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Rumenco Corporate Press Releases - 14 current
- RUMENCO ACQUIRES NET-TEX INDUSTRIES LIMITED - 23.12.2011
Specialist ruminant nutrition supplement manufacturer Rumenco has acquired Net-Tex Industries Limited.
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- HARD WINTER SHINES A LIGHT ON EWE FEEDING DIRECTION - 12.10.2011
Paradoxically, for Peter and Emma Cowie, last winter was an illuminating experience
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- INVEST NOW, OR PAY LATER - 16.06.2011
Beef and sheep producers are being urged to maximise cattle and lamb growth rates at grass this summer to avoid the consequences of another expensive feed winter.
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- MAXIMISING THE PERFORMANCE OF CATTLE AND SHEEP AT GRASS - 21.05.2011
It pays to stock summer pastures heavily in early summer, but even in good
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grass growing years the growth rates of cattle and lambs decline as the
season progresses. David Thornton from Rumenco explains why
supplementary feed from mid-summer is technically and economically justified.
- WARD OFF SUMMER FLY THREAT - 21.05.2011
As the weather warms up, so do farm fly populations and it’s important to
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make sure your stock are well protected. While cattle are at grass it’s generally
time to get on with other jobs around the farm – the animals may not be
attracting your attention, but they will be interesting the local fly population!
- UNDERSTANDING FORAGE QUALITY
In this month’s ruminant nutrition article, Rumenco technical manager David
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Thornton discusses the importance of forage nutritional analysis and how
matching the correct supplement to what is missing in your hay or silage can
actually save you money.
- FORAGE MINERAL ANALYSIS CRUCIAL
Developing a better understanding of forage mineral status could help many beef
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and sheep producers cut feed supplementation costs.
- DEVON FARMER’S SON WINS COLLEGE PRIZE
Devon farmer’s son Chris Manley has received a prestigious award on graduating with a
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BSc (Hons) degree in Agriculture from Harper Adams University College.
- MAKING THE MOST OF LATE SEASON GRASS
In the first of a new series of topical livestock nutrition articles, Rumenco
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technical manager David Thornton highlights the declining feed value in grazed
grass at this time of year, and offers useful advice on how to keep cattle growing
on target right through to housing and the switch to winter rations.
- TENANTS INNOVATE TO ACCUMULATE
You’d think that tenant farming a parkland estate with inherent grazing restrictions would
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make many shy away from sheep production, but not Gavin and Abby Atterton. Far from
it, by putting innovation at the heart of their business they have boosted flock productivity
and built a profitable lowland sheep enterprise.
- RUMENCO APPOINTS EXPORT MANAGER
Developing Rumevite and Supalyx business across Europe and the Middle East has led
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Rumenco to expand its export sales team.
- NEW BADGER BEATER FEEDER
Rumenco has developed a new cattle feeder that keeps forage supplements for
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grazing and housed livestock well out of reach of badgers.
- RUMENCO EXPANDS ITS MERCHANT SUPPORT TEAM
Rumenco has expanded its trade support team to help merchants develop sales
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opportunities for its growing range of branded and own label block, bucket and other
feed supplement products.
- NEW DATA SHOWS GOOD ENERGY LEVELS IN WINTER GRASS
Winter grass emerging from a blanket of snow and frost does so with a surprisingly
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high ME content and the phenomenon can help sheep farmers delay compound
feeding and conserve meager, yet highly valuable forage stocks for later in the
season.
Rumevite Press Releases - 8 current
- NEW BLOCK TO FINISH LAMBS - 22.08.2011
Rumenco has launched a new feed block to enable sheep producers to finish lambs as quickly as possible off available grass or fodder crops.
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- EXTEND GRAZING SEASON TO CUT EXPENSIVE STRAW COSTS - 09.08.2011
Beef producers could save at least £21 a head on expensive straw bedding costs this winter by delaying housing by six weeks and maximising the nutritional potential of late season grass.
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- NEW RUMEVITE OFFERS WIN-WIN ALTERNATIVE TO MOLASSED BUCKETS
A saving of up to £100 per tonne over bucket-based supplements, more
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environmentally-friendly packaging, three new products and the introduction of a
versatile, reusable feeder are the key benefits being delivered by a launch of the new
Rumevite block range this summer.
- IMPROVING FORAGE WITH RUMEVITE
As a proven complementary forage supplement that has helped so many sheep
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farmers enhance the value of their pasture, hay or grass silage, Rumevite forage
supplement blocks have always been seen as a highly versatile and labour
saving way of feeding ruminant livestock.
- FEEDING EWES IN MID PREGNANCY
In this month’s ruminant nutrition article, Rumenco technical manager David
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Thornton discusses the importance of good nutrition for in-lamb ewes at this time
of year and highlights the importance of feeding the placenta during the mid
pregnancy period.
