The RumenWorks Nutrition Green Feed Lick (GFL) range of products aims to help the producer gain the most returns from their pasture investment. By supplementing livestock on green pastures the utilisation of the pasture will be improved and can lead to potential heavier stocking rates.
RumenWorks Nutrition GFLs are different from most others on offer as we believe that the soil type plays a large role in nutrient uptake within the plant and therefore the intake of the plant nutrition by the grazing animal. RumenWorks Nutrition GFLs are designed according to specific soil types and aim to give your grazing animal the best supplementary support whilst grazing on green feed or planted fodder crops such as oats, winter wheat, ryegrass, forage sorghum and lucerne.
The RumenWorks Nutrition Green Feed Licks aim to help the producer manage the differing problems of green pastures such as Grass Tetany, Bloat and poorly producing animals.
Improved Feed Conversion
The single biggest contributor to sheep and cattle profitability is increasing the feed conversion rates on pasture.
The following independent trial highlights the effectiveness of RumenWorks Gnen Feed Lick.
Calculated Feed Efficiency:
Kilos Consumed to Gain 1 kg of Liveweight
Trial Conducted by Formulae One 2015
Conclusion – By using RumenWorks Green Feed Lick it took 7kg of grazing oats pasture to produce 1 kg of beef. Comparatively, cattle on no supplementation took 14kg of grazing oats to produce 1 kg beef.
Other trials conducted with sheep on green, native pasture, supplemented with RumenWorks Green Feed Lick, showed an increase of 10 days extra grazing per paddock over a 30 day period.
Improved Weight Gains
Independent trials conducted in 2015 showed an average improvement in weight gain of 9%. Over a 38 day period this equated to an extra $13.68 per head return.
Average Daily Gain: (kg/hd/day)
Dose Rate:
Cattle and sheep consumption rates can vary due to individual conditions on property, and in the animal. As a guide to attain protection against Grass Tetany, the following dose rates should be used as a base point.
| Dose Rate | Cattle | Sheep |
| 200kg: | 50g/day | 30g/adult head/day |
| 400kg: | 100g/day | |
| 600kg: | 150g/day |
Feeding:
In high pressure situations such as Bloat and Grass Tetany the product must be continuously available. There must be adequate troughing. 1 trough to 25 head for cattle, 1 trough to 50 head for sheep. Spread the troughs around the paddock and near watering points.
Typical Green Feed Loose Lick Macro Nutrients:
| Macro Nutrients | g/kg |
| Calcium | 130 |
| Magnesium | 99 |
| Phosphorus | 18.7 |
| Sulphur | 47.4 |
| Sodium | 82.68 |
| Carbohydrates | 174.2 |
| Cattle Dose Rate: | 100g/hd/day |
| Sheep Dose Rate: | 30g/hd/day |
To aid in growth rates, pasteurize utilization, bloat and grass tetany management.
We have been using Rumen Works Nutrition products for two years and have been impressed with the improvement in our calves when we wean and the health and high reproductive health of our cows. Ross Gibson has been so helpful with his advice and support of our enterprise, which has endured many varied weather anomalies during this time. We cannot thank him enough and look forward to continuing to work with him in the future.
We have been using RumenWorks’ sheep products for 5 years now, including Green Feed Lick, Grain Assist Pellet and Performance Plus Pellet. The technical input and support provided by Ross and his team is highly valuable. The Grain Assist pellet has become a permanent inclusion into our program. We use it in combination with oats and barley to imprint feeding in lambs leading into weaning and then to set up gut health for life in lambs in the immediate post-weaning period. As a result of implementing this weaning program, the growth rates and overall animal health of our weaners has improved considerably. Amelie Poll Dorsets strongly recommends Rumenworks Animal Nutrition, with their range of products and technical service.
We have targets for Autumn drop lambs. that being lambs go to the domestic market with a target weight of 50-52kgs, then the winter drop lambs go to export with a target weight of 65-70kgs. Once you understand how the gut works and how important micronutrients are it makes a big difference to how you feed your lambs. Having the mineral component of the diet correct using Rumenworks Green Feed Lick or Sheep Grain Assist Pellets can mean the difference of a conversion of 5 to 1 verses 8 to 1. What we really like about the Rumenworks Green Feed Lick is that it is quite incredible how the animal will decide if its required or not, you can go for a month and the usage of the lick can be minimal then you have a change of weather or paddock conditions and they just go for it because they actually need it.
Regarding lamb marking this is the best we have ever had with 178% marked. We had fewer ewes to pull, and we had even fewer poddy lambs to raise. We attribute this great result to constant use of Rumenworks Greenfeed Lick, Rumenworks Pre Joining Lick and Rumenworks Pre Lambing Lick. We also believe the constant supply of a small amount of grain with Rumenworks Sheep Grain Assist Pellet in feeders and rough hay has been worthwhile. All this goes to help us get the best out of our good pastures.
There is no doubt the lambs benefit with extra weight gains using the RumenWorks Bloat Feed Lick. We find using the Rumenworks product helps us get our lambs to market that couple of weeks quicker, which can make a big difference at the end of the lamb season.
