Plant-based Feed Grade Oil

• Is suppresses dust at very low inclusion rates. Normally only a 1% inclusion is all that is required to suppress dust. Less dust has the following tangible benefits:

  • Removes cow respiratory health issues (e.g. pneumonia) caused by feed dust inhalation.

  • Less wastage as it reduces the feed blown out of in-shed feed troughs.

  • Largely eliminates eye irritation in the dairy shed for staff.

• No build-up of feed on feed auger systems (compared to molasses for example). This reduces time consuming unblocking and cleaning of in-shed feed systems and silos.
  Less wear of feed systems motors and augers due to the lubricating effect of oil.

• Oil is one of the highest energy feed sources available. It has a ME of 37kJ/kg DM. Added at 1% of the feed lifts ME by an average of 1.25MJ/kg DM.

• Adding oil to blends reduce the possibility of feed separation, especially finer minerals, during transport and silo storage.

• Due to the special application method used in the Nutrinza blending process, the oil is thoroughly mixed in the feed.  The feed stays dry.

• On a DM and ME basis it offers better value for money compared to PKE/Molasses mixes currently available in the market.

• Due to the lower sugar and higher dry matter % the shelf life of blends containing oil is longer than blends containing molasses.

Dust suppression in blends is achieved at an inclusion rate of only 1%.
Slightly higher inclusion rates can be considered for blends containing very dusty products or have a higher than normal mineral inclusion.