North Canterbury News: December 04, 2020
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12 <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>December</strong> 3, <strong>2020</strong><br />
Challenging conditions ... Summer pastures present challengesfor dairy cows.<br />
Astrategy to ‘stop<br />
the drop’ in summer<br />
It is wellknownthat summer pasturegrowing conditions present achallengefor those<br />
wanting to stop theircows losing bodycondition score (BCS). Challenging summers can<br />
also result in aloss of pregnancies or triggeranexcessive drop in the lactation curve.<br />
Recently,aclient who was doing 1.91kg of milk solids per cow per day said to me: ‘‘Last<br />
year we let cows drop production and fed them only grasstosave on feed costs.’’<br />
The customermentioned that the cows dropped milk productionto1.60kgMS/cow/day.<br />
Using apayout of $6 per kilogram of milk solids and assuming we need to feed 150 grams<br />
of OPTISYNC (AlltechInc) at $0.60 cents/cow/day investment for the 150g, let’s look at<br />
the numbers:<br />
It’s anobrainerthat aprofitof$1.26/cow/daycan be madewhilst alsomaintaining milk<br />
production and other health benefits,such as maintaining pregnancy and BCS.<br />
Why let cows dropmilk production, lose BCS or be culledfor beingempty when there<br />
is so much potential for profit by feeding OPTISYNC?<br />
Waving to his fans ... Santa in last year’s Rangiora parade.<br />
Santa set for parade<br />
By DAVID HILL<br />
Rangiora is gearingupfor Santa’s<br />
officialreturn on Sunday,<strong>December</strong> 13.<br />
Santafans are set to gatheralong High<br />
Street for theRangiora ToyotaSanta<br />
Parade at 2pm, while entertainment will<br />
be provided at the McAlpines Mitre 10<br />
Mega Christmas Party in the Park in<br />
Victoria Parkfrom 12pmto5.30pm.<br />
‘‘TheSantaParade will haveits usual<br />
wonderful arrayofentries and this year<br />
the competitionbetweenthe schools is<br />
hot as they vie to win the bestdecorated<br />
float,’’ Rangiora Promotionscoordinator<br />
Belinda Toppsays.<br />
Up for grabs is the Rangiora<br />
Promotions Shield and a$1000 voucher.<br />
The paraderouteisunchanged from<br />
last year, beginningfrom the corner of<br />
Church and High streets at 2pm and<br />
heading east towards the towncentre.<br />
All ages are encouraged to get alongto<br />
Victoria Parkat12pm to get the<br />
Christmas partystarted.<br />
‘‘Christmas Partyinthe Parkis<br />
already absolutely chokka with agreat<br />
range of market stalls and yummy food<br />
items,’’ Belinda says.<br />
The party willbeoverflowing with<br />
entertainment, stretchingout on to<br />
PercivalStreet where the Mike Pero<br />
Fun Zone willbeset up. The zone will<br />
include inflatables, EmpireAthletics<br />
Tumbling,mini jeeps,stalls, foodand<br />
popularchildren’s entertainers.<br />
An allwomen threepiece band,<br />
SIRENZ,from Christchurch will<br />
perform throughout theday.<br />
Ponies2Go fromLittle River willbe<br />
bringingsome animals for ponyrides<br />
and apettingarea,while Fun HQ will<br />
bring the new InflataRun, agiant<br />
inflatable obstacle course.<br />
The Rangiora Volunteer FireBrigade<br />
willalso be on hand to promotefire<br />
safety.<br />
Withthe main Christchurch parade<br />
cancelled because of Covid19, Rangiora<br />
Promotions expectsRangiora to be busy<br />
as families flock north to the town for<br />
the event.<br />
Summernutrition facts<br />
Acow’s daily intake is reduced in summerpartly because of the increasing neutral<br />
detergent fibre(NDF)content in the pasture. Higher pasture NDF (reproductive pasture<br />
quality) fills up the rumen faster and the cowwill not get<br />
the required daily nutrient intake neededfor milk<br />
production.<br />
Also, protein levelsinsummer pasturedrop below the<br />
protein requirementsofcows for maintenance and milk<br />
production. Rumen degradable protein(RDP)<br />
supplementation is thereforehighlyrecommendedto<br />
compensatefor thelack of protein in pasturesand in the<br />
overall diet.<br />
OPTISYNC is the most effective solution to fill thisgap<br />
when compared with otherRDP protein supplements.<br />
Why? BecauseOPTISYNC is aspecifically produced slow<br />
release RDP source which is consistent batch to batch.<br />
OPTISYNC has an NDF valueof0,which means it takes<br />
up lessspaceand does not replaceother feeds in the<br />
rumen.<br />
Matt Cassineri<br />
If you wouldlike to achieve similar resultsorknow more details,please contact your<br />
local area sales manager,Matt Cassineri, on (027) 208 4606 or email<br />
matt.cassineri@alltech.com.<br />
the source of consistency<br />
Addressing variation in protein<br />
supplements<br />
• Consistent supply of soluble protein<br />
• Consistent product frombatchtobatch<br />
• Costeffective protein source<br />
• Deliversmorefromless<br />
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