With turnout a pivotal point in the year for any grazing cattle, here’s what you need to know about supporting digestion, stimulating growth rates, and sustaining milk production. It takes 3 weeks for the rumen to adjust to any dietary change – such as the radical transition from feeding cattle a winter forage to grazing […]

With cattle prices persistently strong this year, here’s how you can increase cattle live weight gain without spending tonnes on feed. Right now, prices are more than a pound per kilo higher than they were this time last year. Price for finished cattle went over £6 per kilo at abattoirs in early February, and there’s […]

First generation sheep farmer, Felix Johnson-Gibbs, has embraced trial and error to accomplish a seamless system. Having tried out a number of different sheep lick buckets to find the best performer, Crystalyx comes out on top as his firm favourite. Felix Johnson-Gibbs started his farming journey aged only thirteen, with only passion and determination to […]

Cow nutrition in the run-up to calving is an absolute priority for dairy farmer — Jim Corby. With this in focus, Jim has encountered very low levels of milk fever, retained placentas, and calf mortality. Jim milks 120 pedigree British Friesian cows, along with his wife Elaine, at Ballynagrana in County Tipperary. Fully registered with […]

There was a tremendous turnout of farmers for a recent ‘lambing information’ evening, hosted by Fane Valley at the company’s Ballycastle store in North Co Antrim. Courtesy of his presentation, Crystalyx Ireland’s David Morgan highlighted the role of high quality forages in the diets offered to ewes in late pregnancy prior to lambing. He also […]

Keep sheep in good condition – even in challenging conditions – from just 4 pence per ewe per day! AHDB conducted a study into neonatal survival and confirmed that poor long-term protein status and poor energy balance in late pregnancy (particularly in twins) are linked to elevated lamb losses and poor growth rate. Relying solely […]

Having built up a flock of 2,700 sheep from scratch, farming prolific ewes on a lot of poor pasture doesn’t seem to be a problem for Alan Collett. Feeding ewes pre lambing to maintaining condition has kept any hurdles to growth down. Crystalyx Extra High Energy continues to play a key part throughout winter. Alan […]

Turning stock out to grass in spring comes as a relief to many farmers. However, animal performance and health suffer when livestock do not maintain a nutritionally balanced diet. Fast-growing and lush grass in early season is often low in minerals and lacking magnesium. When cattle are turned out to graze, they risk developing grass […]