Calf Nutrition
Grow your calves to their full genetic potential and get them into your milking herd sooner.
Learn more about our calf nutrition products below.
Acidified Milk Replacers
• 26% protein from 100% milk sources
• 18% fat from highest quality digestible sources
• Efficiently lower pH
• Helps prevent bacterial growth
• Enhance calf growth rates
Features
• Increased milk stability
• Calf health supported by organic minerals and selenium yeast
• Increased intake supported b flavouring agents
Bioforce Acidified Milk replacer 26 week trial:
BioForce Acidified Milk Replacer on three different dairy farms across Ontario for a period of 26 weeks. Mixing 150g of BioForce Acidified Milk Replacer per litre of water, the farms typically fed 6 litres per calf per day, averaging 25 calves per treatment.
• 22% protein from 100% milk sources
• 18% fat from highest quality digestible sources
SPECIALTY WEANING PELLET
Feed LifeLaunch 4C to Achieve:
• Higher intake
• Higher ADG pre-weaning
• Maintain and increase ADG post-weaning
• Lower cost per kg of body weight gain
Faster Growing Calves
Calves fed 6L of milk/day and LifeLaunch 4C:
- Grew 16% faster from birth to weaning, +100 grams ADG vs 6L control.
- Had over 200g/d greater average daily gain during the weaning period than all other calves.
CALF STARTERS
• Superior quality
• Enhanced freshness and palatability
• Excellent pellet quality
• Easy-to-follow program
Bionic® Calf textured and pelleted starter/grower feeds have been formulated to provide your calves with optimal energy and protein, with high quality minerals, vitamin and additives to encourage intake allowing your calves to continue to growing well. These calf feeds are designed to provide excellent palatability and conisitency of product with a focus on freshness! Let us help you select the starter/grower that’s right for you and your herd.
0 – 5 Months
0.1 – 4 kg/day
Bionic® 20%
Calf Starter/Grower
Pellets
0 – 2 Months
0.1 – 2 kg/day
Bionic® 20%
Textured Calf
Starter
0 – 2 Months
0.1 – 2 kg/day
Bionic® 20%
Whole Grain Textured
Calf Starter
Also available for on-farm mixing as:
- Bionic® Calf Premix
- Bionic® Calf Mash 18% Grower
• Make your own calf mash
• Mix with graain, protein, straw/hay
When to feed GVF Milk Replacers & Calf Starters
For more than 60 years, Grand Valley
Fortifiers has been helping to develop and
revolutionize the dairy industry.
GVF is now actively providing Dairy Farmers across Canada with advanced animal nutrition products for improved human health.