It’s Time To Think About Retesting Your Silage!
Silage continues to change during the fermentation process and this in turn changes the nutritional content. It might be time to think about Retesting Your Silage so that you can…
Posts by Neville Janke
On Farm Stored Grain Testing
With a bumper grain harvest this year and the continuing growth of on farm stored grain. It’s becoming increasingly more important to know what the nutritional value is of your…
Where Do Our Feed Testing Calibrations Come From?
Feed Central is affiliated with Dairy One. Dairy One is a farmer owned cooperative that is based in the USA and was established in 1974. It is governed by a…
DCAD Is Important For Dairy Cows
Dietary cation-anion difference, also known as DCAD, is an important measure that is used when formulating diets for dry, transition and lactating dairy cows. The calculation for this measurement is…
Cow & Pig Feed Tests
Did you know that cows and pigs have different ways of digesting the food that they eat? Cows and sheep are known as ruminants which means that they have four…
Monitoring Your Carbohydrate Content To Maximise Milk Solid Production
Plant carbohydrates in the diet play a very important role in the production of milk solids and in particular milk fat production. There are two forms of plant carbohydrates in…
Achieve Optimum Production Efficiency With A TMR!
Total mixed rations or TMR’s are an ideal feeding method which allows you to provide proper nutrition to achieve optimum production efficiency. It involves combining forage such as hay or…
Core Samples VS Grab Samples
There are two samples that we receive here at our Feed Central labs to be tested and these are Core Samples and Grab Samples. The sample you send in to…
Hay Market & Quality Update
Hello Buyers! It has been a cracker year! We want to thank you all for your support over 2016 and we look forward to partnering with you in 2017 and…
Importance on Harvested Grains – You Need To Read This
GRAIN MOISTURE Keeping grain dry and free from fungal growth is the most important requirement for safe storage. The maximum moisture content at which harvested grains can be safely stored…