EASY TO USE – A highly soluble mineral blend supplying 7 essential trace elements that can be dosed directly into water troughs using in trough dispensers or in line dosing systems.

DA I RY COW TR ACE ELEM EN T B LEN D

DOSAGE Dose rate 6 grams per 100 kgs of bodyweight.

Stock should not be dosed continuously at maximum rates for more than 100 days.

DA I RY COW TR ACE ELEM EN T B LEN D

COMPREHENSIVE FORMULA – Supplies all essential trace elements normally depleted over the summer period.

Element

Elemental levels based on a dose rate of 30 grams

Form (in the form of)

Zinc

10300Mg

Zinc Sulphate Monohydrate*

Copper

150Mg

Copper Glycinate (BASF)

Chromium

5mg

Chromium Glycinate

Cobalt

10Mg

Cobalt Sulphate Heptahydrate

Iodine

10Mg

Ethylene Diamine Diahydro Iodide

Selenium

5Mg

Sodium Selenate

Boron

22Mg

DiaSodium Octaborate

Boron

60mg

DiaSodium Octaborate

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KEY BENEFITS

HEALTH

Mineral Supplementation for Goats Goats are a very high performing dairy animal, being somewhat more efficient at converting dry matter to milk volume and milk solids, than even high producing dairy cows.

They also have very specific mineral requirements in that they require higher levels of most trace elements and are typically more susceptible to mineral deficiencies than dairy cattle.

With these unique requirements in mind, Agvance has created a special blend of essential trace elements including vitamin D that is designed to address these needs, while minimising the stresses placed on these high performing animals. The Metabolizer Goat trace mineral blend delivers specific trace elements as pure mineral chelates - minerals tied to amino acids in order to ensure maximum uptake while eliminating the risk of mineral antagonism within the rumen. Minerals in this form are absorbed directly to the cell, via small intestine absorption channels. Inorganic forms of the same mineral, on the other hand, tend to initially load the liver, kidney and spleen, and are then largely eliminated through the body’s natural excretion systems.

Metabolizer Goat is a totally soluble blend which can be fed in a number of ways. These minerals can be combined with macro elements such as magnesium and salt as part of a premix mineral formulation, combined into feed pallets or meals, or can be dosed directly into drinking water using a dosing pump.

CUSTOMIZER BLENDS These blends are custom built by your vet or nutritionist using our proprietary Customizer program. Customizer allows your vet or nutritionist to build a mineral dosing plan based around the diet, while also taking into account the seasonal demands, and known herd deficiencies based on blood and liver tests. Customizer formulated blends are cost effective,

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can be changed frequently to suit diet changes, and can be updated at any stage to address any deficiency that may arise during the season.

CUSTOMIZER TRANSITION PREMIXES These are specialised negative DCAD, anionic salt based blends that can be mixed with silages or meals and fed during the pre-kidding period. These blends are built in such a way as to deliver the ideal DCAD level hence the formulation will be very much based on the diet at the time. The Customizer formulation program is the ideal tool to calculate such requirements. These negative DCAD salts are designed to fire up the parathyroid gland in order to produce hormones that increase absorption of calcium, while at the same time preparing the rumen for the rigors of early lactation.

Note, there is some evidence that negative DCAD salts should not be fed to does coming into their first lactation.

Negative DCAD salts should only be fed pre-lactation, never during lactation.

CUSTOMIZER LACTATION PREMIXES Lactation premixes combine all the required macro and trace elements required by your lactating does in one single easy to use formulation. These blends combine salts such as magnesium oxide, salt, lime flour, gypsum, trace minerals, even toxin binders if required. Again, these blends take in diet, seasonal demand, and known deficiencies, in order to create the perfect most cost effective blend for your goats.

These blends can then be changed and updated as the season progresses, so that regardless of the ratio of feed, or production level at the time, your goats always receive optimum mineral supplementation.

METABOLIZER PLUS

FOR GOATS

A wider range of more highly concentrated minerals

GENUINE BASF CHELATES

BASF ORGANIC COPPER

HIGHER ORGANIC ZINC

Agvance uses the highest quality genuine BASF Copper and Zinc mineral chelates in their blends.

Zinc-Glycinate • Mineral complexed to more than 95%, guaranteed • Aids healthy connective tissue, reproduction and immunity • Limits damage by oxidation Copper Glycinate • Mineral complexed to more than 93% and highly soluble in water

• Aids elastin formation, healthier immune systems and protection against oxidation: pigmentation (melanin synthesis) • Important for overall bone health

OPTIMIZE IMMUNITY

KEY BENEFITS

Goat Metabolizer Plus

HIGHER LEVELS OF MINERAL IN ORGANIC FORM SUPERIOR AVAILABILITY EASY TO USE

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

DA I RY GOAT TRACE ACE ELEM ELEMEN ENTT BBLEN LENDD COW TR (Product code M16)

Each bag of product is pre-blended and dried.

Element

Elemental levels Typical Analysis mg’s per dose @ 1.0gm/goat/day

Copper Glycinate (BASF)

50mg

Zinc Glycinate (BASF)

100mg

Manganese (sulphate)

30mg

Cobalt (sulphate)

5mg

Iodine (EDDI)

2mg

calcium chloride can be mixed in immediately.

Selenium (Selenate)

1.0mg

DAILY DOSE RATE

Boron (Dia Octahydrate)

15mg

Recommended dose is 1gms/dairy goat/day.

Chromium Glycinate

600mcg

DOSAGE METHODS

Vit D3 1500IU

MIXING INSTRUCTIONS These minerals are totally soluble and can be either drenched or dosed through the water system or directly into goat feed.

If this product is to be drenched with magnesium oxide (Causmag, Calmag) it is advisable to let the magnesium oxide solution settle overnight before adding the Solutrace mineral blend.

Magnesium Sulphate, magnesium chloride, salt, or

Net Bag Weight

20Kgs

Mineral levels can be custom blended to herd requirements Drench gun

Trough

Mixer wagon

Dosing pump

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Soil and Plant BROOKSIDE SOIL TESTING Agvance is registered as a consultancy recognized by Brookside Laboratories. We have been offering balanced fertiliser advice using Brookside soil testing for over 15 years. Brooksides S007 test offers a test that has been built specifically for New Zealand soils. This test offers a very complete soil profile that with the help of one of our consultants will identify any deficiencies.