- COPING WITH SUMMER DROUGHT
It’s been the second driest first six months in the UK for a century and even the
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grass in Cumbria is desperate for rain. Many of the region’s livestock producers
are short of grazing, so how to you keep those cattle and lambs growing in a dry
summer? David Thornton from Rumenco offers some important topical advice.
- FINISHING LAMBS AT GRASS
Now’s the time of year when upland sheep producers are looking to finish lambs off,
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but knowing when to supplement grass to complete the job is not easy.
- FLY LIFE-CYCLES THREE WEEKS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
The mild March and warm early April weather means fly life cycles are two to three
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weeks ahead of schedule this year, meaning livestock farmers need to make an early
start with their control measures.
SUPAlyx Press Releases - 3 current
- RUMENCO INTRODUCES 100kg ‘SUPA’ TUB
Specialist feed and mineral bucket supplement manufacturer Rumenco has launched a
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new 100kg SUPALyx tub as it rationalises the weight of products in its range to help
merchant warehouse staff and farmers avoid the risk of musculo-skeletal injuries.
- SUMMER FLY CONTROL
The later summer months are often the time when livestock around the farm get
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the least attention, but that’s not strictly true. Cattle at grass in July and August
will certainly be attracting the interest of the local fly population! In this month’s
livestock nutrition article, David Thornton from Rumenco discusses the
importance of effective fly control.
- FLY LIFE-CYCLES THREE WEEKS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
The mild March and warm early April weather means fly life cycles are two to three
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weeks ahead of schedule this year, meaning livestock farmers need to make an early
start with their control measures.
Lifeline Press Releases - 9 current
- LAMB LOSSES AT A RECORD LOW - 21.11.2011
Lamb losses on a Welsh farm are at a record low after a focus was placed on ewe nutrition pre-lambing
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- DIVERSIFICATION AND INNOVATION THE THEMES FOR SHEEP FARMING ENTREPRENEUR - 21.11.2011
David Eglin is renown throughout the sheep industry as an innovator
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- NEW RAM CARE SUPPLEMENT FROM RUMENCO - 16.06.2011
Rumenco has developed a new Lifeline nutritional supplement formulated specifically for working rams. Lifeline Ram Care draws on the Easicare principles developed by SAC and is designed to promote healthier, fitter breeding stock, the company says.
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- INNOVATIVE SUPPLEMENT STREAMLINES EWE AND LAMB FEEDING
Powys sheep producer Brian Davies has come to expect a far easier lambing season
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and crop of good, strong lambs from a variety of breeds since taking decisive steps a
few years ago to streamline his supplementary feeding system.
- LIFELINE CUTS TWIN LAMB DISEASE AND BOOSTS LAMB VIGOUR AT BIRTH
Andrew Kirby cut the incidence of twin lamb disease, had a far easier lambing season
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and produced a crop of livelier newborn lambs after introducing Lifeline Lamb & Ewe for
the first time last year.
- INNOVATIVE FEEDING APPROACH PAYS OFF FOR SHROPSHIRE BEEF AND SHEEP PRODUCER
An innovative pre-birth ruminant feeding approach based uniquely on feeding
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both the dam and unborn offspring through a single supplement is paying off
handsomely for Shropshire beef and sheep producers the Morgan family.
- PEDIGREE MAN STICKS WITH RUMENCO LIFELINE
“I’m definitely sticking with Lifeline – it does a great job”. A pretty strong endorsement in
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anyone’s language and one sheep producer Antony Glaves is pleased to make.
- FEEDING THE TRANSITION SUCKLER COW
In the dairy sector, dry cow management is one of the key and most challenging
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aspects of milk production. Getting the dry cow period right promotes easier
calvings, stronger calves, primes the cow for the subsequent lactation and even
influences fertility. In the month’s livestock nutrition article, David Thornton from
Rumenco outlines what the region’s suckler producers can learn from the dairy
approach.
- NEW DRY COW MINERAL FROM RUMENCO
Rumenco will launch an innovative new mineral supplement for high performing dry
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and transition dairy cows at the 2010 Dairy Event and Livestock Show (DELS).
XP Yeast Press Releases - 3 current
- TEETHING TROUBLES TACKLED ON NEW GREENFIELD UNIT
Expectations were high when the dairy herd at Crutchley Farms in Nettlecombe, Dorset, was
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moved to a new, greenfield unit in 2007. Every aspect of its design had been carefully
considered and state-of-the-art technology was combined with measures to improve both
cow and worker comfort.
- XP YEAST - JAMES WARREN
It is a well-known problem that as milk yield increases, so does the risk of
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rumen health issues. And this can then have a knock-on effect on the fitness
and health of the cow if not resolved quickly enough.
- SOUTH WALES DAIRY HERD FEEDING TRIAL SHOWS BENEFIT OF YEAST CULTURE
A six week winter feeding trial run with a dairy herd in South Wales has highlighted the
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value of proven yeast cultures in improving rumen function. Both milk yield and quality
were boosted in the feeding study at a net financial benefit to the farmer of around 70
pence per cow per day.
