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March 2014 Newsletter (PDF) Jameson march Newsletter_Jameson June Newsletter 06/03/2014 09:50 Page 1 ANIMAL FEEDS • FERTILISERS • SEEDS • COUNTRY STORE Focused on Farming Native bred MARCH 2014 ISSUE Monthly offers beef cattle Country Store Graham Jameson Bernex body warmer now just £18.33 + VAT With support from retailers like Marks & Spencer and food outlets such as Burger King, demand for native bred cattle is strong. This presents opportunities for Selected lines on Electric Fencing and farmers to produce a high demand product with a premium on the price. Native Hardware Reduced to clear cattle like Aberdeen Angus & Herefords thrive on forage based systems and are Offers available on Lamb Colostrum and hardy & hold condition in winter. However, they have specific nutritional marker sprays see in store for details requirements. 8’ Double sided lamb creep feeders Native breeds usually require a longer growing, but shorter finishing period than continental £250 + Vat cattle. Growing rations should be high in fibre and forage based. High protein is needed so that cattle grow frame which is particularly important in this type of cattle. A high starch ration is not suitable during the growing stage as cattle will get fat too quickly. However, forage based growing rations will need to be supplemented with a blend or nut to achieve good levels of live weight gain. The amount of concentrate feed and the spec will depend on the analysis of the silage. Farmers should aim to finish native bred cattle at 18-24 months of age, with an overall lifetime gain of 0.7kg/day and achieve fat class 3 or 4L (carcass weight of 270kg or more). Gelert Country Choice Chicken or Growth rates of between 0.7 and 0.9 kg/day at grass through Lamb buy 15kg, get 2kg worth £5.40 good grazing management should be achievable with free. concentrate feeding when grass growth declines in mid-summer. Growth rates should be monitored against targets by weighing Ring us for a special price on cattle at regular intervals. full pallets of dog food Quiltknitt medium/heavy weight jumpers, save up to £30.00, mediums Performance targets for suckler bred native cattle just £34.99 and heavy £39.99 Champion “Military” style Sweater Heifers Steers just £15.99 Liveweight at weaning (8 months) 205 220 Global Herbs equine supplements now in stock. at turnout (14 months) 355 335 Dunlop Pricemaster Wellingtons at housing (20 months) 460 490 just £10.49 at sale (23 months) 525 540 Adapted from EBLEX data While stocks last! Ask us about our Primestock pencils or our specially formulated blend for Angus suckler calves. A belated congratulations to Jameson Customer, Christine Slee, for winning the Mule section of the 2013 Leyburn Christmas show and Champion fat lambs at Wensleydale Show. All Christines stock are fed on Jamesons. Jameson march Newsletter_Jameson June Newsletter 06/03/2014 09:50 Page 2 The Silent Killer Kathryn Lawson Clostridial diseases are a serious threat to unvaccinated lamb dysentery, tetanus, pulpy kidney, black disease, sheep. There are established vaccination protocols using blackleg, struck and braxy. Large losses can be experienced vaccines such as Heptavac P Plus which prevent all common when sheep are not correctly vaccinated therefore it is clostridial diseases. Initially, two vaccinations are given four to surprising that a recent UK survey revealed that almost 20 six weeks apart followed by annual vaccination four to six per cent of sheep farmers did not vaccinate their sheep on a weeks before the expected lambing date to ensure adequate regular basis. protection is passed onto the new born lambs Sporadic cases of clostridial disease may occur in the flock in through the colostrum. All those lambs which have received nil or inadequate specific cases of clostridial antibodies in colostrum due to various factors including disease are fatal despite individual ewes not being correctly vaccinated or a lack of treatment unless you are colostrum in the crucial hours after birth. very lucky! See Kathryn in the trade The more common counter for more information. clostridial diseases are iry cows Feeding late lactation da is David Lew ntial and not milking to their pote about, resulting in them ctation can get forgotten correctly in late Cows in late la the dry period. Feeding rrect body condition for bomasums o not getting into the co ketosis and displaced a als problems like fatty liver, elp to reduce metabolic addition, during late lactation will h ubsequent lactation. In roductive results in the s and will also improve rep chieved. more milk yield will be a lactation dry period. ctation rather than in the %) body condition in late la 5% compared with 59 ore efficient to manage for weight gain or loss (7 be It is m energy more