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BlogOptimizing dairy cow performance: The role of rumen wall integrityRumen health is essential for an efficient and productive dairy herd. Maintaining the integrity of the rumen wall is key to ensure dairy cows performance and welfare and can have benefits throughout their whole life cycle. Get more milk from cows with good rumen wall integrity Optimal rumen health is crucial for dairy cow success, […]
Jul 22, 2024
BlogEnhancing sheep and goat farming through nutritionSheep and goat farming is a key agricultural sector with room for improvement in efficiency and production. Innovations in nutrition and management strategies are two areas where gains can be made. According to the FAO’s annual food outlook report from June 2023, a 1% increase in global sheep and goat meat production is anticipated, reaching […]
Jul 15, 2024
BlogShireen Moodley, QESH Manager at Lallemand Felixstowe yeast plant: “With yeast, there’s always something new to learn!”The people behind the products: meet Shireen MOODLEY, Quality assurance and control, environmental, health & safety manager at Lallemand Felixstowe yeast plant. Can you introduce yourself? I am the QESH (quality assurance & control, environmental, health & safety) manager at the Felixstowe plant, handling quality control/quality assurance and environmental health and safety. I am actually […]
Jun 9, 2024
BlogGrowing forage for silage under unpredictable weather conditionsThe past decade has seen the number of extreme weather events like heat waves, droughts and floods increase significantly, and this trend is predicted to stay. This makes growing forages for animal feed less predictable, both in terms of quality and yields, resulting in greater costs. Adaptations in agronomical practices, and the forage plants used, […]
May 15, 2024
BlogA unique microbiological approach to piglet management in the farrowing roomWhen animals have a good rest… so do the farmers! A clean and healthy farrowing pen is key for the welfare and health of newborn piglets. As part of its animal environment range, Lallemand Animal Nutrition has developed a bacterial-based solution designed to positively influence the microbial ecosystem within animal environment: EAZYBED PRO. We’ve seen […]
Apr 24, 2024
BlogSilage proves to be a good investmentThree years ago, Ballaroo district mixed farmer, Sarah Packer, took advantage of the opportunity to purchase 1000 tonnes of sorghum silage from a neighbour even though she had an abundance of green feed at the time. Fast forward to the recent dry conditions gripping parts of the Maranoa region, she is feeding a source of […]
Apr 16, 2024
BlogProject helps fill the feed gapThe construction of a 500-head drought feeding facility is set to offer continuity in times of need for a dynamic beef enterprise in Queensland’s Western Downs region. Justin and Kate Boshammer run about 500 registered Angus, Brangus, Ultrablack and Wagyu cows and 200 commercial cows across 6,330 ha of owned and leased land in the […]
Apr 16, 2024
BlogFlying with silageThe construction of a silage-based paddock assisted feeding system five years ago has enabled Southern Downs beef producers, Karl and Alexis Doré, to turn a 50-cow breeding enterprise into a 800-head backgrounding operation. Their cell paddocks comprises seven yards ranging from 5 to 40 ha, with the larger pens sown to improved pastures, including Rhodes […]
Apr 16, 2024
BlogStep into the world of silage at Beef24Calling all beef enthusiasts, forage aficionados, and silage seekers! If you’re ready to dive deep into the heart of beef production, look no further than the Lallemand Animal Nutrition forage centre of excellence display. Lallemand Animal Nutrition is delighted to announce that it will be a major partner of Beef Australia 2024, the country’s premier […]
Apr 16, 2024
NewsletterIN THE MIX 63, AUTUMN 2024Welcome to another edition of In The Mix! What a start to 2024, time is certainly not slowing down at all for anyone! The legacy of this newsletter stretches back now 15+ years and its reach spanning several continents! Thanks to all the readers and supporters of our business. All eye’s at the moment lead […]
Apr 16, 2024