5644 Jameson October Newsletter_Jameson Newsletter October 2012 27/09/2012 18:24 Page 1

ANIMAL FEEDS • FERTILISERS • SEEDS • COUNTRY STORE Focused on Farming

Jamesons Country Store OCTOBER 2012 ISSUE GRAHAM JAMESON The new look Jamesons Country Store is now open. We stock everything for Sugar rush! the horse and pet owner, country dweller and small holder. Local people Feeding molasses may well be an will also be able to find those every day COUNTRY STORE economic alternative this year since forages are likely to be low in sugar. essentials. For shooting folks there’s clothing, bags, snares and gun Molasses can improve palatability of cleaning products. If horses are your other feed ingredients, thus stimulating passion, there’s a great range of feed intake. It can act as a source of feeds, clothing, rugs and grooming energy for the rumen bugs allowing equipment. For the pet owner we them to produce microbial protein from can supply leads, collars, dog coats, forage. This could prove very important beds and shampoos. If the this year as forages are generally low in countryside and wildlife are your sugar due to the lack of sunshine the thing, we stock a great range of summer has dealt us. wild bird feed and lovely outdoor Feed typically 2kg per head per day. clothing. Small holders will find anything from pot-bellied pig feed to layers pellets. Why not call Just a reminder... in and see what we’ve got. ...about grass staggers. I’m sure you’re all aware of the dangers of Our new trade counter for farmers has staggers, but even in September we good stocks of raddles, harnesses, were hearing reports of farmers losing crayons etc. We also stock electric to this problem. fencing, rat poison, markers and foot treatments. Farmers will also find pour- Hypomagnesaemia occurs when the ons, drenches & boluses, as well as intake of magnesium is exceeded by its vaccines such as Heptavac, Ovivac, output. The clinical signs can occur very Crovexin & Bravoxin. quickly because the cow does not store magnesium, and so must have a daily supply. As is often the case, animals Terrific Texels! showing clinical signs are just the tip of the iceberg, many cows will not show DR RUTH LAWSON symptoms. Daily supplementation of Jamesons customer, Colin Doney, showing and selling for the first magnesium should be given to animals at risk. This can be achieved by using time ever at Skipton, achieved a memorable debut double when Dalesman Tri Mag buckets or blocks. exhibiting both the first and second prize Texel pens. Colin farms with his wife Caroline at Pasture Close, Dacre, Harrogate. Taking Monthly Offer on more farm land has Dalesman Feet & Fertility buckets given the Doneys, who in Buy 10 get another bucket FREE the past have only reared and sold prime lambs, the opportunity to provide longer keep and raise shearlings, 30 of which were consigned at Skipton. “They have grown out well,” said a delighted Mr Doney. 5644 Jameson October Newsletter_Jameson Newsletter October 2012 27/09/2012 18:24 Page 2