EUROFINS PLANT PROFILE A complete plant analysis, can be either carried out as a mixed herbage or clover only sample. This test is very helpful in combination with the soil test in determining exactly what is happening in your soil. If a mixed herbage sample is taken some data can also be used as part of a feed balancing program.

Fertiliser Recommendation Services CONVENTIONALLY APPLIED FERTILISERS Agvance consultants can help you balance your soil and plants.

By applying soil and plant data we can make balanced fertiliser recommendations for any soil type, taking into consideration the specific requirements of any farming type, whether it be, dairy, sheep and beef, or cropping. We can advise you on which fertilisers and minerals are compatible, when blended together and which specific minerals and forms of minerals are best used on which crops.

FINE PARTICLE FERTILISER APPLICATION Agvance has over the years specialised in making recommendations specific to fine particle type fertiliser applications. These fertiliser blends can in most cases be sourced from existing fertiliser companies, however certain products are more suited to fine particle application than others.

Agvance consultants can advise you on which products can be used most cost effectively and with the least spreading and blending complications, given the type of application system being used. We have over the years worked with many helicopter operations, ground spread truck operations, and tractor towed sprayers such as “Tow & Fert� spreaders.

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Biotrace Organic

Contains a blend of gibberellic acid at full recommended rate as well as the same range of trace elements contained in Biotrace GA. Biotrace Organic, additional to the minerals contained in Biotrace GA, also supplies highly concentrated seaweed extract (Genus: Ascophyllium Nodosom), and fulvic acid, for additional soil and plant health.

Biotrace GA

Contains a blend of gibberellic acid at full recommended rate, as well as a range of trace elements that will underpin the growth and health of pasture. This blend allows the spraying of both gibberellic acid and trace elements in one single application.

Active Bio-Gib®

Of course, Agvance also offers straight 90% gibberellic acid if you want only the raw product.

This product comes in 1-kilogram screw top plastic bottles. Each pack covers 111 hectares at full application rate.

Agvance’s *Active Bio-Gib® is a 90% active gibberellic acid in easy-to-use soluble powder form, which has been enhanced with highly soluble trace elements, and effective natural plant growth stimulants** to produce the Biotrace range.

Made from a careful blend of gibberellic acid, trace elements, fulvic acid and seaweed extracts, the key benefits of the Agvance Biotrace range include:

INCREASED PASTURE GROWTH RATES

RAPID PASTURE RESPONSE

REDUCES N LOSSES

INCREASED PASTURE GROWTH RATES

RAPID PASTURE RESPONSE

REDUCES N LOSSES

KEY BENEFITS

BIOTRACE RANGE

Sustainable, environmentally friendlier alternative to straight N applications Biotrace ingredients are compatible with gibberellic acid, and therefore won’t compromise the hormone’s stability and effectiveness Combining GA together with N in autumn, late winter and early spring increases pasture production.

Agvance’s Active Bio-Gib® is a fully registered gibberellic acid (GA) product blend that won’t decompose (unlike urea mixes which will break down the gibberellic acid unless spread quickly).

Gibberellic acid with stamina A number of New Zealand and overseas studies in recent years confirm that gains in plant growth can be achieved through strategic use of gibberellic acid, which is a naturally occurring plant growth hormone found in all plants.

What is Biotrace?

Using the knowledge and experience gained from working within the fertiliser and animal health industries for more than 30 years, Agvance has developed a GA based product range designed to supply key trace elements in a readily soluble form, along with other products that offer an even wider range of plant growth hormones.

Designed to further enhance pasture growth, while maintaining plant health and the health of animals grazing the pasture, the Agvance Biotrace range is a step up in performance and sustainability for pasture management.

Strategic use of GA instead of N to increase pasture growth in the shoulders of the season may present an opportunity to reduce N use without compromising pasture production.

– Racheal Bryant, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Lincoln University: To give or not to gibe?

The FAQ’s about gibberellic acid.

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TESTING

THOROUGH REPORTING

SOIL & HERBAGE

EASY

MONITORING

ENSURES SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION

“The soil is the ‘creative material’ of most of the basic needs of life. Creation starts with a handful of dust.”

Dr William A Albrecht.

SAMPLING Sampling involves meeting with the consultant and discussing where the tests should be taken.

The following points should be considered: 1. Various fertility zones, e.g. day & night paddocks, stock camp areas etc…

MONITORING

2. Different soil types, e.g. pumice, clay, ash etc…. will always require a different approach to fertility management.

One of the main advantages achieved through soil testing is the ability to monitor the status of each area, this will ensure that sustainable production is maintained while capital invested in fertiliser achieves a return.

3. Diverse methods of farming e.g. is the area under intense dairy, running dairy replacements or some other form of set stocked regime i.e. beef or sheep.

Running an efficient soil and herbage testing program on a bi-annual basis can be one of the most important measures used to achieve this.

4. Easy and accurate identification of the area for future testing and monitoring.

REPORTING Once soil tests are completed and analysis reports received, we then build a complete report for each area, highlighting both deficiencies and excesses that will be limiting performance. We will then put together a recommendation based on the most suitable blend of minerals and fertilisers in order to achieve the required soil balance at the best possible price.

APPLICATION OPTIONS

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Advice can also be sought on different forms of nutrient application that may further maximise nutrient uptake while reducing losses to the environment.

KEY BENEFITS

SOIL & HERBAGE

Soil Testing to achieve optimum soil nutrient balance A number of tests are available, our preference being the Brookside Soil Analysis. Brookside is a laboratory first setup by the renowned soil scientist William A. Albrecht.

While over time they have introduced new cutting edge systems in the extraction of soil minerals and testing samples, their testing has always been strongly directed towards achieving the soil nutrient balances that Albrecht promoted through his research.

• Exchange Capacity The ability of the soil to hold and exchange nutrient.

• pH Soil acidity • Organic Matter Sustains the life and structure of the soil.