efficiently . Energy should always hile lactating, cows use o adjust body condition This is because, w iets can be formulated t ) can be supplied o during late lactation, d etabolizable protein (MP during the dry period. S g on body condition, m than equirements. Dependin ecreased, MP can be ply 100% of milk yield r condition needs to be d formulated to sup mproved or where body condition needs to be i eet requirements if body body condition. to m production and reducing ss, thus promoting milk supplied in exce nergy feeds. han using starchy high e ge should be fed rather t ctation cows, more fora eved by the trough For late la diets. This can be achi separate high and low elected for rth thinking about having ich can be specifically s cial point of view, it’s wo to the high yielders wh From a finan s with a parlour cake fed to suit late lactation cow ration being formulated obilize early lactation cows. igh body condition will m o the dry period in too h bout as cows going int f body fat causes ertainly worth thinking a is greater mobilization o ate lactation feeding is c to metabolic issues. Th upport L ctation, which can lead ity to make glucose to s greater extent in early la promises the liver’s abil body fat to a ows, which further com nical ketosis in ate in the liver of these c d then subclinical or cli xcessive fat to accumul f developing fatty liver an e ave a higher likelihood o tion. Thus, these cows h milk produc ng late lactation diets. olic disorders. Ask us about formulati addition to other metab Calciprill pelleted lime Calciprill is a granulated lime product that can be spread using a This little and often application leads to a much more stable pH standard fertiliser spreader. The pellets are made up from very fine over several seasons. In addition to raising the pH, the ratio of particles which, when dissolved on the field after application, give Calcium to Magnesium in the soil is a big influence on soil a very quick response from the crop. A faster change to pH also structure with the correct ratio giving less compaction and a more gives a better uptake of other applied fertiliser. productive soil. Application rates are much lower than traditional lime although a Calciprill is supplied in 600kg bags so there is more flexibility in the further application may be needed sooner than if a large amount order size than the full wagon loads needed for traditional lime. of traditional lime was spread. Also, small orders for patching small acidic areas are possible. USEFUL NUMBERS Country Store 01765 680215 • Nick Bowkett 07715 994178 (Product Sales) • David Lewis 077 • Graham Jameson 07802 253060 (Sales) • Jonathan Stansfield 07732 396078 (Grain Buyer / Fertiliser Sales) • • Peter Harland 07803 116410 (Sales) • Ruth Lawson 07725 263050 (Nutritionist) Jameson march Newsletter_Jameson June Newsletter 06/03/2014 09:50 Page 3 Maximizing digestive function in calves - Rumen drinkers Dr Ruth Lawson You will sometimes have noticed poor performing calves - Calves that develop rumen unthrifty, rough coat hair, poor growth, often sticky clay-like white drinking end up with muck and always needing to be treated. It may be that they are damage to their guts, suffering from rumen acidosis caused by “rumen drinking”. In including inflammation of these calves milk enters the rumen resulting in bacterial the tissues lining the fermentation of liquid within the rumen. So how does milk get stomach, impaired into the rumen? There are two ways, firstly, failure of closure of absorption of volatile the oesophageal groove, resulting in milk flowing into the rumen fatty acids (VFA) from the instead of the abomasum. Secondly, if calves drink large milk rumen into the bloodstream, which can meals, abomasal reflux can happen whereby milk overflows into further depress pH and impaired rumen motility. the rumen. So what can be done to avoid this problem? It is important that In the case of rumen drinkers, rumen pH falls from normal levels management issues are first corrected. For example, prevent of about 6.5 to 7.0 to less than 5.0. Lactic acid build up in the variation in feeding temperature and check the concentration of blood may even ultimately kill the calf. Alternatively, the rumen milk replacer used (always re-weigh for each new batch of can become a perfect breeding ground for pathogens resulting powder). The oesophageal groove closes when calves are in scour in the calf. excited about drinking a meal of milk. If they are timid, stressed or weak, this stimulation may not occur. If calves are group Failure of the oesophageal groove to close completely can be a housed ensure they have equal access to milk and use teats result of a secondary problem. There are a number of conditions instead of buckets.
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