With DELTATYS, protein levels and safety are guaranteed! [Breeder testimony]
François BOUCHEZ and his wife Marie run a 110 hectare farm with 50 dairy cows and 25 young bulls at Viesly in the Cambrésis region. On the advice of Daniel VILLETTE, their Bovins Unéal technician, they have been using DELTATYS nutrition from the start to improve rates and ensure safe grass grazing.
Goals: secure performance and make work easier when putting animals out to grass
The goals of La Tour farm are to secure the performance of their herd and make work easier when putting out to grass grazing.
“Before, for grass grazing, we used to put magnesium chloride in the water, but it didn’t work very well and we were a bit worried. The cows weren’t in very good condition. Since we have been using DELTATYS granules, things have gone much better. We have gained a point in protein content, the urea level in the milk never exceeds 300 mg per litre in spring, we don’t have any tetany and the milk production of the cows does drop.”
Better use of grass
This nutritional supplement makes the most of the soluble nitrogen in grass. It provides highly assimilable magnesium and buffer substances. The farmer starts distributing it 3 to 4 days before going out to grass, at a rate of 100g/dairy cow/day for a month. He also switches to the special spring mineral without changing concentrate feed.
“All the cows eat it well. They have both the magnesium and the soluble nitrogen sensor. The cows are still producing around 29 litres 2 months after leaving the barn, and are even gaining another 1 point in protein content. We had no mastitis or fertility problems. We do not see cows getting back in heat when out on grass
“The effectiveness can be noticed particularly during milking, as there is no longer any feed diarrhoea specific to young grass. “Even so, the dung remains fairly consistent”, says the milker. “In addition, we soon see a return on investment, just in terms of protein content and fertility.”
François and Marie BOUCHEZ are really pleased with DELTALYS. It is very palatable and practical, and enables them to manage the grass grazing of their cows in the best possible conditions of comfort and performance.
Excerpt from Journal GALA
Philippe FAVRE et Daniel VILLETTE – UNÉAL
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The farm in figures
- UAA – 110 ha
- Grassland / wheat / maize / sugar beet / rapeseed
- 50 dairy cows at 9,500 l
- fat content: 40 g/l : protein content : 33 g/l
- 25 dairy bulls
- Spring ration:
- Pasture
- Maize silage
- Pressed pulp
- Hay
- DELTATYS
- GALAXELVIV’ production feed
- GALAPHOS mineral feed