Having trouble with algae in your dams? This is the soloution! Munash Water Clean is a variety of crushed rock and minerals, that balances the pH in the water to stop ideal growing conditions for algae and other unwanted microbes and bacteria. Also settles sediment in water, for clean, healthy livestock drinking water. You can also place a handful under the float inlet in a trough, to keep the water clear and clean. In stock now!

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Come and check out our awesome range of farm equipment and hardware!

Protect & preserve your hay with a tarp - order the size you need today!

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Storing your harvest this year? Use Ag-Crete's bunker walls to make the set-up easy!

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Bunker ground sheets & covers - order thru us today!

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Be in the know with Gallagher's Weighing & EID Soloutions! Available from KRS!

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Data at your fingertips

With over 80 years of experience in the farming industry and a reputation for ground breaking innovations in animal management, Gallagher also lead the way in weighing and EID solutions - offering a full range of animal weighing, data collection and EID systems

Vital addition for your calf-rearing toolbox

Nutra-Kel, the newest addition to Daviesway’s comprehensive calf-rearing arsenal, comes highly recommended by Daviesway’s calf rearing specialist, Cindy Lucas.

Dasco Nutra-Kel is a 35% pure kelp-based liquid vitamin and mineral supplement – maximised by unique cold-enzyme processing. It carries significantly higher amounts of seaweed of leading industry competitors, in addition to trace minerals, vitamins, alginates, carbohydrates, and mineral salts. It makes this prebiotic* one of nature’s most complete liquid seaweed supplements (+2% molasses for palatability).

*Prebiotics are a type of fibre the body cannot digest. They serve as food for probiotics, and when Nutra-Kel is teamed with BioBoost – Daviesway’s oral probiotic – the results can be game-changing.

Nutra-Kel includes NO UREA or medicinal substances, and it is NASAA Certified** Organic (NCO) certified.

IDEAL AS AN ORAL TONIC

Nutral-Kel is ideal to be used as an oral tonic (or fed daily in milk or water) during sickness and/or recovery for calves and cows. It also restores valuable nutrients during and after climatic challenges.

AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP

Cindy says that within her day-to-day management, Nutra-Kel buys her time. “If I’m concerned about any calf, the first thing they get is 10ml of Nutra-Kel and BioBoost. That way, I’m giving them a prebiotic and a probiotic at the same time. It also offers an easy way to incorporate vitamins and minerals. “It buys me time and gives them a boost. So, when I finish feeding the rest of the calves, I can then assess them more closely to see what the problem is, and if they need electrolytes or other supportive treatments. “I also use it when calves are recovering, and they love it.”

INEXPENSIVE AND EFFECTIVE

Another big-time bonus, Cindy says, is that Nutra-Kel can be added daily to milk or water, as an “inexpensive option to support and boost the underlying health and vitality of my calves.” It also offers a non-invasive way to incorporate vitamins and minerals. “For people who use injectable vitamins or multi-minerals, Nutra-Kel offers a great alternative. Especially, as it’s fortified with vitamin A, D and E. It’s also kinder on the calf, cost-effective, and includes the natural benefits of pure sustainably-sourced Tasmanian kelp."

**NASAA Certified Organic (NCO) is issued by The National Association for Sustainable Agriculture Australia. It certifies organic commodities meet all domestic and international export market requirements, and is recognised globally as upholding the highest standards of integrity and benchmarks for the industry.

For assistance please contact our Calf Rearing Specialist or your local Daviesway/DASCO
– 1800 666 269

CINDY LUCAS
Calf Rearing Specialist – Daviesway/DASCO
Mobile: 0427192421

Download the Nutral-Kel info brochure here 

Upgrade digital systems on your farm with.......

The Digital Agriculture Investment Scheme funded by the Victorian Government is currently open to applications.

Grants from $5,000 to $50,000 (ex GST) are available with at least a 50% co-contribution to assist farm businesses invest in eligible on-farm digital technology projects (Eligible Projects) to improve productivity, resilience and the long-term viability of Victorian farms.

The Victorian Government is working to ensure that Victorian farmers are at the forefront of the digital revolution in agriculture. This program follows the launch of the Agriculture Strategy, and Smarter Safer Farms initiative to create a Victorian agriculture sector that is strong, innovative and sustainable.

Grants are available from the date the Scheme opens on 23 June 2021 until program funds are fully allocated or the closing date of 31 October 2021, whichever is sooner.
https://www.ruralfinance.com.au/industry-programs/digital-agriculture-investment-scheme

Includes - Weighing & Monitoring Stock Data Systems, Animal health and performance, Robotics and smart machinery / automation, Sensors (e.g. water troughs, fuel tanks), Smart irrigation and water management, Weather monitoring and forecasting and lots more!

- ask us for a quote today!

Why choose Heatwave Milk Warmer?

#1 Huge time saving!

#2 Healthy calves / lambs, feeding ad-lib as nature intended (no losing newborns to bloat)

#3 Stock fattens quickly, allowing for fat lambs to be weaned and sold earlier

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The Heatwave Milk Warmer uses heat exchange technology to heat milk on demand. Suitable for feeding lambs, calves and goats. It feeds up to 30 calves or 50 lambs/goats and is suitable for powdered milk or whole milk. It's also hygienic, as the milk is stored cold.

It has been estimated it takes 27 man hours to rear 40 calves on ad lib versus 47 hours on a once a day system. Ad lib is a once a day system available ALL day. Rears up to 50 lambs or goat kids.

Nature intended a calf to take small meals, little and often. Large meals flood the digestive system and can give rise to scours. A suckler calf on a cow will feed up to 7 times/day, for 7 minutes/feed.

In hot weather, a large bucket of cold milk placed outside the pen and connected to a teat bar unit will allow calves continuous access to milk, and calves grow well on the cold ad lib system (acidified milk works best). However, when ambient temperatures drop below 10°C, it will be necessary to use a heating system to maintain adequate intakes.

Benefits of Group Feeding
Calves kept in groups can exhibit natural behaviour, grooming, licking and socialising. Farm Assurance and Red Tractor schemes advise this. Research has shown calves grouped before weaning age will take larger quantities of dry feed, as the group tends to feed together and calves learn habits from each other.

Cost
Calves grow faster and drink more milk but the cost per kg liveweight gained is similar to a once a day or twice/day system. The goal is a bigger, better calf at weaning, converting milk into frame when the feed conversion is at its most efficient.

*Check with your supplier. ** Use a lamb milk powder recommended for ad lib feeding.

Lamb feeder
When ewe lambs give birth to twins it is beneficial to remove one lamb and rear it artificially. This allows the mother to grow and feed a single lamb. The second lamb can be reared on the Heatwave Milk Warmer system and this gives both lambs a better start. Triplets are frequently reared on this system. Growth rates often exceed those lambs fed on the ewe!

Kid feeder
Goat kids from milking herds will benefit from ad lib feeding. Follow the same guidelines as for lambs. Use a milk powder recommended for ad lib feeding.

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