• Soluble Sulphur Plant available sulphur which is important for soil bacteria, nitrogen utilization and protein formation in the plant, as well as stabilizing soil pH levels and ensuring plant nutrient availability.

• Merlich 111 Available phosphorous test which mimics the way bacteria make phosphorous available to plants.

• Bray 11 A slightly stronger acid extraction that measures phosphorous which becomes available to the plant over time.

• Olsen P A test that uses a bicarbonate of soda extractant that is automatically used in soils that have a pH in excess of 7.0 pH. • Calcium, Magnesium, Potassium, Sodium & Aluminium extraction These are the major positively charged elements within the soil. The test extracts these minerals and then measures them in parts per million. This allows the consultant to compare extraction values against the exchange capacity of the soil and decide if each level is adequate for plant growth and soil structure maintenance.

• Base Saturation Percent Test shows the percentage taken up by each one of these positively charged elements on the plant colloid. The correct percentage ratios for each element is very important in maintaining plant nutrition, ensuring correct soil structure and allowing the soil to breath and drain correctly. Incorrect ratios can lead to soil compaction or flocculation.

• Trace Elements Boron, Iron, Manganese, Copper & Zinc.

These are the most important trace elements for the growth of plants. Various deficiencies can occur – a lack of iron is not generally a problem in New Zealand soils whereas a deficiency in Boron, Copper, Zinc and occasionally Manganese, can be. These elements are critical to good animal health and they affect the plants ability to uptake and utilize them.

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SEAWEED EXTRACT

Seaweed extract is ideal for any product in the biotrace range HISTORY OF SEAWEED Long before commercial fertilizers were even thought of, farmers as early as 4000 BC, who owned land with access to the coast, were applying seaweed to the land to grow crops. As early as the 17th century farmers in Scotland recorded the fact that with an adequate application of seaweed, two crops of oats could be taken off the same land in successive years without crop rotation. For over a century Irish sharecroppers dug trenches in which seaweed was laid along with the potato seed to ensure excellent yields, in fact no other form of fertilizer was used.

SEAWEED’S POTENTIAL Currently, plant scientists have begun to realise the full potential of seaweed as a fertilizer and have described its potential as follows: “ a power pack of plant growth hormones and nutrients,” and “probably the most densely packed soil addendum known to man” among other statements. Seaweed contains over 60 macro and trace minerals, 12 vitamins, 21 amino acids and enzymes. It is also heavily loaded with alginates and a number of natural plant growth hormones in the form of giberrellins, auxins and cytokonins. Alginates are complex carbohydrate based compounds known to be powerful natural mineral chelators that when incorporated into fertilizers do a number of things in the soil. They improve soil structure, increase the water holding ability of the soil, as well as optimizing mineral availability to plants through natural chelation (the process of bonding a mineral to a another compound allowing absorption directly to plant cell).

NUTRIENT ABSORPTION Land dwelling plants draw most of their nutrient from the soil through the root membrane, with only a small amount of nutrient being absorbed directly through the leaf. Seaweed, however, is quite different; the roots are primarily only there to anchor the plant to the seabed, whilst the nutrients are then absorbed from the seawater in elemental form. These nutrients are absorbed directly into the plant tissue where they are chelated and stored in an organic bio-available form, a form readily taken up by all classes of land dwelling plants.

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T Y P I C A L A N A LY S I S O F S E AW E E D EX TRAC T Element Total Nitrogen (N) Calcium (Ca) Available Phosphoric Acid (P2O5) Sodium (Na) Soluble Potash (K2O) Boron (B) Sulphur (S) Iron (Fe) Magnesium (mg) Manganese (Mn) Copper (Cu) Zinc (Zn) Maximum Moisture Organic Matter Ash (minerals) Carbohydrates Naturally occurring growth promoters

1.0 – 2.0% 0.1 – 0.2% 1.0 – 2.0% 3.0 – 5.0% 16.0 – 20.0% 75 – 150ppm 1.0 – 2.0% 75 – 250ppm 0.2 – 0.5% 8 – 12ppm 1 – 10ppm 25 – 75ppm

6.5% 45 – 55% 45 – 55% Alginic Acid, Mannitol, Laminarin Cytokinins, Auxins, Gibberellins

Amino acids (average g of amino acid / 100g of protein Alanine 3.81 Arginine 0.22 Aspartic Acid 5.44 Cystine trace Glutamic Acid 7.69 Glycine 3.16 Histidine 0.42 Isoleucine 1.94 Leucine 4.84 Lysine 1.33 Methionine 1.39 Phenylalinine 2.82 Proline 4.42 Serine 0.14 Threonine 1.27 Tryosine 1.80 Valine 3.46

Feed Additives and Premixes

Small Intestine

ASCOCOOL ®

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MONENSIN

200

REDUCED KETOSIS RISK

VOLATILE FATTY ACID UTILISATION

INCREASED MILK PRODUCTION

BLOAT CONTROL

Registered pursuant to the ACVM Act 1997, No. A11097 See www.foodsafety.govt.nz/acvm/ for registration conditions.

Approved pursuant to the HSNO Act 1996 No. HSR02317 See www.epa.govt.nz for approval conditions.

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Fatty Acid

Relative Efficiency

Acetic Acid

62

Butyric Acid

78

Propionic Acid

109

The above quite clearly demonstrate the potential that can be achieved by adjusting rumen bacterial populations in order to achieve maximum propionic acid production.

Agvance Monensin 200 • • • •

Increased feed utilisation – equivalent to feeding 0.5 – 1.0kg of high quality drymatter Reduced risk of ketosis Increased milk production – through greater feed efficiency Bloat control – using 300mg of Monensin per cow per day can achieve a reduction in the occurrence of bloat.

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Cost effective – Increased feed utilization with Agvance Monensin 200 one of the most cost effective additives available to the farmer, with a single 300mg dose costing as little as 1.65 cents. New Zealand trials show, that dependant on conditions, the inclusion of Monensin added to a feed supplement can be as effective as feeding between 0.5 – 1.0 kg of high quality dry matter (Lowe et al., 1991; Lynch et al., 1990.

