Recommended daily feed rates (per head basis)

Maxibeet can be fed via automated feeders, top dressed or floor fed, and used individually or as part of a blend or TMR.

• Milking Cows: Up to 6 (typically 3)kg

• Dry Cows: Up to 2 kg

• Replacement Heifers: Up to 2 kg and up to 40% of the DMI

• Calves (to 12 weeks): Up to 1.5 kg and up to 40% of the DMI

• Growing Cattle: Up to 2.5 kg and up to 40% of the DMI

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

• Suckler Cows: Up to 4 (typically 2)kg

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

• Hoggets and Lambs: Up to 1 kg or up to 50% of the DMI

DMI = dry matter intake

• Maxibeet is usually available all year round, UK wide as bulk tipped or blown loads.

• Like all dry feeds, they should be stored in a secure shed, bunker, bin or hopper and kept cool, dry and free from vermin.

Must be used within 12 months of delivery

Maxibeet is a co-product from sugar production. Once the sugar has been diffused out from the beet, the fibrous residues are dried and then pelleted to produce the final product.

Maxibeet is FEMAS assured (or a recognised equivalent). Maxibeet (Dried (sugar) beet feed) is listed under number 4.1.10 in the EU Catalogue of Feed Materials.