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Posted by Richard Peens on 2 Sep 2025
In the competitive world of cattle farming, achieving rapid, healthy growth and high-quality carcasses while maintaining profitability is a perennial goal for farmers. Feedmaster introduces Feedlot 80, a high-performance, premium fattening concentrate specifically formulated to meet the nutritional demands of feedlot cattle. This product is designed to optimise weight gain, improve carcass quality, and maximise your return on investment through advanced formulation and strategic feeding practices.
What is Feedlot 80?
Feedlot 80 is a specialised, high-protein concentrate formulated for… Read More
Posted by Admin on 20 May 2025
✓ Verbeter vertering van gras.
✓ Improve the digestion of grass.
✓ Verbeter melk produksie asook groei van jong diere.
✓ Improves milk production and growth of young animals.
Kontaknommers van Feedmaster tegniese adviseurs / Contact details of the Feedmaster technical advisors:
Joubert de Wit – 081 128 1518 – Keetmanshoop
Danie de Lange – 081 128 8713 – Mariental
Richard Peens – 081 045 0837 – Gobabis
Frank Kanguatjivi – 081 127 3029 – Southern Communal Areas
Christo van Zyl – 081 147 4199 – Otjiwarongo
Jasper Blaauw – 081 621 5634 - Central
Beata… Read More
Posted by Richard Peens on 13 Feb 2025
Raising healthy and strong calves is essential for any farmer looking to ensure the future productivity of their herd. Here’s a short guide on how to rear calves properly:
When a calf is born, the first and most important factor is that the calf must suckle on the cow's teats to get colostrum.
What is colostrum?
It is rich in vitamins and minerals, but most importantly, it is loaded with antibodies against germs and bacteria. Colostrum can only be absorbed within the first 24 hours after birth.
Rearing calves on the farm when the cow has no milk or has died is not as complicated as we… Read More
Posted by Claudia Isabell Mack on 12 Dec 2024
The rainy season has not yet quite picked up after Namibia's current drought period. Pastures are dry and of low quality. Therefore, urea-containing protein licks are still widely used to help ruminant animals digest dry, lignified grass.
Urea, a non-protein nitrogen, has a protein equivalent of 281%. The nitrogen in the urea is used as a building block for microbial protein. Although urea contains no other nutrients except nitrogen, it makes animal lick supplements more cost-effective. Urea is hydrolyzed in the rumen to ammonia. Rumen microbes use ammonia for their metabolism and the… Read More
Posted by Admin on 14 Oct 2024
OVERVIEW
The Company is committed to economic development in Namibia and invites applications to apply to the Graduate In Training
(GIT) Programme for young Namibians. Our GIT Programme has been designed to develop recent graduates into to the future
talent of tomorrow. The Company seeks a graduate that is team orientated, self-motivated and innovative
This GIT Programme is a development programme aimed at developing strong succession within the Company. Graduates are
placed in various disciplines within the Group of Companies depending on their area of specialisation and where the need has… Read More