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Reduced Ketosis Risk

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Bloat control – using 300mgs of Agvance Monensin 200 per cow per day has been shown to reduce the occurrence and symptoms of bloat.

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Quality product – Agvance Monensin 200 is produced to the highest standards in a modern plant by one of the largest manufacturers of agricultural pharmaceuticals in the worlds.

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Flowability – the product is produced as a uniform sized micro prill, as such Agvance Monensin 200 produces less dust and has superior free flowing characteristics. This product will blend well into feeds, adequate mixing will ensure minimal risk of hotspots occurring in feed blends.

Increased milk production – higher efficiency in the production of propionic acid can increase milk volume and Milk Protein.

Registered pursuant to the ACVM Act 1997, No. A11097 See www.foodsafety.govt.nz/acvm/ for registration conditions.

Approved pursuant to the HSNO Act 1996 No. HSR02317 See www.epa.govt.nz for approval conditions.

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ASCOCOOL ®

n a t u re’s to n i c fo r cows

TOTALLY SOLUBLE IN WATER

NATURAL ANIMAL TONIC A N A LY S I S O F S E AW E E D E X T R A C T Element Total Nitrogen (N) Calcium (Ca) Available Phosphoric Acid (P2O5) Sodium (Na) Soluble Potash (K2O) Boron (B) Sulphur (S) Iron (Fe) Magnesium (mg) Manganese (Mn) Copper (Cu) Zinc (Zn)

1.0 – 2.0% 0.1 – 0.2% 1.0 – 2.0% 3.0 – 5.0% 16.0 – 20.0% 75 – 150ppm 1.0 – 2.0% 75 – 250ppm 0.2 – 0.5% 8 – 12ppm 1 – 10ppm 25 – 75ppm

Maximum Moisture 6.5% Organic Matter 45 – 55% Ash (minerals) 45 – 55% Carbohydrates Alginic Acid, Mannitol, Laminarin Amino acids (average g of amino acid / 100g of protein Alanine 3.81 Arginine 0.22 Aspartic Acid 5.44 Cystine trace Glutamic Acid 7.69 Glycine 3.16 Histidine 0.42 Isoleucine 1.94 Leucine 4.84 Lysine 1.33 Methionine 1.39 Phenylalinine 2.82 Proline 4.42 Serine 0.14 Threonine 1.27 Tryosine 1.80 Valine 3.46

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ASCOCOOL IS A CONCENTRATED SEAWEED BASED TONIC FOR CATTLE AND GOATS ‘helping them handle the heat’ ASCOCOOL is supplied in a dry, soluble, crystalline form. Using a special vacuum evaporation system, the product is gradually dried down at a low temperature.

This process guarantees that all the characteristics that make seaweed such a unique animal health tonic are effectively locked into the end product. Ascocool is made from pure North Atlantic brown seaweed (Ascophyllum Nodosum) grown slowly in the nutrient rich frigid waters of the North Atlantic, ensuring an end product power packed with high levels of nutrient.

More peer reviewed trial work has been carried out on this genus of seaweed than any other in the world.

Trial work with dairy cows has shown that this particular seaweed genus (Ascophyllum Nodosum) can: • Supply a range of unique carbohydrates called poly and mono-saccharides. These substances when introduced into the digestive system have the potential to act as powerful prebiotics and create a better environment for more efficient bacterial breakdown of feed. (Prebiotics from Marine Macro Algae for Human and Animal Health Applications - L. O’Sullivan et al) • Binds certain naturally occurring toxins that build up in grasses under environmental stress, causing heat stress and problems in the central nervous system. Toxins are also formed when moulds are present in stored feed. This feed when fed to cattle can reduce production or cause other more serious health effects. (Effect of Ascophyllum Nodosum on heat stress in dairy cows. L.B. Pompeu et al) • Shown to increase immunity.

• Contains a full spectrum of amino acids.

CO2 expelling

HIGH AMBIENT TEMPERATURE

(Reduced saliva buffering power)

Panting Reduced feed intake

RUMEN pH Decreased rumination

Drooling Less saliva to the rumen

Reduced milk yield

(➘buffer effect)

RYEGRASS ALKALOID TOXINS Stress related

Acidosis-related troubles

EASE OF USE

SEAWEED EXTRACT (PURE ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM)

Ascocool is very easy to use. The product comes in a fine, free flowing highly concentrated crystalline form, that can be blended directly into feeds or when added to water can be dosed into the drinking water, it is instantly soluble. *

Our seaweed is a highly concentrated extract of the finest quality Atlantic Brown Seaweed also known as Ascophyllum Nodosum. We source seaweed harvested from off the coast of Iceland, in these frigid waters it takes over 20 years for this type of seaweed to reach full maturity. Owing to the very long growth cycle this seaweed cultivar is literally power packed with nutrients and natural plant growth hormones.

COST EFFECTIVE

SEAWEED’S POTENTIAL

When fed at normal daily supplementation rates, Ascocool costs less than a cent per dose. When fed at peak dose rates, 2 cents per dose. This is a fraction of the cost of other similar products on the New Zealand market.

Seaweed contains over 60 macro and trace minerals, 12 vitamins, 21 amino acids and enzymes. It is also heavily loaded with alginates as well as amino acids. Alginates are complex carbohydrate based compounds known to be powerful natural mineral chelators that when incorporated into the diet can increase availability.

DOSE RATE Calves Yearlings Dairy Cattle Goats

0.25 – 0.6 Gram/Dose 0.4 – 0.8 Gram/Dose 0.8 – 1.0 Gram/Dose 0.1 – 0.2 Gram/Dose

* Some council supplied water, or certain ground waters, may require mixing of the product and standing for 8 hours prior to introducing into the dosing tank, in order to ensure full hydration.

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Premix Feed Additives The Customizer premix module is designed to integrate with the dynamic feeding module can be used for making complete feed premix formulations, these can blended to specifically target mineral needs around certain crops, such as fodder beet, brassicas etc. Other blends will target specific types of silage such as maize, these blends will often be formulated based on a blend of a number of feed types, e.g. maize silage, pasture, PKE, etc. and adjusted accordingly. The old saying ‘one size fits all’ certainly does not apply to dairy feed supplements where major gains in animal performance, health, and cost effectiveness, can be gained by identifying specific requirements and addressing them.

