Recommended daily feed rates (per head basis)

Maize germ can be fed as part of a TMR, within a blend, or top dressed onto other feeds. It
should not be fed alone in a parlour feeding system and should be introduced gradually
into the ration.

•Milking Cows Up to 5 (typically 3)kg mixed with other feeds

•Dry Cows Up to 2 (typically 1) kg

•Replacement Heifers Up to 2 kg and up to 30 % of the DMI

•Calves (to 12 weeks) Up to 1.5 kg and up to 25% of the DMI

•Growing Cattle Up to 3 kg and up to 40 % of the DMI

•Finishing Cattle Up to 5 kg and up to 50 % of the DMI

•Suckler Cows Up to 3 (typically 1)kg

•Ewes and Rams Up to 1 (typically 0.5) kg

•Hoggets and Lambs Up to 0.75 kg/head or up to 40% of the DMI

•DMI = dry matter intake

• Maize Germ is available all year round, UK wide, as bulk tipped loads.

• It should be stored in cool, dry conditions and used within one month of delivery.

• This is a co-product from Maize grain processing, due to the process the meal produced can arrive on farm warmer than ambient temperature, if this occurs, please spread the product on a clean concrete surface until it has cooled down and prior to storing in a bunker.

• Secondary heating can occur whilst being stored, please inspect, and check on a regular basis for areas of
heat, if this occurs, please manage the meal in the same way as on delivery.

Various mechanical processes are used to soften and break open the maize grain to aid in part removal of the germ. Maize Germ is produced after removal of over and undersized particles, skins, fines and high oil stocks followed by a reduction of the moisture content and particle size.

Maize Germ is a FEMAS assured (or a recognised equivalent), fully traceable, product and is marketed by KW Alternative Feeds a UFAS-accredited merchant. Maize Germ (Maize germ meal) is listed under number 1.2.12 in the EU Catalogue of Feed Materials.

There is an inherent risk of mycotoxins associated with the feeding of maize based products, this can fluctuate seasonally, based on growing, harvesting and storage conditions and therefore risks are well known and documented. These products are fed as part of ruminant diets on the basis of nutritional advice which must always include the addition of a mycotoxin binder made up of a bentonite clay and a yeast cell to mitigate these risks.