milk yield, poor fertility, increased somatic cell ear and stalk boring count and increased disease susceptibility. insects. Harvest Mycotoxins In trials, exposure to mycotoxins resulted in forages as quickly DR RUTH LAWSON losses in milk yield of 1.5 - 2.0 litres per cow as possible and per day and an increase in somatic cell pack tightly and be Mycotoxins are produced by moulds and count by 100, 000 cells/ml. So what are sure the silo is fungi in feed. Cattle are exposed to the symptoms in your herd? Well, sealed to exclude mycotoxins from grass, silage, straw or symptoms are quite general and will depend oxygen. Patch any contaminated grain. We think it may be a on the exact mycotoxins involved. But cows holes in plastic bad year for mycotoxin problems as they won’t be milking quite as well as they should covers, bags, or thrive in low temperatures and moisture. be. The dung is a little loose and variable and wrapped bales as Also, when it’s a late harvest or there’s soil the milk fat is a little low. The cell counts may soon as possible. contamination, mycotoxins do well. Other have gone up and fertility is not as good. Also, discard situations that cause mycotoxins to be Other effects of mycotoxins may include: - obviously spoiled produced are when the silage clamp is reduced feed intake, acidosis-type feed or layers of feed and clean out leftover poorly consolidated or finished feeds are symptoms, poor response to disease or feed from feeding troughs regularly. Think poorly stored. infections, bloody dung, lower leg / teat about using an inoculant in silage (such as A healthy rumen has an ability to protect swelling, or unsettled cows. So what can be our Pento-guard) to enhance preservation. against low levels of some mycotoxins; done to manage mycotoxins? Firstly, try to Try to have as small a clamp face exposed however, some mycotoxins will be detoxified manage silage to reduce mycotoxin as possible. When confronted with a toxicity in the rumen but will breakdown into new exposure, make sure you purchase seed problem, stop feeding the contaminated feed more toxic metabolites. In dairy animals, varieties resistant to foliar, ear rot, and stalk and add a mycotoxin binder such as production can be affected through reduced rot diseases. Also, select varieties resistant to Mycosorb available at Jamesons. Pasture aeration following a soggy summer PETER HARLAND Large amounts of rainfall this summer have left In the top foot of soil, it’s estimated that there Often compaction is indicated at the depth most pastures vulnerable to soil compaction. are 2 tonnes of soil life per acre. This then tells that it is hardest to push the spade into the Evidence for this has been very clear, with us that the greatest need for oxygen is near soil. A subsoil type aerator is most useful for fields poached up from , and deep the soil surface where there are the maximum compaction caused by heavy machinery, ruts prevalent after silage time. So why is soil number of roots, micro-organisms, and other deeper in the soil profile. The subsoiler lifts aeration important, do we need it and what is animals. Air travels in and out of soil passively, the soil slightly and drops it, producing cracks the most cost effective method of doing it? through holes and cracks. Compaction that run vertically down the soil profile. It is an The vast majority of soil life requires oxygen reduces the movement of air into the soil and expensive operation in terms of time and to release energy from sources of organic so it limits the nutrient release from the soil. diesel and runs the risk of disturbing old carbon, a bit like a fire needs air to burn and When soil is water logged, as can easily drains; therefore it should only be used for release heat. Plants are the main source of happen on compacted ground, air movement deeper compaction. organic carbon in the soil. They take carbon can be reduced by 82%. In soils without Pasture spiker type aerators are becoming dioxide out of the air during photosynthesis, enough air, plant and soil life are unable to popular, these act in the top 4 inches of the and use the energy from the sun to turn the access energy reserves and the cycle and soil allowing air to enter the soil more freely carbon, of carbon dioxide it into carbohydrate. release of valuable nutrients is slowed. so stimulating the soil life (and plant growth). These carbohydrates are stored in the plant Substances are produced in the soils that Wider aerators, 5m plus, offer a far better roots. When this energy is needed by the inhibit root growth, and nitrogen is lost from work rate and so save diesel and time. Muck plant to grow, oxygen is required to release the soil as gas. This is easily seen by poor spreading can also alleviate light surface it from the root. grass growth in compacted areas. compaction by increasing soil life, and Micro-organisms are the soil’s life. They As mentioned in previous newsletters, the encouraging the earth worms and beetles to too require oxygen to breakdown and utilize best way to assess compaction is to dig an 8 burrow through the soil, which again helps air dead and decaying plant & animal matter. inch square hole by a foot deep. Try to remove and water move more freely through the soil. Micro-organisms are responsible for the this in one piece and lay it next to your hole. All forms of aeration work on the same cycling and release of nutrients (including Ideally the top 2 inches should have a nice principle, of increasing air passage into the nitrogen), the breakdown of manure and the crumbly structure, the next 2 inches should be soil, this then stimulates the soil life, increasing maintenance of optimum physical soil half crumbly, and below this the remaining soil the speed at which nutrients are cycled and conditions. They enable soils to be more should have around 10% crumb texture. released in the soil, and so improving soil robust, better able to cope with droughts, By doing this you can easily see where the soil health and pasture growth. floods, and changes in nutrient availability. is compacted, and react accordingly.

