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Summer Dry Nuts 20kg
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When pasture is mature or stressed from a lack of water, Summer Dry Nuts containing 15% protein, is an ideal supplementary feed for cattle, sheep and deer. The nuts contain molasses for palatability and the quality ingredients are contained in a 10 mm nut for utilisation and to reduce wastage.
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SKU#: PID00967
- Note, some long forage must be included in the diet to stimulate rumination
- Quality ingredients contained in a 10 mm nut for utilisation and reduced wastage
- 15% protein complements low protein content in standing hay/some conserved forages
- Fermentable fibre provides digestible energy in a form that permits higher feeding rates
- Molasses increases palatability
- Essential minerals and trace elements promote flock health and production
- Contains Vitamins A, D and E and trace elements including zinc, selenium, iodine, cobalt and manganese
- New Zealand made
- Major nutrients: Crude protein 15%, NDF 40% and digestible energy 11.5 MJ ME/kg of DM
Specifications
| Ingredients | Grains, grain by-products, oilseed meals, grass seed meal, legumes, molasses, minerals, trace elements, PKE, vitamins and vegetable oil. |
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| Feeding rates | Typically fed to sheep at 250 g/head/day but can be fed at up to 500 g if necessary (excluding Texel or Texel crosses which should be limited to 250g /head/day due to increased susceptibility to copper toxicity). Transition onto Summer Dry Nuts by ideally starting at 50 g/sheep/day for a week before building to the desired level over the following one to two weeks. If cattle are not currently eating a grain-based feed, introduce at 0.5 kg/ head/day and gradually increase as required typically up to 2 kg/head/ day for calves and 3kg/head/day for yearlings and cows. Feed up to 2 kg/head/day to deer. |
| Suitable for | Cattle, sheep and deer. |
| Major nutrients | Crude protein 15%, NDF 40% and digestible energy 11.5 MJ ME/kg of DM. |
| Tech Sheet | NRM Summer Dry Nuts 20kg - Tech Sheet |
Product Conditions
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