MAIZE SILAGE BALANCERS The composition of these blends can vary to a large extent depending on the quantity of maize being fed in ratio to pasture. Often other additives such as PKE, crop feeds, or even grain based concentrates may be added to the diet, each time another feed is added to the blend, the composition of the premix needs to change. This more scientific approach leads to an ideal balance of nutrients, often substantial cost savings can be made while more effectively addressing the requirement.

CROP BALANCERS Specific crops, such as kale, fodder beet, and cereals, raise unique mineral supplementation requirements. In many cases these premix balancers also need to be blended to cater to a number of challenging feed environments, such as in paddock feeding situations where cattle are strip grazing crops during winter, or added to other supplemental feeds being fed alongside the crop. Again each feeding situation is different and will require a different approach and formulation to suit.

Customizer gives your vet or nutritionist the tools to design cost effective customised premixes for every situation.

TRANSITION BLENDS Customizer is the ideal tool when it comes to building anionic salt (negative DCAD) transition blends, these blends

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will insure the causes of metabolic disease are treated before they occur and that your cows calve and then launch into lactation without these energy sapping problems. Customizer now incorporates a feed library that will calculate the mineral requirement as well as calculate the DCAD insuring that optimum anionic corrective formulations can be developed in all feeding situations.

LACTATION BLENDS The Customizer system gives your vet the tools he needs to target the ideal positive DCAD for lactating dairy cows, while also calculating the magnesium, calcium, sodium, phosphorous, required during the lactation period, he can then also add trace minerals to requirement, along with such options as monensin, rumen buffers, toxin binders etc. These blends are often no more expensive (like for like) than the cheap standard blends available through farm merchandising stores, that can never be made to match true requirement levels.

The difference being that these blends can be changed, as often as fortnightly or monthly these formulations can be updated, quickly and simply within the Customizer program to better reflect requirements around changing feed ratios and seasonal requirements of the herd.

Transition Feeding Dairy Cattle LIVER

Vitamin D release from liver Vitamin D

PTH Parathyroid Hormone

ABSORPTION FROM DIGESTIVE TRACT

DEPOSITION IN BONE

CALCIUM IN RATION MOBILIZATION FROM BONE

Parathyroid Gland

CALCIUM IN BLOOD CALCIUM IN MILK

LL A WE ED COW N ess LT: L SITIO

Improved Rumen function

TRAN RALL RES

U bolic meta l , a E c i V O lin ction subc rodu d p n g a d n al ri an er sp clinic ses, , high disea e h s t l a a dise al he ctive anim rodu p e r less r ce. bette rman perfo

The term transition covers the period right at the end of gestation, this is the period where a cow transitions from being a dry cow on low feed levels, giving birth, lactation, and higher feeding levels. The transition period ideally should cover the period from 3 – 4 weeks prior to calving. Although the cow is not producing it could be argued that this is the most critical period in the entire season. Correctly transitioning a dairy cow will insure, a

CALCIUM EXCRETION

better functioning rumen in early lactation, higher levels of available energy early in lactation. Effective transitioning will insure that the rumen is gradually brought back up to full function and that levels of calcium will be more effectively maintained and mobilized within the body.

These factors combine to reduce the incidence of almost every animal disease experienced in early lactation, right through to better levels of conception later in the spring.

STEPS TO EFFECTIVE TRANSITIONING 1. Effective transitioning is accomplished by increased feed, along with gradually increased energy in the diet.

Result: Rumen function is gradually increased during this period.

2. Calcium, magnesium, phosphorous, chloride and sulphur, along with key trace elements are added to the diet in the correct ratios.

Result: Optimum levels of these minerals insure good levels are maintained at this critical time where requirements are increasing.

3. These mineral salts are added in only negative DCAD form.

Result: The parathyroid gland is stimulated to produce hormones that allow for better absorption and better mobilization of calcium, at the same time also releasing more vitamin D from the liver. There is also some evidence to suggest that this process along with increasing energy levels during this period stimulates the growth of rumen papillae. Increased rumen function leads to a better flow of energy from the rumen during early lactation, compare this to the energy slump experienced by most dairy cows in early lactation.

A good reason to transition cows well.

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Maintains mineral balance during maize feeding Maize silage is an excellent feed source, supplying good levels of energy, fibre and protein; however, it lacks a number of essential minerals such as Calcium, Sodium, Phosphorus & Magnesium. These minerals are necessary to maintain overall mineral balance and optimum health in the dairy herd when feeding maize silage as part of the diet.

Mega-Maize is a premium maize balancer custom formulated to balance potential deficiencies when maize is fed as a portion of the diet.

In most cases, a standard Solutrace product is used as the base of the trace element portion of the blend or we can further customise this appropriately to

herds and soil conditions. Genuine branded Causmag providing higher magnesium oxide availability is used.

Feed additives such as Bovatec® and Rumensin® can be effectively incorporated.

• • •

ADDED TRACE ELEMENTS – To maintain overall

mineral balance

ADDED TRACE

ELEMENTS

BETTER

MAGNESIUM

CUSTOM

FORMULATIONS

KEY BENEFITS

Mega-Maize

BETTER MAGNESIUM – Up to 4 times reactivity

than some other magnesium oxide sources

CUSTOM FORMULATIONS – Formulated to specific

herd requirements

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MINERAL LOOSE-LICK

Mineral Loose Lick Contains effective mineral levels, aiding in metabolism, prevention of metabolic disease, energy utilisation, body condition and the maintenance of blood and liver mineral levels.

STANDARD LOOSE LICK BLEND

FODDER BEET LOOSE LICK BLEND

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•

•

•

•

•

• •

Salt, balances mineral levels in crops and pasture aiding in metabolism and the prevention of metabolic disease Effective Magnesium, high quality Australian magnesium oxide used in maintaining blood magnesium levels and helping to prevent metabolic disease Copper BASF Glycinate Chelate, from a very high quality German source, providing a high quality organic copper supplement which helps to build/maintain copper levels in the liver and blood while helping to boost the health of the cow Zinc, important to maintain/boost the immunity of the cow through times of stress from the wet/cold and late stages of pregnancy Iodine, in the highly available EDDI form, helps to maintain iodine levels while on goitrogenic crops, helps to aid metabolism and is important in preparing the cow for the calving period.

