Blog - "Technical Advice"
Posted by Admin on 22 Dec 2022
The KEY = Phosphorous Supplementation
What are the critical areas in red meat production that drive profitability?
Weaner percentage
Weaner weights
Optimal utilization of your cheapest feed source, namely natural pastures
Marketing at the right time, place, and price, but it is only possible if you have animals to market.
In this article, we want to look at the impact of the right phosphate supplement on the above key areas that drive profitability.
Phosphate supplementation is too expensive: right or wrong?
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Posted by Joubert De Wit on 21 Aug 2017
Dit is ‘n bekende en belangrike praktyk in veeboerdery om elke jaar minstens 20% van die ooikudde met jong ooitjies te vervang en wel om die volgende redes:
Om die ooikudde se gemiddelde ouderdom te handhaaf
Om ouer diere waarvan die produksie en reproduksie vermoë begin daal te vervang
Om die kudde se gehalte voordurend te verbeter
Om deurlopend nuwe genetika in die kudde te bring
Vervangingsmetode
Haal alle ou ooie uit wat:
Sluittand is
Swak in kondisie is
Swak moedereienskappe toon
Uierprobleme ontwikkel het
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