Animal feed
The best possible start
To provide the best possible start for your calves it is firstly important to understand what the calf needs. A Farm enterprise is a longer-term business model than most people consider, driven by developing better production animals more efficiently. The first few weeks of life will have the biggest[...]
Herbivore sweet feed: One feed for all ruminants
Most farmers in Zambia today have a combination of livestock on their farms. They have cattle, goats and sheep. A few even have horses and ponies, as well as game. Now, the question is, how does one manage to feed all these animals and still keep within the constraints[...]
Tiger Animal Feeds: More than just feed Production tools for success in broiler business
by Given Hamanungu, Senior Technical Advisor for Tiger Animal Feeds Broiler farming is a very important farming business. For the farmer to be successful and achieve maximum results in the broiler business, certain pieces of equipment are necessary. Thermometer Heat stress decreases the productivity of broilers and thus farm[...]
Novatek Poultry Newsletter: January 2023
"Success usually comes to those who are too busy looking for it" — Henry David Thoreau Back to Basics We often visit farms and acknowledge the challenges that are faced by many. There are often times when we have visited farmers and a number of questions have popped up[...]
Prolick: An excellent source of non-protein nitrogen for ruminant animals
by Barbara Mulonda Simbaya, Technical Advisor at Tiger Animal Feeds Non-protein nitrogen (NPN) is a term used in animal nutrition to refer collectively to components such as urea, biuret, and ammonia, which are not proteins but can be converted into proteins by microbes in the ruminant animal’s stomach. In[...]