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DOES QUALITY PAY?As you are well aware the price of feedstuffs continues to rise and is causing concern on farms. One way to react to this is to go for cheaper ingredients in compounds or blends. If you remember in an earlier GP News (May 2003) we showed that the additional milk yield response needed to pay for extra quality was very small. For example, if feeding 8kgs per day of feed costing £20 per tonne more that the additional cost per day is 16p. This equates to less than a litre of milk per day. Is this good sales talk or does it work out in reality? In May, Tony & Sheila Savil from Calverhall, (winner of NFU Millennium Farmers competition for Shropshire) liked the look of Excel 16 Nuts even though they were £16 per tonne more than their current concentrate. They recognised that the extra cost was because of high quality raw materials. Did it pay off?
Since May Tony & Shelia have improved margin over purchase feeds for the herd by almost £4000. Over a twelve month period this will equate to almost £10,000. The Savil's have now moved to Excel 18 nuts which is only £5 per tonne more expensive even taking account of the recent price increase. DOES QUALITY PAY - YOU BET IT DOES!Ring us today, as we know we can enhance your business 01948 661602.
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