it was a great pleasure to visit Danish companies

Our feed team members had an opportunity to visit Denmark in May. Main idea was to get more experiences in cattle feeding.

For beginning we met DLG cattle nutrition specialists to talk mostly about feeding of transition cows. It is well known that good management of transition cows is extremely important.

Hypocalcemia is one of the most common metabolic disorders affecting cows around calving. Prevalence of subclinical hypocalcemia has found to be around 50% on older cows (Goff JP 1999). To decrease prevalence of hypocalcemia we have started to use calcium and phosphorus binding synthetic zeolite A (X-Zelite, Vilofoss) 2-3 weeks before calving. Synthetic zeolite dosing and administration is very simple comparing with DCAD-approach used in farms previously.
However, DLG has developed solutions for feeding cows before and after calving. These solutions are used successfully for many years in Danish dairy herds. Supplementary feeds recommended by DLG are covering needs of cows for protein, energy as well as increasing availability of aminoacids lysine and methionine. In case of dry cows also synthetic zeolite is used in compound feed composition. The idea is to introduce the same solutions to Estonian dairy farmers.

Second day in Denmark started with farm visit. We had a possibility to visit Alslev Agro Aps dairy farm and to get a good overview about feeding and management in this farm.

Our Denmark trip ended with visit to Vilofoss factory.

Many thanks to our colleagues from DLG and Vilofoss for interesting discussions and organizing that trip!

Big thanks to Claus Lausten Drøhse from Alslev Agro Aps for such an in-depth introduction to the farm everydays’ life!

 

See you at international rural fair „MAAMESS“ on 20-22 April 2023 in Tartu Fairs Centre!

The 29th international rural fair "MAAMESS" will take place on 20-22 April 2023 in Tartu Fairs Centre, Estonia.

On all three days of the fair:

• You can get an information about different Scandagra feeds. You can talk to our specialists and to get an advice which feeds are best suited to your farm.

• You can buy Scandagra's most popular retail products with great fair prices!

Find us in hall C, stand 1. 

For more information about international rural fair „MAAMESS“ click HERE 

 

 

Scandagra Winter Conference 2023

 

Scandagra Winter Conference 2023 was held in Estonia Resort Hotel & Spa Conference Center on February 2nd. Recurring theme of our conference was "Stability in a Changing World".

Opening session gave us an overview about wide range of valuable topics like the situation of raw material markets; how renewable energy can provide additional income, and how to support yourself and your team through the changes.

In the afternoon Conference was continued in two sessions - Animal Husbandry and Crop Production sessions.

Animal Husbandry session concentrated to the silage topics. Representatives from Alltech remained us about importance of good teamwork in silage making and using processes. Also new range of high-quality silage inoculants EgalisTM was introduced to Estonian farmers.

Alltech Egalis^® inoculants are available for farms through Scandagra sales representatives and shops. Please feel free to contact or to visit our shops.

Contacts of sales representatives you can find HERE.

Contacts of shops you can find HERE.

Thank you for attending Scandagra Winter Conference 2023!