Hi every one.
I just can't make up my mind. whether to buy in soya beans for approx £280-£300 a ton, or to have field beans and grind down.
I know soya is much higher in protien and use less.
What are your opinions?
with many thanks.
JR
Have you considered Rape Meal, is pretty similar to soya but a fraction of the cost!!
Thanking you SDM for reply and opinion.
Feeding winter cattle 15/24 month they have to grow to finish 850+kgs cheap as possible, with good grass silage
Rape Meal, Soya, field beans.
what protein% " "
Looking forward for reply
with many thanks
Have a look here, its what i use occasionally
www.countrywidefarmers.co.uk/pws/Content.ice?page=AgricultureAFeedsFeedGuide&pgForward=businesscontentbasic
Cheers
Rapemeal is 40% Crude Protien £159/t
Beef
Can be used as the only protein inclusion in beef diets with levels of up to 25 – 30 % of the
concentrate fraction of the ration
Soya meal is 59% Crude Protein £307/t
Include at levels up to 1kg per 100kg of liveweight up to a maximum of 4kg per day.
http://www.fwi.co.uk/gr/fwistraights.pdf
Thanking you, ed the digger/SDM
I will sure look in to that, great difference in cost as long it keep them growing!