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Optimising Dairy

OPTIMISING DAIRY OPTIMISING DAIRY

INCREASE THE PRODUCTIVE LIFETIME OF COWS

The carbon footprint of milk is determined by the total amount of emissions produced by a cow divided by the milk it has produced. Focusing on cow longevity will increase the total amount of life time yield and therefore reducing the CO2e/kg of milk.

COMFORT

• Cow Signals Advisors and Master • Hardware solutions to ensure the best housing conditions- light, ventilation, space, water and feed • Hardware Team for expert advice

REDUCE THE AGE OF FIRST CALVING TO 24 MONTHS OR LESS

• Calf nutrition, health and welfare • Colostrum management • Calf & Youngstock Team for expert advice • Heifer feed plans Estimated to generate an additional £300 per heifer (AHDB) and decreases the amount of CO2e/kg of milk DISEASE PREVENTION

• Animal health plans • Vaccination programmes • Biosecurity measures • Faecal egg testing • Over 200 qualified RAMA’s throughout our stores and field sales team advising on animal health issues.

HOOF HEALTH

• ROMS accredited mobility scorers • Zinpro First Step app to address hoof health bottlenecks on farm

PASTURE LED PRODUCTION

Producing quality forage for optimum nutrition, whilst also benefiting soil health.

QUALITY FORAGE

• High quality seed mixtures and varieties • Agronomy services • Silage additives • Forage analysis • Crop packaging SOIL HEALTH

• Nutrient management planning • Soil analysis • Cover crops • Green manures • Slurry analysis

WYNNSTAY CAN OFFER A SUITE OF PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND ADVISORY TEAMS TO SUPPORT YOU IN OPTIMISING YOUR DAIRY HERD SUSTAINABLY, EFFICIENTLY AND PROFITABLY

OPTIMISING MILK OUTPUT THROUGH NUTRITION

Achieving optimal milk production either as liquid or kg’s of milk solids lowers cost of production by maximising milk income. Maximising KG’s of milk sold per cow minimises co2e/KG of milk produced.

DAIRY TECHINICAL NUTRITION SERVICES

• Diet Check and AMTS rationing software • Mineral solutions to optimise health • Agrinet grazing and forage planning services • Costings and benchmarking tools REDUCING METHANE

Introducing novel feed ingredients to reduce methane emissions.

RUMITECH

It works by altering which rumen bugs thrive, resulting in less bugs which produce methane and more bugs which digest fibre, giving the animal more energy out of the feed. • Improved FCR and average feed efficiency improvements of 5.5% • Reduced enteric methane emissions in dairy by 17.7% per litre of milk.

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NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS

Minimising waste and maximising productivity

• Water, slurry and silage management solutions on farm • Livestock nutrition • Crop nutrition • Soil health • Grassland management • Animal health