B-W Calf Milk Replacer Products
Recognize and Utilize Milk’s Nutrients
- Ensure 10% of body weight in colostrum is fed within 2 hours of birth
- 4 liters Holstein, 3 liters Jerseys and other colour breeds
- Increase Milk Feedings
- Day 2-7 offer 3L 2x/day with free choice clean water
- Day 8-49 offer 4L 2x/day, continue free choice clean water and introduce starter
- Day 50-60 offer 2L 2x/day and continue starter until day 90
- Higher Protein and Fat Diets
- Increases immune function and average daily gains
- Calves are born with very little body fat and can only gain fat through milk fat
- High protein diets provide energy to get calves through stress periods
Available Milk Replacer products:
B-W Calf Starter Products
The benefits of using our Starter products:
- Low NFC starter maintains ideal rumen pH by avoiding subclinical acidosis
- Designed to develop good rumen papillae for optimal nutrient uptake
- It only takes 10g of starter to begin rumen development
- Maintains calf growth through weaning period
- Develops healthier, taller and leaner calves
- Creates muscle tone
- Shinier coats and bright eyes
- Consistent manure calf to calf
- Uniform regardless of season
Understand the BIG Technology
- Amino Acids, specifically Lysine and Methionine, support lean muscle tissue and true frame growth
- Vitamins and Minerals, including Vitamin E, functions as an antioxidant that interacts with Selenium to maintain structural integrity of tissues and support a healthy immune system.
- Essential Oils promote certain bacteria strains which aid in rumen development
- Carbohydrates calves can utilize include lactose, soluble fiber, low starch and fermentable NDF
- High Digestibility maximizes growth
Available Starter products:
- BIG Calf Starter (Deccox) Pellet
- 20% B-W Calf Starter (Monensin) Textured
- 20% B-W Performance Calf Starter (Monensin) Pellet
B-W Calf and Heifer Grower Products
The benefits of using our Grower products:
- Higher protein levels for calves and heifers to deposit large amounts of body protein into muscle and frame growth.
- Capitalizes on the most efficient time to utilize high quality dietary amino acids.
- Promotes lean growth.
- Maintains rumen health with low starch content.
The benefits of BIG Grower product:
- Develops rumen
- Develops and enhances immune system
- Continued healthy large lean frame growth from birth to weaning and beyond.
- Maintains growth and health through weaning from proper rumen development.
Available Grower products:
- BIG Heifer Grower Ration (Monensin) Pellet
- B-W 21% Heifer Grower (Monensin) Pellet
- B-W 18% Heifer Grower (Monensin) Pellet
- B-W 16% Heifer Ration (Monensin) Pellet
- B-W 35% Heifer Supplement (Monensin) Pellet
- B-W Heifer Premix (plain or Monensin)
B-W Dairy Management Programs
B-W Feed & Seed Ltd. has created partnerships with chosen suppliers, offering researched backed products and services, which provide value to customers.
OptiBalance
- Partnership with ADM Alliance Nutrition
- Global management approach identifying bottlenecks
- Identifies areas of opportunities through:
- Herd audit, TMR audit, parlour management
- Cow comfort and behaviour
- Feed and forage management
- Monthly return over feed and management benchmarking
- Dairy comp 305 analysis
- Herd management (financial analysis) upon request
- Assess strengths and weaknesses of individual operations sectors
- Milking cows
- Replacements
- Forage
- Grain
BIG Calf and Heifer Program
- Optimal nutrition package supporting “Normal Biological Growth” in dairy replacements
- Protein sources that allow for correct amino acid supply resulting in lean frame growth and improved health
- Energy sources that promote rumen development helping maintain growth and health through weaning
- Functional proteins, omega 3 fatty acids, essential oils, and vitamin E improve immune function and overall health
- Recognize milks nutrients by feeding increased amounts of milk or proper milk replacer
- BIG Starter pellets are formulated to complement increase in milk per feeding
- BIG Grower pellets continue to promote healthy, lean, and true frame growth
C.O.W.S Program
- Provides producers with feedback on cow comfort and management practices
- Engages producers and management team to implement changes toward removing limitations on milk production and improving animal well being
- Assessment Process Includes:
- Herd registration
- Assessment scheduling
- On-farm assessment (2 visits)
- Attachment of data loggers on 40 cows during milking
- Assessment of hock and knees
- Facility design and management
- Management questionnaire
- Lameness scoring
- Removing of loggers
- Report Delivery
- 4-6 weeks after visit
- Customized report
- Action plans with executable tasks
Ag. Modelling and Training Systems (AMTS)
- Partnership with Dr. Tom Tylutki and his team provides leading edge ration balancing software and technical training
- Model based on latest science and biology available
- Least cost optimization using a linear optimizer
- An integrated system to maximize income over feed cost