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Soya
Soya has not been at the party this week. The funds have continued to strengthen their position as they see commodities a better bet for a good return than other investments. Brazil has come out with the first indications of the 2011 plantings, which, they say are going to be around 24 million hectares, 500,000 acres more than last year. On the face of it this could produce a record crop, conditions allowing. However, we have been here before and prices have not fallen like everyone thought. The key thing to watch is worldwide demand.
Rapemeal
Well nothing much more to say than it’s more of the same for Rape. All the focus is on the nearby positions and getting supply. Annual maintenance continues, however, this is very important as it should keep the plants running through the winter.
Energies/Fibres
It seems as though the wheat market is on Red Bull. It started the week moving downwards after some bearish weather news, but since then the market was up Wednesday and today. At the time of writing the market is up £3/£3.50/t. All the time we keep getting weather scares and fund money in flow the downside is limited. It will be interesting to see what happens if the harvest throws up better than expected yields. As a result fibres have remained in strong demand and prices have reacted accordingly. At present we are now sold out of bread until the end of September.
Molasses
Are you concerned about your Ration Heating?.......read on
As soon as a TMR is produced the exposed feed is colonised by microbes and yeasts (moulds). Numbers can increase very quickly. Their activity (fermentation) generates heat, odours and tastes in the TMR all of which reduce intake and performance.
Fermenation
C6H12O6 (Carbohydrate) C2H5OH + 2CO2 Ethanol
Therefore as well as reducing the overall feed value per Kg by fermenting the most valuable feed ingredients, stock also eat less giving a double impact.
Fresh-Guard is a combination of microbial inhibitors and surfactants which can be added to your existing molasses product meaning there are no overall ration changes.
Using Fresh-Guard can reduce the deterioration of the TMR and help achieve higher intakes and better performance.
This can be easily observed as reduced ration heating Trial work has shown Fresh-Guard to be highly effective. Control and Test groups of 115 cows each received a similar TMR except the Test group ration included 2kg/hd/day of a Molasses Liquid blend containing Fresh-Guard.
Overall feed intake was found to be higher when using Fresh-Guard by 1.2kgDM/day Fresh guard is the most cost effective option available to farmers looking to prevent heating/ spoilage at a cost of around 2p / cow / day.
Moist Feeds
Brewers Grains have become even more difficult to source, as on the strength of England’s World Cup performance production has dropped, a classic case of brewers droop!! As a consequence we’re not sellers of grains but we still have available limited amounts of our successful moist blends, the Wessex Range. Please contact your sales specialist of Mike Holland on 01264 320800.
Silage Additives
Regulator price will be up from 1st August – please book now to cover at old prices
EXTRA REVENUE – CLAMPING PIT/SHED AVAILABLE?
KW is looking to locate a clamping pit/shed in the south to store up to 1000 tonnes of Trafford Gold. Ideally we want to store it in the Wiltshire/Somerset area. The location must be with –in close proximity of a public weighbridge and have good access in and out to the site. The site must be completely separate from any livestock. We would be looking to store product from September/ October and must be flexible enough to work with us on when we will require product reloaded. We will be looking to unload from the site during the Christmas/New year period. If you are interested or know some –one who may have the facility then please contact Sandra Croughton for further details on 01264 320812.
Currency
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