Agri-King strives to help each individual dairy operation achieve their goals. Our Area Managers are trained to help identify your needs and provide solutions. We focus on:
- Stabalising components
- Enhancing the digestibility and stability of your forages and high moisture cereals
- Improving feed efficiency, nutrient utilisation, and environmental management
- Reducing calving problems
- Improving young stock performance
On-Farm Services
It is part of Agri-King Area Managers’ duties to play an active role in servicing their clients. Area Managers take samples of your homegrown feedstuffs and send the samples to Agri-King’s Analab for complete analysis, using actual values, not average values. Once a personalised ration is developed, they take time to explain ration changes, discuss herd health, and advise clients.
Supporting our Area Managers are our world renowned state-of-the-art laboratory and its experienced lab technicians. Our European and American based nutritionists and personnel are available for consultation via our toll free phone number. We work together to increase your profits and reduce your problems!
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Young Stock
Our goal is to work with clients to economically grow their herd replacements in 24 months or less. The graphs below show Agri-King heifers grow leaner and faster than the standards set by Penn State University for both height and weight.
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Dry Cow and Pre-Fresh
High production and great reproduction begins with proper nutrition and fortification in the dry period. Whether you have a separate pre-fresh group or use a one group system, Agri-King can help you get the results you want. Monthly testing coupled with our innovative approach to balancing dry and pre-fresh rations assures Agri-King can help prevent and/or solve your herd problems.
Getting your cows off to a good start will determine the success of the whole lactation!
Do You Know What Herd Health Problems Are Costing You?
About €230 or £210 Per Problem!
according to Cornell University Veterinary School.
“It has been conservatively estimated that every problem, such as acidosis, milk fever, displaced abomasum, ketosis, retained placenta or uterine infections, could cost a dairy producer €230 or £210 per cow per problem during lactation in veterinary costs and lost production! These problems are directly related to nutrition.”
70 - 80% of veterinary costs are incurred 1-3 weeks post calving
MILK FEVER
- Average cost per case is €250/£230
- 8% of cases die
- 12% of affected cows are culled
- Average milk loss is 110 gal/500 ltr
- Five extra days open
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KETOSIS
- Average cost per case is €110/£100
- 1% of cases die
- 5% of affected cows are culled
- Average milk loss is 44 gal/200 ltr
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RETAINED PLACENTA
- Average cost per case is €220/£200
- 1% of cases die
- 18% of affected cows are culled
- Average milk loss is 45 gal/205 ltr
- Discarded milk is 30 gal/135 ltr
- 19 extra days open
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DISPLACED ABOMASUM
- Average cost per case is €260/£240
- 2% of cases die
- 10% of affected cows are culled
- Average milk loss totals 84 gal/ 380 ltr
- Six extra days open
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Lactating Cows
Whether you want to improve milk production, components, reproduction, feed efficiency, overall health, etc., Agri-King’s 40 years plus of dairy nutrition experience can help you achieve your goals. Agri-King analyzes your feedstuffs regularly for nutrient content to keep your cows’ rations accurate and to minimize change. Rations are not based off of average values, but are specific to each individual herd to help maximize your profits.
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Organic
Organic farming philosophy puts a premium on healthy animals. The basis of Agri-King’s philosophy revolves around animal health and nutrition to better enable animals to naturally resist health problems. Along with our line of organic products, Agri-King uses our expertise to balance rations to the same exacting standards we use in our non-organic rations.
Agri-King realises organic dairies have been consistently growing over the past few years. To meet the demand for organic friendly products, we have redesigned our Key Dairy Programme products to meet the requirements of most organic certifiers. (Contact us for a complete listing of our organic certificates.)
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