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Good sportsAs the new game feed season begins, shoots are faced withincreased costs on all fronts including game feeds, wheat,fertilizer for cover crops, gas and electricity, and fuel. So,inevitably the prices of poults and the costs charged byshoots for a day’s sport will in turn rise to cover theseadditional costs. Whilst rawmaterial costs have risensubstantially, Countrywidehas maintained thenutritional integrity of itsGame Feeds so that theperformance of therearing poults will not becompromised. “We take the stance that the better thenutritional start given to the day old poults, the healthierand vigorous they will be on release,” explains Jim Fordyce,Countrywide’s Feed Technical Manager. Included inCountrywide Game Feeds is a new improved Gamepack, acombination of nutritional aids designed to create a healthygut environment to pheasant and partridge poults from oneday old. The Gamepack includes yeast derivatives, blendsof natural and nature identical oils and essences, betaine,and high levels of trace elements and vitamins all of whichpromote optimal digestive function, resulting in beneficialmicroflora in the gut, improved immune status, and betterlitter quality. And while using high quality CountrywideGame Feeds, game rearers should simultaneously beensuring that all aspects of their rearingmanagement are reviewed so that the birdsput up to the guns give an enjoyable day’s shooting.For more details on the Countrywide Game Feedscontact your local Feed Specialist or ring the CustomerServices Team on 0800 432 0466.The green green grass – making the mostof summer grazingIncreased global demand for milk and milk products overthe last year are improving the outlook for milk producers,yet the large increases in compound feed raw materialprices over the last 10 months mean that dairy farmersneed to make the most of summer grazing to benefit fromthis.Countrywide’s Milk Yield Prediction Service helps dairy farmerseffectively monitor the contribution of grass to milk output andmake adjustments to stocking and feed rates to makemaximum use of the grass. Grazing surveys carried out forfarmers show that the predicted milk yields from grass willrarely exceed 15 litres, whereas highly digestible well managedyoung grass has a potential to yield in excess of 27 litres.Compared with feeding a minimum of 2kg concentrates to getthe cow into the parlour, feeding 8kg compound costing £220a tonne will leave a margin of 46p/cow per day with a milkprice of 25p/litre, due to the increase in milk yield achievedthrough feeding the extra concentrate. Over a 100 day grazingperiod this represents an increased margin of £4,600 for a 100cow herd.Spring grass combines high energy digestibility with high levelsof protein much of which is quickly degraded in the rumen,meaning that if the protein is not correctly balanced much of itcould be wasted, resulting in increased blood and milk urealevels, reduced performance and poor fertility.Alongside this, the proposed expansion of nitrogen vulnerablezones (NVZ) in England puts the onus on dairy farmers toimprove the efficiency of nitrogen and protein use by the cow.So, the introduction this Spring of Countrywide’s Ebony DairyFree game birds guideRequest your free copy ofCountrywide’s guide for gamecover, stewardship and foragecrops, which will meet the seedrequirements of any shoot, farm,estate or livestock enterprise.For your free copy or to discussseed requirements please callyour local Countrywide Specialistor the Arable Team on 01386757314.Nuts will be a welcome one. This is a 15% protein nutcontaining fermentable and high digestible fibre sourcesand Grasspro, (a sugar mineral complex which helpsbind the protein sources in the rumen of the cow),which works to improve rumen function at grass,reducing excess rumen ammonia and blood urea,resulting in increased yield and milk protein output fromthe early Spring grass.For more details on Countrywide’s Dairy Feeds andthe Milk Prediction Service contact your local FeedSpecialist or ring the Customer Services Team on0800 432 0466.Page 6Customer Care on 0800 055 6761