Dry Cow Nutrition

Let us help you build the dry cow nutrition program that’s right for your herd.

Product

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Far-Off

Benefits

Feed With

EcoLac® Premixes (Monensin an option)

Designed for far-off groups with proper mineral balance

Well-balanced Dry Cow ration except for mineral

EcoLac® Complete Ration with Monensin

Contains premix, protein and energy to simply feeding

Forages

Bionic® Premixes (Monensin an option)

For one group dry cow rations with options for lower calcium/phosphorus

Well-balanced TMR Ration except for mineral

Bionic® XZ Ration

Contains X-Zelit to help bind calcium leading up to calving

TMR Rations that contains premix

Millenium® Premixes (Monensin an option)

Optimized for close-up dry cows using research proven additives to help with onset of lactation while reducing post-calving metabolic issues

Well-balanced TMR Ration except for mineral

BioForce® Premixes (Monensin an option)

Mold or Full negative DCAD product option to improve Calcium metabolism post-calving

Well-balanced TMR Ration except for mineral

Organo Premixes

Designed for organic herds

Well-balanced TMR Ration except for mineral

Leader Supplement with Monensin

Easy to top dress close up dry cow for extra nurtition leading up to calving

TMR Ration that lacks protein and premix

Challenger Supplement with Monensin

Negative DCAD diet for improving Calcium metabolism post-calving

TMR Ration that lacks protein and premix

Features:

• Source of Reashure® Rumen-Protected Choline to improve energy requirements during transition.

• Source of Chromium to enhance absorption of glucose.

• Additional Vitamin E (supplies 250 IU of Vitamin E when fed as directed).

• Improved palatability

• Packaged in 16 kg pails

How it works and performs

Research trials confirm that rumen-protected choline:

- Helps the liver process energy more effectively which reduces excess fat accumulation in the liver
- Helps the cow manage her energy demands of early lactation
- Helps the cow manage her energy status

Every cow is a candidate:
Even a small accumulation of fat can decrease the liver’s metabolic functions and impact overall energy metabolism in early lactation.

Research-Proven Results:

Improved health in fresh cows. Rumen Stable Choline has been shown to reduce the incidence of ketosis and fatty liver, displaced abomasums and retained placenta. Vitamin E reduces incidence of retained placenta and mastitis.
Promotes a healthy rumen by maintaining a balanced population of bacteria required to consume lactic acid and prevent acidosis.

Improved Reproduction. Rumen Stable Choline has been shown to improve 1st service conception and pregnancy rates when fed to transition cows.
Increased milk production. Rumen Stable Choline research indicates increased milk yield in fresh cows by 1.4 – 4.1 kg/day.

Feed EcoLac® Trans Energy Pellets as a tool for managing transition cow health and reduce your time spent drenching cows.

Features

• Highly refined source of rapidly available non-starch energy

• Palatable blend of natural sources of energy and protein in high-energy pellets

• Optimum formulation of digestible fibre sources for health and milk production

• Improved health with optimum levels of vitamins and minerals

Benefits

• Convenience – This feed may be mixed in a TMR or top-dressed. It may replace HM corn or other grain sources in the ration or may replace some of the lactating TMR.

• Increased Energy – The highly available energy helps improve energy status in the cow without increasing grain sources.

• Improved cow health – Increasing energy intake without feeding more corn or starch helps to prevent acidosis in fresh cows, increasing feed intake and helping to reduce body weight loss and ketosis.

• Increased peak milk yield – Healthier cows that have enhanced feed digestion and intake produce more milk. Farm trials have shown 3-5 kg increased peak milk yield in fresh cows.

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.

While our range of dairy nutrition products is continually updated and improved our goal of enabling producers to obtain the best possible production, at the lowest possible cost, remains the same.