Working with your unique situation and goals

Carr’s Billington provides a comprehensive range of feed and nutrition products and services to help our beef farming customers improve the digestive performance of their beef cattle – driving margin from feed whilst minimising environmental impact.

Here’s how we can help your beef cattle perform better

OPTIMISE THEIR NUTRITION

Our UFAS accredited facilities provide our customers with a complete and bespoke feed range, choosing from our range of responsibly sourced and quality controlled raw materials, providing more precision with no extra manufacturing cost.

ALLEVIATE ANY STRESS

Youngstock are particularly prone to respiratory problems, especially in the autumn-winter period and when they are housed, as they have not developed any natural immunity to many infectious organisms. The severity of the problems can vary from a mild nasal discharge and coughing in a group of calves, to severe pneumonia with some deaths.

Crystalyx Easy Breather is a highly palatable feed lick containing active and proven decongestants to help keep airways clear, reducing coughing and respiratory irritation, and in turn, help alleviate stress and maintain appetite.

STABALISE THEIR RUMEN

As the diets and forages we offer our cows change, especially at this time of year, so does the acidity and the pH stability of the rumen. This, in turn, effects a cow’s ability to digest feed and forage properly and efficiently.

Acid Buf is a rumen buffer designed to keep the rumen pH where it needs to be, and in doing so, supporting forage digestion whilst reducing the risk of SARA. Made from calcareous marine algae, its natural honeycomb structure breaks down slowly in the rumen providing twice the buffering capacity of sodium bicarbonate, even when fed at much lower concentrations..

BALANCE THEIR PROTEIN

Ensuring rumen microbes have sufficient nitrogen while at the same time ensuring essential amino acids pass into the lower gastrointestinal tract for absorption into the blood stream is no simple task.

80-90 percent of silage protein is degraded in the rumen, and so has a low Digestible Undegradable Protein (DUP). Furthermore, commonly used crude protein feed materials such as soya and rape are also highly degraded in the rumen. This can lead to excess nitrogen levels in the rumen and insufficient amino acids in the metabolic system.

AminoMax® rumen bypass protein from Carr’s Billington, with its high DUP, delivers an amino acid profile optimised for lactating dairy cows. Manufactured using natural ingredients, the soya and rape are heated in the presence of sugar and steam, blocking digestion in the rumen. Acid in the abomasum then releases the protein from the sugar allowing full digestion and absorption of essential amino acids.

Our beef consultancy offering

Our range of services and tools are designed to provide our customers with Vital Insight into Growth, Optimization and Reproduction (VIGOR). Our services include:


Forage analysis and budgeting

Diet formulation using DietCheck™ and NutriOpt™ programmes

Nutricycle™ – total nutrient management

Metabolic profiling in conjunction with your local vet

Soil analysis and slurry analysis

It’s #TIME4GROWTH

Our team of specialist advisers are here to help you do just that, with the support of our FREE forage analysis service. Leave us a message and we’ll come back to you in quick time.