Around the Silos – Winter 2019
Without sounding too much like we’re tooting our own trumpet, a coffee table book of Reid Stockfeed’s history called “Ingrained” was published earlier this year. We’re proud to play a…
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Milk Fat Depression – Risk Factors and Solutions
Milk fat depression (MFD) is a common issue observed in Australian dairy cows. Highly fermentable and fatty acid rich pasture in winter-spring, coupled with altered rumen function, are risk factors…
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Around the Silo’s in Autumn
Biosecurity became a hot topic this quarter with regular farm intrusions by Animal Activists and an egg recall issued by government authorities affecting retailers across multiple Eastern States. Salmonella enteritidis…
Read More RSF Top Tippers 2019
Staff, customers, suppliers, & members of sponsored footy clubs are all encouraged to enter. (more…)
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Summer Social Wrap
The Telstra Awards came and went in late July. We were proud to make the final-five for medium business beating out 2,500 other entrants. Alas we didn’t have the chutzpah…
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Social Wrap – Winter, July 2018
Let’s kick thing’s off by thanking everyone who contributed to our 2018 customer survey. Certainly not a “sexy” task by any means, but one we’re grateful for as an improvement…
Read More Survey Winner of 2018
The winning entrant for a bulker bag of feed from our annual survey is (drumroll)….
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Feed planning for Profitability and Risk Reduction
Usually the largest cash cost on a dairy farm is feed. So, you would expect that most dairy farmers manage their feed resources very closely, on a proactive rather than…
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Feed Base Management for Profitability – The Good, The Bad & The Ugly!
Due to the extremely dry weather since November 2017, our nutrition team have spent many hours with farmers formulating plans and rations for milk production in the absence of pasture. …
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