Making the Most of Your Harvest: Producing Alkagrain On Farm
Every harvest presents an opportunity to get more value from your cereals. But maximising that value isn’t just about yield - it’s about how you…
Why Alkalisation Matters – Unlocking More Value from Your Feed with Home n’ Dry
Feed costs are a major pressure on livestock farms, and protein has become particularly expensive. With so much capital tied up in bought-in feed, many…
Great British Beef Week: Better Beef Starts with Better Feeding
Alkaline diets using Home n’ Dry can help cattle finish faster, kill out well and hit spec consistently Great British Beef Week (GBBW) returns 23–30…
One change, Big gains! How Jacob Barker has Embraced Alkasystems Technology on his Beef Finishing Unit…
Jacob Barker set out to improve his bull beef finishing unit’s feed efficiency and daily liveweight gain (DLWG) by up to 0.2kg/day and cut days…
Optimising Production with Alkanuts and Alkablends… Enhancing rumen function to drive herd-wide efficiency and productivity.
Dan Ashworth manages a herd based near Clitheroe, Lancashire where 120 cows are milked through a robotic system and 50 cows through the parlour. Shortly,…
AlkaProStar Steps into The Breach… An alternative buffer to maintain winter milk and solids through optimal rumen function.
Things don’t always go to plan. George Watts is a firm advocate of making Alkalage to feed to his 230 cow autumn block calving herd…
Consistency Over Cost… Why Alkafibre has proved the smart choice.
Don’t dismiss reliable bought in feeds for seemingly cheaper homegrown forages, says Andrew Barraclough. “While our objective is to run a profitable dairy farming business…
Achieving Herd Goals… Supporting Rumen Function with Alkaline Feed for Yield, Health and Fertility.
Increasing milk from forage and tightening the calving pattern are amongst Tom and Ruth Clapham’s priorities after taking up a full joint venture contract farming…
Maintaining Rumen Function for Optimum Herd Health and Performance
Introducing Alkasystems technology – a cost efficient solution Maintaining rumen function and efficiency must be number one priority when feeding cattle if dairy producers are…
Cutting Protein Import Costs and Making more From Home-Grown Feeds…
Cutting costs by making more from homegrown feeds is amongst Jack Garrett’s priorities and adding Home n’ Dry to the strategy is certainly helping him…
The Turnout Transition……How to Get It Right!
Turnout should be a gradual process - a slow transition to allow the rumen bugs to adapt to the changing diet, avoid sub-acute acidosis and…
Introducing Our Hosts – Home Farm Open Day …
With just a few days to go until the Home Farm Open Day, we would like to formally introduce our hosts, David Shuttleworth family. Husband…