ALLTECH Advertising feature NEWS 12 <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>December</strong> 3, <strong>2020</strong> Challenging conditions ... Summer pastures present challengesfor dairy cows. Astrategy to ‘stop the drop’ in summer It is wellknownthat summer pasturegrowing conditions present achallengefor those wanting to stop theircows losing bodycondition score (BCS). Challenging summers can also result in aloss of pregnancies or triggeranexcessive drop in the lactation curve. Recently,aclient who was doing 1.91kg of milk solids per cow per day said to me: ‘‘Last year we let cows drop production and fed them only grasstosave on feed costs.’’ The customermentioned that the cows dropped milk productionto1.60kgMS/cow/day. Using apayout of $6 per kilogram of milk solids and assuming we need to feed 150 grams of OPTISYNC (AlltechInc) at $0.60 cents/cow/day investment for the 150g, let’s look at the numbers: It’s anobrainerthat aprofitof$1.26/cow/daycan be madewhilst alsomaintaining milk production and other health benefits,such as maintaining pregnancy and BCS. Why let cows dropmilk production, lose BCS or be culledfor beingempty when there is so much potential for profit by feeding OPTISYNC? Waving to his fans ... Santa in last year’s Rangiora parade. Santa set for parade By DAVID HILL Rangiora is gearingupfor Santa’s officialreturn on Sunday,<strong>December</strong> 13. Santafans are set to gatheralong High Street for theRangiora ToyotaSanta Parade at 2pm, while entertainment will be provided at the McAlpines Mitre 10 Mega Christmas Party in the Park in Victoria Parkfrom 12pmto5.30pm. ‘‘TheSantaParade will haveits usual wonderful arrayofentries and this year the competitionbetweenthe schools is hot as they vie to win the bestdecorated float,’’ Rangiora Promotionscoordinator Belinda Toppsays. Up for grabs is the Rangiora Promotions Shield and a$1000 voucher. The paraderouteisunchanged from last year, beginningfrom the corner of Church and High streets at 2pm and heading east towards the towncentre. All ages are encouraged to get alongto Victoria Parkat12pm to get the Christmas partystarted. ‘‘Christmas Partyinthe Parkis already absolutely chokka with agreat range of market stalls and yummy food items,’’ Belinda says. The party willbeoverflowing with entertainment, stretchingout on to PercivalStreet where the Mike Pero Fun Zone willbeset up. The zone will include inflatables, EmpireAthletics Tumbling,mini jeeps,stalls, foodand popularchildren’s entertainers. An allwomen threepiece band, SIRENZ,from Christchurch will perform throughout theday. Ponies2Go fromLittle River willbe bringingsome animals for ponyrides and apettingarea,while Fun HQ will bring the new InflataRun, agiant inflatable obstacle course. The Rangiora Volunteer FireBrigade willalso be on hand to promotefire safety. Withthe main Christchurch parade cancelled because of Covid19, Rangiora Promotions expectsRangiora to be busy as families flock north to the town for the event. Summernutrition facts Acow’s daily intake is reduced in summerpartly because of the increasing neutral detergent fibre(NDF)content in the pasture. Higher pasture NDF (reproductive pasture quality) fills up the rumen faster and the cowwill not get the required daily nutrient intake neededfor milk production. Also, protein levelsinsummer pasturedrop below the protein requirementsofcows for maintenance and milk production. Rumen degradable protein(RDP) supplementation is thereforehighlyrecommendedto compensatefor thelack of protein in pasturesand in the overall diet. OPTISYNC is the most effective solution to fill thisgap when compared with otherRDP protein supplements. Why? BecauseOPTISYNC is aspecifically produced slow release RDP source which is consistent batch to batch. OPTISYNC has an NDF valueof0,which means it takes up lessspaceand does not replaceother feeds in the rumen. Matt Cassineri If you wouldlike to achieve similar resultsorknow more details,please contact your local area sales manager,Matt Cassineri, on (027) 208 4606 or email matt.cassineri@alltech.com. the source of consistency Addressing variation in protein supplements • Consistent supply of soluble protein • Consistent product frombatchtobatch • Costeffective protein source • Deliversmorefromless Alltech (NZ) Limited PO Box 69 170 Glendene |Auckland 0645 |New Zealand newzealand@alltech.com |0800ALLTECH alltech.com/newzealand | AlltechAP PROTEIN MANAGEMENT
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