| 65 Growing dry feed storage footprint by 60% Graincorp Otorohanga post-calving. Bernadette Cooney Feed company GrainCorp Animal Nutrition has strengthened its commitment to the South Island dairy sector with a significant expansion of its Timaru blending facilities, growing its dry feed storage footprint by 60%, a facility that complements the company’s liquid feed operations at PrimePort Timaru. While headquartered in Hamilton, GrainCorp partners with dairy farmers nationwide, offering tailored nutrition solutions formulated to improve herd productivity, animal health, and farm profitability. Their Washdyke Flats dry feed expansion positions GrainCorp to “better support Canterbury’s large dairy population and meet demands of the new dairy season,” says Graincorp NZ General Manager Daniel Calcinai. GrainCorp’s strength lies in its custom approach to dairy nutrition. The company sources both local and imported ingredients to create a wide range of fibre, starch, and protein-based feeds, complemented with minerals and other additives to suit each farms’ requirements. Its offerings include basic commodities such as palm kernel and canola meal, grains, calf feeds, molasses and in-shed blends. Specialising in fully customised mixes to match each farm’s feed plan, herd profile, and production goals. GrainCorp Animal Nutrition offers a range of non-GM feed options, including local grains, molasses, canola meal, high starch pellets, and fibre pellets. RURAL SERVICES » Graincorp Ltd Whether it’s maximising milk quality, improving herd reproduction, or enhancing feed conversion efficiency, GrainCorp’s field team work directly with farmers. Supported by a technical team that provides added expertise around formulations to maximise the utilisation of home-grown feed to meet the farms goals around, production, animal health and environmental targets. “Every farm is different so there is no one size fits all,” says Daniel. “We start with the farmer’s goals and factor in home-grown crops, then design a feed plan that supports their objectives.” Essentially, providing tailored feed blends that maximise overall feed utilisation, supported with a team of technical advisors to ensure the right supplement is used at the right time to suit the herd’s nutritional requirements. “There has been a lot of publicity emission intensity, so the kilograms of greenhouse gases consumed per kilogram of milk solids,” says Daniel. “By improving feed conversion and rumen function we can help achieve those goals.” “We’ve moved beyond the lowest-cost feed approach to best return on investment for farmers. Farmers focused on efficiency, environmental impact, and long-term value. We align with that mindset.” Farmers sought diverse feeding regimes using a mix of dry and liquid products with supplement minerals and fats to enhance health and production. Graincorp can also provide a greenhouse gas footprint for any feed or blend and by tracking milk urea nitrogen levels, can help optimise the diet to minimise the levels of excreted nitrogen to pasture. A key tool in GrainCorp’s offering is Tracker™- a free digital platform that syncs with milk company GrainCorp Dairy feed to suit all GrainCorp Animal Nutrition offers a range of dairy feed options to suit any feed system. Purchase GrainCorp dairy feed and unlock free access to Tracker™. Tracker™ is an online milk monitoring tool that helps dairy farmers make proactive, fact-based feed and herd management decisions, to help maximise production and profitability. Data is imported directly from the dairy company and is combined with real-time farm input data to create customised alerts to warn if a farmer is at risk of fat evaluation index (FEl) penalties, shortage of dry matter intake, milk quality issues and abnormal milk quality or composition. The tool also allows farmers to track their progress toward targets set around milk volume, composition, quality and profitability. With the information stored and available on the Tracker programme, and the technical support offered by GrainCorp, our technical team say that many farmers are increasing their expectations on what they can achieve from their farm and stock. Our Technical Feed partner's have identified that some of the best returns on feed comes at the front end of the season when the goal is to get cows to peak in the shortest time while losing as little body condition as possible. To find out more contact GrainCorp on 0800 300 313 or visit their website. data daily to provide farmers with real-time insights into herd performance and milk production. “By adding a production budget, we enable farmers to make fact-based farm and feeding decisions, while providing the ability to monitor outcomes in real time.” Tracker™ can help identify nutritional gaps, enabling the technical team to recommend the right supplementary feeds and make changes quickly. GrainCorp Animal Nutrition is a longstanding, dependable partner for dairy farmers wanting optimal nutrition for optimal production. As Daniel rightly states, “When farmers succeed, we all succeed.”
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