Beef Maintenance Pellets / Meal

RIVERINA BEEF MAINTENANCE PELLETS / MEAL is a low energy feed to maintain cattle live weights or for low growth rates. Feed in conjunction with a roughage source such as pasture, hay, or silage. It can be fed to beef or dairy cattle.

Product Type	Pellets, Meal
Objective	Maintenance, Growing
Lifestage	Adult
Packaging	Bagged, Bulk
Brand	Riverina

Features & Benefits

Palatable mix for feeding to cattle.
BEEF MAINTENANCE PELLETS / MEAL includes rumen buffers and modifiers to help avoid feed related health issues.
Protein meals to supply rumen degradable protein and bypass protein.
Vitamins and minerals to provide essential nutrients for health and wellbeing.
Organic zinc source to help improve hoof integrity.
Manufactured to strict quality control standards for incoming raw materials and the finished product.
Formulated in accordance with current research into ruminant nutrition and mixed using a variety of quality raw materials.

Typical Composition

Barley, wheat, maize, sorghum, bran and pollard, vegetable protein meals, hulls, molasses, vegetable oil, limestone, buffer, dicalcium phosphate, salt, ammonium sulphate, organic zinc, flavouring, Rumensin®, mould inhibitor, Riverina ruminant vitamin & mineral premix.

Base raw materials may gradually change seasonally.

Nutritional Analysis

PROTEIN	%	MIN:	12.00
EQUIV. CP	%	MAX:	0.50
CALCIUM	%	MIN:	0.70
PHOSPHORUS	%	MIN:	0.30 - 1.00
SALT	%	:	0.30
ENERGY ME	MJ/kg	MIN:	10.00
C FIBRE	%	MIN:	6.00
VITAMIN A	iu/kg	:	6700.00
VITAMIN D3	iu/kg	:	800.00
VITAMIN E	mg/kg	:	25.00
IRON	mg/kg	:	50.00
IODINE	mg/kg	:	0.50
COBALT	mg/kg	:	0.50
COPPER	mg/kg	:	12.00
MANGANESE	mg/kg	:	40.00
SELENIUM	mg/kg	:	0.10
ZINC	mg/kg	:	72.00

Feeding Guide

Roughage should be supplied ad lib and be not less than 20% of their total intake on a dry matter basis.
Gradually introduce BEEF MAINTENANCE PELLETS / MEAL to the cattle over 3 weeks to allow the rumen to adapt, minimizing the risk of scouring and acidosis/grain poisoning.
Cattle can be fed using self-feeders with slides down to finger width when feeding commences and gradually increase slide height over a 3 week period till the desired feeding rate is achieved or feed once a day in troughs. It is critical to have enough trough space for all animals to eat at the same time.
Cattle need free access to clean water at all times.
NOTE: These feeding rates should be used as a guide only. The level of feeding should vary depending on the pasture quality, animal bodyweight and condition. Do not exceed 1.5% bodyweight / head / day.