Selenium, aiding in the maintenance of blood selenium levels going into the calving period Chromium, aiding in energy metabolism by helping the efficiently use the energy she is eating to increase her body condition

Feeding cattle on fodder beet raises a number of mineral issues requiring a more specialised blend. This blend supplies levels of phosphate and calcium specifically required by cattle grazing this crop, in addition to a balanced organically based trace element blend.

DAILY DOSE On-farm trials have shown cows will settle on about a 50gm/cow/day dose rate over a period of 3-4 days. This intake rate can vary, based on the weather at the time, cold and wet conditions can see a 20-40% increase and warmer dry weather can see a 20-40% decrease.

DOSING INSTRUCTIONS To be fed in one 100lt container per 100 cows (use 200 ltr drums, cut in half). This container should have holes drilled in the bottom so water does not accumulate. The product should be topped up in these containers every 1-2 days.

DOSAGE METHODS

Trough

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Mixer wagon

DAI RY COW AC E EL EMENT RATES BLEN D STANDARD LOOSE LICK TR BLEND DOSAGE Element

Dose Rate

I RY COW ACE ELEM EN T B RATES LE N D FODDER BEETDALOOSE LICKTRBLEND DOSAGE Element

Dose Rate

Salt*

30g

Salt*

mg Oxide* (OzMag)

18g

mg Oxide* (OzMag)

12g

Phoscal*

15g

Copper Chelate

85mg

Copper Sulphate

60mg

Zinc Sulphate

266mg

Iodine (EDDI)

21mg

Selenium Chromium Aniseed Flavouring

Dose Rate Tonne + GST 25kg bag + GST *Not elemental.

25g

Copper Chelate

85mg

Copper Sulphate

60mg

Zinc Sulphate

266mg

Iodine (EDDI)

21mg

3.3mg

Selenium

3.3mg

2.5mg

Chromium

2.5mg

Aniseed Flavouring 50g/cow/day $1,354.16 $33.85 Exclusive of GST and freight

Dose Rate Tonne + GST 25 kg bag + GST *Not elemental.