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Which ingredients should be Pentoguard in a good calf milk powder for Maize DR RUTH LAWSON DAVID LEWIS There is no need for us to discuss the Deciding which milk replacer to progress of maize crops this year as it has use can be very challenging. been very noticeable whilst driving around Here are a few key things you the country. With this reduced yield it is important to make a good job of should be aware of when conserving what yield there is. making this decision, as not all The poor weather this year has milk replacers are created equal. additionally given rise to a large number of A cheaper powder could end up yeasts, moulds and smuts which are costing you more in reduced growth detrimental when feeding the silage. rate, scour and increased risk of Furthermore, the size of fat Secondary fermentation is also a big diseases such as pneumonia. droplets in cow’s milk is very small, issue, especially if the maize is fed next making them easy to absorb. Cheap summer in warmer temperatures. Firstly, think about nutrients, milk powders tend to rely on oils being replacers should contain around 22% To counter these problems we sprayed onto the powder surface, protein & 17/18% oil. Generally, the recommend our new silage additive, which results in large areas of fat which higher the level of milk products in the Pentoguard as a means to giving a stable are difficult for the calf to absorb. The powder the better. Milk proteins are fermentation with protection against toxins consequence of reducing fat and oil typically more highly digestible than quality is slower growth. Butter oil, in the clamp and to help prevent warming non-milk proteins and provide better although cheap, tastes awful and does up in the clamp. calf growth. Vegetable protein not form a firm curd in the abomasum. products are generally lower in energy For more details, contact your rep It then flows into the hind gut where it and are digested less well. Also, skim or Ruth or David in the office. feeds any lurking pathogens, leading is more digestible than whey, therefore to scour. will produce better growth. Soya, wheat and pea products (any The other principal energy source is vegetable ingredients) have reduced lactose which is highly digestible. In Kilnsey Show protein digestibility, leading to gut good quality replacers, lactose is upsets and scour. However, some supplied in whey powder but poorer STUART HOLMES coconut oil is OK as the calf can digest grade replacers use whey permeate, August bank holiday Tuesday saw it. Hydrolysed wheat protein is an which as well as containing lactose Jamesons attending Kilnsey show. excellent source of protein if the amino has a severe mineral imbalance that acid levels are corrected, so check if can cause scours. Held against the magnificent backdrop additional lysine and methionine have Fibre content should be zero as this of Kilnsey Crag, the show attracts visitors been added. indicates the use of plant ingredients from far and wide. The weather turned out There are variations in the digestibility which calves can’t digest. Vitamin E to be just right on the day, despite the of the whey protein, depending on the content should be at least 250 IU. If unrelenting rain in the days before that type of cheese it has come from, for the ash level is too high, are there contributed to the muddy areas in parts of example some French cheeses result some fillers such as calcium going in, the show field. The Jameson stand was in acid whey which can cause colic baby calves haven’t got room for busy all day with many customers calling which is manifested by calves kicking ingredients that don’t do a job. Also in for a brew and slice of Janet’s at their bellies. look out for beneficial ingredients scrumptious fruit cake. Farmers were able such as probiotics and The energy in powders is principally in to have a look at some of our feeds and immunoglobulins for specific scours, the form of oils, which do not mix discuss alternatives for the coming winter. such as E coli, salmonella etc. readily with water so require emulsifiers to achieve an effective and stable mix. So, remember calves don’t do well on Many cheaper products contain lower vegetables! Also, there are some levels of emulsifier to help reduce the ingredients that are actually irritable to price; the end result is a poorer mixing the calf’s gut. It’s a hard enough job powder and less palatable feed. In keeping calves alive and thriving, why addition, replacers with poor make your job even harder! Ask us emulsification properties need to be about our new skim and whey based mixed with hot water, destroying powders and our IMMU-gain paste to vitamins and damaging proteins. prevent calf scour.

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Cracking calf show at Otley DR RUTH LAWSON Wharfedale Farmers’ Auction Mart at at £450 (twice) for British blue Otley held their monthly calf show & calves. The successful bidder sale with an entry of 115 calves was W.A. Thompson from forward. Last month’s prize was Clayton, Doncaster. The sponsored by Jamesons and was photograph opposite shows awarded for the highest priced Mr Thompson and family with continental bull or heifer. The price was one of the top calves. won by Richard Sutcliffe of Queensbury Dear Dr Ruth... Dear Dr Ruth I’m writing to complain about our living arrangements. Young Mook9467 got knocked around so much yesterday Mook999 has knocked her hocks and is in a poor way, as she and hurt herself. Being one of the more senior you know she can moan anyway, but now she’s constantly members of the group I get my own way when it comes squawking. Our beds are just not comfy anymore, the to beds, but the youngsters are on their feet all day long. mattresses are lumpy, bedding is sparse not to mention Yours Mook210 ☹ our backends are hanging over the back.

Dear Mook210, I share your pain; you girls need to be as comfy as Also, when you’re on your winter holidays, stocking rates possible. Ladies like you need to put your feet up from should be a cow length and a head square. This should be time to time, have a nice lie down and watch the world go increased to a cow and calf length square when the yard by, even if that’s watching your husband, William chase the design isn’t so good, such as when the access is narrow latest young heifer or three-papped wonder (no I’m not or the water isn’t in a good place. bitter). When you can be bothered to get up, this should As you know when you’re not standing eating or chewing be easy and elegantly done. the cud, you should be laid down chilling. I’ll put in your Your friends with hock and knee injuries are likely due to wish list with His Lordship, not sure what he’ll say as I’ve the impact on your joints from lying on insufficiently heard Her Indoors complaining about their sleeping bedded or cushioned cubicles. Are the rubber mats too arrangements too. At least I think that’s what she said hard and is His Lordship skimping on bedding? under her breath... something about His Lordship being You mentioned that Young Mook9467 got hurt, I think more 50 shades of red than grey. tensions are running high, you’re all stressed and getting a Good luck and hope you’re soon able to take the weight bit waspy. You cows need your personal space! Also, if off your feet. you have to share beds, you’ll suffer with your feet and All the best, Dr Ruth inflamed boobs!

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