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Winter feeding?
FORAGE BALANCER® — WINTER CROP MAXX

Fodder beet and winter crops hit the rumen hard.

Winter Crop Maxx is built for it.

Supports cows through the higher demands of an intensive winter feeding programme.

Helps protects the rumen when grazing fodder beet and other winter crops.

Boosts vitamin levels to back immune function and cow condition
"They were outstanding, the cows have never looked so good."
— Rob Crothers

Available at Farm Source
https://store.nzfarmsource.co.nz/catalog/forage-balancer-winter-crop-maxx-25kg/267152

The 6 weeks around calving decide more about your season than almost anything else.

Peak milk. 6-week in-calf. Cow health. It all traces back here.
Not at mating. Not at balance date. Right now, in transition.

If you haven't got a transition plan locked in — or you want a second set of eyes on the one you have — we can come to you.

Free. No catch. Or if a call or email works better, we can do that too.

Get in touch with a Ruminate nutrition specialist:
https://www.ruminate.co.nz/pages/our-people

🔥 Metabolic chaos doesn’t start at calving. Calving just exposes it.

That’s the bit most farms miss.

Because from the outside, the dry period can look like the quiet part of the season.

The cups are off.
Cows are taking a break.
Everything looks like it has slowed down.

But inside the cow?

It’s not quiet at all.

There’s a biological storm building.

She’s carrying a calf.
Her intake is under pressure.
Her mineral demand is climbing.
Her immune system is under load.
Her rumen is adjusting to feed changes.
Her body is preparing to go from dry cow to milking cow almost overnight.

Then throw in winter crop imbalances, cold snaps, tight feed, lower intakes, walking, crap weather…

And those stresses starts to compound.

So when calving hits, it doesn’t create the chaos.

It reveals it.

That’s when farmers start seeing the signs.

A few too many wobbly ones.
More time spent treating problems.
Cows not milking like they should.

Here’s a mind blowing fact from DairyNZ.

For every obvious clinical down cow, there are 7 subclinical cows.

Still walking.
Still eating.
Still in the herd.

But not firing.

That’s where the cost hides.

The average NZ dairy farm can lose around $75,000 a season through metabolic-related chaos.*

Not in one big invoice.

In lost milk.
Extra treatments.
More hassles at calving.
Cows slower to recover.

And too often, it gets written off as:

“Just one of those seasons.”

But it doesn’t have to be.

Test your farms numbers on the Ruminate Metabolic Cost Calculator.

See how much could be leaking before calving exposes it.

And if the numbers freak you out, we can come to your farm.

Free.

Build something that fits your cows, your system, and your season.

No obligation.

Just a clear plan before the expensive and stressful problems turn up.

Check your farm here 👇
https://www.ruminate.co.nz/blogs/nutrition-knowledge-hub/drying-off-through-to-calving

https://www.ruminate.co.nz/pages/dairy-cow-metabolic-cost-calculator

*Based on DairyNZ figures applied to a 450 cow herd doing 400kgMS.

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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"We transitioned the cows for three days on Forage Balancer® – Winter Crop Maxx. There were no signs of acidosis or other problems at all. We also winter on Fodder Beet and this year using this product, they were outstanding. The cows have never looked so good."
— Rob Crothers


https://www.ruminate.co.nz/products/forage-balancer-winter-crop-maxx

Order at your local Farm Source

Forage Balancer® – Winter Crop Maxx Loose Lick for Cows feeding on crop, especially during winter months. Contains Ruminate's buffering product to help protect the cow's rumen.