55g/cow/day $1540.00 $38.50 Exclusive of GST and freight

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Price List

PRICING IS EXCLUSIVE OF GST AND FREIGHT

As of 01 January 2017

Amino

SINGLE 25Kg BAG

$220

Price per bag

EQ UATE S TO Price per cow/month

$1.35 Cow/month

Price per cow/day

4.4 Cents cow/day

COST OF DOSING SOLUTRACE AMINO OVER A 12 MONTH PERIOD Cows

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

Bags

7.3

14.6

21.9

29.2

36.5

43.8

51.1

Price

$1,606

$3,212

$4,818

$6,424

$8,030

$9,636

$11,242

Coaster

SINGLE 25Kg BAG

Price per bag

$220 EQ UATE S TO

Price per cow/month

$1.35 Cow/month

Price per cow/day

4.4 Cents cow/day

COST OF DOSING SOLUTRACE COASTER OVER A 12 MONTH PERIOD Cows

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

Bags

7.3

14.6

21.9

29.2

36.5

43.8

51.1

Price

$1,1606

$3,212

$4,818

$6,424

$8,030

$9,636

$11,242

Cuzinc

SINGLE 25Kg BAG

$218

Price per bag

EQ UATE S TO Price per cow/month

$1.34 Cow/month

Price per cow/day

4.4 Cents cow/day

COST OF DOSING SOLUTRACE CUZINC OVER A 12 MONTH PERIOD Cows

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

Bags

7.3

14.6

21.9

29.2

36.5

43.8

51.1

Price

$1,591.40

$3,182.80

$4,774.20

$6,365.60

$7,957

$9,548.40

$11,139.82

Dairy

SINGLE 25Kg BAG

$105

Price per bag

EQ UATE S TO Price per cow/month

$0.64 Cow/month

Price per cow/day

2.1 Cents cow/day

COST OF DOSING SOLUTRACE DAIRY OVER A 12 MONTH PERIOD

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Cows

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

Bags

7.3

14.6

21.9

29.2

36.5

43.8

51.1

Price

$766.50

$1,533

$2,299.50

$3,066

$3,832.50

$4,599

$5,356.50

Price List

PRICING IS EXCLUSIVE OF GST AND FREIGHT

DCM Plus

As of 01 January 2017

SINGLE 25Kg BAG

$147

Price per bag

EQ UATE S TO Price per cow/month

$0.90 Cow/month

Price per cow/day

2.9 Cents cow/day

COST OF DOSING SOLUTRACE DCM OVER A 12 MONTH PERIOD Cows

100

200

300

400

500

700

800

1000

Bags

7.3

14.6

21.9

29.2

36.5

51.1

58.4

73

Price

$1,087.70

$2,175.40

$3,219.30

$4,292.40

$5,365.50

$7,511.70

$8,584.80

$10,731

DCM

SINGLE 25Kg BAG

$92

Price per bag

EQ UATE S TO Price per cow/month

$0.56 Cow/month

Price per cow/day

1.8 Cents cow/day

COST OF DOSING SOLUTRACE DCM OVER A 12 MONTH PERIOD Cows

100

200

300

400

500

700

800

1000

Bags

7.3

14.6

21.9

29.2

36.5

51.1

58.4

73

Price

$671.60

$1,343.20

$2,014.80

$2,686.40

$3,358

$4,701.20

$5,372.80

$6,716

Metabolizer +

SINGLE 25Kg BAG

$259

Price per bag

EQ UATE S TO Price per cow/month

$1.59 Cow/month

Price per cow/day

5.2 Cents cow/day

COST OF DOSING SOLUTRACE METABOLIZER PLUS OVER A 12 MONTH PERIOD Cows

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

Bags

7.3

14.6

21.9

29.2

36.5

43.8

51.1

Price

$1,890.70

$3,781.40

$5,672.10

$7,562.80

$9,453.50

$11,344.20

$13,234.90

Metabolizer

SINGLE 25Kg BAG

$251

Price per bag

EQ UATE S TO Price per cow/month

$1.54 Cow/month

Price per cow/day

5.0 Cents cow/day

COST OF DOSING SOLUTRACE METABOLIZER OVER A 12 MONTH PERIOD Cows

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

Bags

7.3

14.6

21.9

29.2

36.5

43.8

51.1

Price

$1,832.30

$3,664.60

$5,496.90

$7,329.20

$9,161.50

$10,993.80

$12,826.10

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Price List

PRICING IS EXCLUSIVE OF GST AND FREIGHT

As of 01 January 2017

Southerner

SINGLE 25Kg BAG

$259

Price per bag

EQ UATE S TO Price per cow/month

$1.59 Cow/month

Price per cow/day

5.2 Cents cow/day

COST OF DOSING SOLUTRACE SOUTHERNER OVER A 12 MONTH PERIOD Cows

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

Bags

7.3

14.6

21.9

29.2

36.5

43.8

51.1

Price

$1,890.70

$3,781.40

$5,672.10

$7,562.80

$9,453.50

$11,344.20

$13,234.90

FE Drench

SINGLE 20 Kg BAG

$175

Price per bag

Other products in this range FE Drench (no seaweed)

$162

FE Drench Palm Kernel

$168

D O S E R E Q U I R E M E N T S F O R S O LU T R A C E F E D R E N C H Class of cattle

Liveweight

Dose Rate

Doses per Bag

Cents per dose

Friesian Cow

500kg

16g

1250

14

Friesian/Jersey cross

400kg

13g

1540

11.5

Jersey Cow

350kg

12g

1667

10.5

Friesian yearling

260kg

10g

2000

8.8

FE

SINGLE 20 Kg BAG

$86

Price per bag

Other products in this range $81

FE Palm Kernel

D O S E R E Q U I R E M E N T S F O R S O LU T R A C E F E Class of cattle

Liveweight

Dose Rate

Doses per Bag

Cents per dose

Friesian Cow

500kg

31g

667

12.9

Friesian/Jersey cross

400kg

25g

800

10.7

Jersey Cow

350kg

22g

910

9.5

Friesian yearling

260kg

16g

1250

6.9

Metaboliser Plus for Goats

SINGLE BAGS

$329

Prices are per 20kg bag

EQ UATE S TO $0.50 Goat/month

Price per goat/month

1.64 Cents goat/day

Price per goat/day

ANNUAL USAGE AND PRICING

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Goats

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

3500

Bags

9

18

27

36

45

54

63

Price

$2,961

$5,922

$8,883

$11,840

$14,805

$17,766

$20,727

Price List

PRICING IS EXCLUSIVE OF GST AND FREIGHT

Monensin 200

SINGLE BAGS

Prices are per 25kg bag

$293.75

1.50 Grams per dose

As of 01 January 2017

EQ UATE S TO 1.77 c e n t s p e r d o s e

Ascocool

SINGLE BAGS

ASCOCOOL ®

$500

Prices are per 25kg bag 0.5g – 1.0g per dose

EQ UATE S TO 1-2 c e n t s p e r d o s e

Biotrace

n a t u re’s to n i c fo r cows

SINGLE BAGS

$205

Prices are per 25kg bag

15 HEC TAR E COV ER AG E EQ UATE S TO $13.67 per hectare

Biotrace GA

SINGLE BAGS

$270

Prices are per 25kg bag

15 HEC TAR E COV ER AG E EQ UATE S TO $18 per hectare

Biotrace Bio-Gib® Gibberellic Acid

1kg Pot t l e

$575

Prices are per 1kg pack

111 HEC TAR E COV ER AG E EQ UATE S TO $5.18 per hectare

Biotrace

Biotrace GA

Application rate 1.7 kilograms/Hectare

Application rate 1.7 kilograms/Hectare

Element

Elemental levels Typical Analysis mg’s per hectare at 1.7 kg spread rate

Element

Elemental levels Typical Analysis mg’sper hectare at 1.7 kg spread rate

Copper

41667 mgs

Copper

41667 mgs

Boron

41667 mgs

Boron

41667 mgs

Zinc

41667 mgs

Zinc

41667 mgs

Magnesium

243000 mgs

Magnesium

243000 mgs

Manganese

16667 mgs

Manganese

16667 mgs

Cobalt

5000 mgs

Cobalt

5000 mgs

Iodine

417 mgs

Iodine

417 mgs

Selenium

417 mgs

Selenium

417 mgs

Iron

25000 mgs

Iron

25000 mgs

Net Bag Weight

25Kgs

Gibberellic Acid

9000 mgs

Net Bag Weight

25Kgs

Mineral levels can be custom blended to herd requirements.

Note: Pricing is subject to change with immediate effect.

Mineral levels can be custom blended to herd requirements.

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LIVERADE

Blood returning to the heart

Liver Right lobe of liver

Left lobe of liver

A POWERFUL LIVER TONIC FOR RUMINANTS

Gall bladder Bile duct

Pancreas Small intestine

$85.00

per kilogram

EXCL GST & FREIGHT

LIVERADE SUPPORTS »» Vitamin D synthesis for Healthy Bones »» Blood Detoxification »» Strong Immunity

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LIVER STRESS AND LIVER DISEASE IN RUMINANTS There are many daily stresses on a cow’s liver. Such stresses often originate naturally in a cow’s diet, these can come from the grass, conserved feeds such as silage, and even high energy grain (meal) feeds.

Many of these feeds will contain toxins such as, ergot toxins, mycotoxins, aflatoxins, and of course sporisdesmin toxin (facial eczema toxin).

All of these toxins can place a heavy strain on the liver even when good treatment systems are in place, in extreme cases the end result can be total liver failure. Liverade is a combination of key minerals, vitamins, amino acids, and herbs, all designed to keep the liver strong and aid in cell regeneration.

ROBUST NATURE OF THE LIVER The liver is the largest organ in the body, and as such performs a large number of vital functions.

The liver is also the only organ that has the ability to rapidly rebuild damaged cells. Providing the affected animal is given good nutritional support, the liver has an amazing capacity to rebuild damaged tissue, which can happen rapidly and very efficiently.

A healthy liver will regenerate all cells over a 200 day period, a liver under stress can regenerate cells at a much faster rate

PROCESSES INVOLVING THE LIVER Help the absorption of vitamins

Cholesterol synthesis

Glucose

Glycogen

Deactivation of poisons and toxins

A TONIC DESIGNED TO MAINTAIN LIVER HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE The Liverade formulation is a combination of organic (chelated) minerals, amino acids, vitamins, and herbs, designed to strengthen and aid in the rebuilding of body cells, particularly liver cells.

Activation of Vitamin D Produces bile

Amino acid synthesis

DOSING INSTRUCTIONS

Dose rate: (10 grams per 50 kgs of live-weight) x 3 daily doses

Mix with water to make a suspension and then drench once daily for three days (contains a natural suspension agent)

Adult Dairy Cattle

3 daily doses

110 grams per dose

Sheep Adult Ewe

3 daily doses

16 grams per dose

Do not dose above recommended levels, and do not repeat doses within 7 days of an earlier 3 dose sequence.

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M I N E R A L S | V I TA M I N S | A M I N O A C I D S

D E S I G N E D TO

BALANCE THE DIET OF THE MODERN DOG $45.00per 500 grams EXCL GST & FREIGHT

$28.00per 250 grams EXCL GST & FREIGHT

Strong bones

Dog Nutritional Supplement H E A LT H Y A N D N AT U R A L 48

Healthy joints Better overall health Efficient energy utilization

Canine AminoBoost is a dog nutritional supplement designed to balance the diet of any dog currently receiving the modern western dog diet. This includes the majority of dogs that are eating pre-formulated dog food regardless of its perceived quality.

Along with humans, our modern day dogs often receive a diet that is not perfectly suited to a digestive system primarily built to digest meat, bone, marrow and organ meat.

Such a diet is a diet of convenience and ease, largely made up of grain based carbohydrates supplying rapid energy but few of the essential amino acids the dog would naturally derive from its more primitive natural diet. This modern diet, if incorrectly balanced leaves our dogs subject to many of the same deficiency related human diseases such as obesity, cancer, diabetes, bone fractures, arthritis, and degeneration of bone joints.

Historically, dogs were working farm animals where their energy utilization was much higher or they resided in the wild where they would need to hunt for wild game, (in the case of wolves) living on meat, bone and organ meat. Food could be scarce and survival was tough, however, wild dogs would obtain suitable complex sources of energy from the fat and protein derived from animal carcasses.

These energy sources from carnivorous based diets required gradual digestion and supplied energy over longer periods of time. Although not abundant in quantity, and taking more energy to obtain, this diet provided the perfect balance of minerals, vitamins, and amino acids to keep the animal in peak health and fitness. Occasionally, these dogs would eat a small amount of green material such as grass to aid digestion, but would never eat seeds or grains.

In contrast, today our dogs’ diets differ considerably as they have become city dwellers and live predominantly passive lives. Along with this change in lifestyle, an entire industry catering to their needs has developed. Protein and saturated fat sources have been substituted with readily digestible high energy carbohydrates derived mainly from grains.

Commercial dog food formulation 1. Stability - a food is unsuitable if it begins to go mouldy or rotten in the bag.

2. Convenience – most feeds are now dry feeds because these are cleaner and easier to store and feed out.

3. Cost versus profit – meat is expensive to include - even waste cuts and offal have supply limitations. Many canned and refrigerated dog foods are often largely cereal based.

These three factors make cereal based diets a much more commercially attractive proposition.

Ultimately, a well-balanced modern dog food could lead to animal obesity and fall short nutritionally. Canine Boost is designed to substitute for dietary deficiencies, while adding key minerals, amino acids, and vitamins that directly target nutritionally induced diseases.

This blend is designed to maintain strong bones, healthy joints and organs, optimum energy utilization, while also protecting against the myriad of diseases common to our modern pets.

www.canineboost.co.nz

Ingredients

mgs/Kg

Calcium (Organic - in the form of Calcium Amino Acid Complex )

37458.85 mgs

Fulvic Acid

15045.97 mgs

Phosphorous (in the form of DiaCalcium Phosphate)

12486.28 mgs

Magnesium (Organic - in the form of Magnesium Amino Acid Complex)

15295.70 mgs

Boron (in the form of Disodium octaborate tetrahydrate)

629.31 mgs

Sodium (in the form of Sodium Chloride)

5930.98 mgs

Methylsulfonylmethane - MSM (Organic Sulfur)

72670.16 mgs

Zinc (in the form of Zinc Sulphate Monohydrate)

128.48 mgs

Zinc (Organic - in the form of Zinc Amino Acid Complex)

616.20 mgs

Copper (Organic - in the form of Copper Amino Acid Complex)

77.35 mgs

Iron (Organic- in the form of Iron Amino Acid Complex)

280.94 mgs

Manganese (Organic - in the form of Manganese Amino Acid Complex)

711.72 mgs

Cobalt (in the form of Cobalt Sulphate Heptahydrate)

15.36 mgs

Selenium (Organic - in the form of organic selenium yeast)

3308.86 mcgs

Iodine (in the form of Ethylenediamine Diahydroiodide)

39.96 mgs

Folic Acid

59.93 mgs

Vitamin A

14983.54 I.U.

Vitamin D3

6555.30 I.U.

Vitamin E

3683.45 mgs

Vitamin K3

66.18 mgs

Vitamin B1

218.51 mgs

Vitamin B2

294.68 mgs

Vitamin B5

287.56 mgs

Vitamin B6

293.43 mgs

Vitamin B12

2372.39 mcgs

Inisitol

2809.41 mgs

Niacin

917.74 mgs

Vitamin C

3683.45 mgs

Choline Chloride

2210.07 mgs

Biotin

124.86 mgs

Chromium (Organic - in the form of Chromium Picolinate)

26.45 mgs

Glucosamine Sulphate

62431.41 mgs

Taurine

81160.84 mgs

Diamond V XPC (Yeast Extract)

31215.71 mgs

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