Rumenation for healthy productive and profitable solutions

Rumenation Ltd – Independent Dairy & Beef Nutrition and Management Consultancy

Rumenation Nutrition Consultancy is a truly independent, farm focussed advisory business

Coming from a livestock farming background and following studies at Harper Adams University where I completed a B.Sc.(Hons) degree in Agriculture specialising in ruminant livestock production, I decided to pursue a career in livestock nutrition. Initially working in the compound feed industry as a cattle specialist, and then supporting mixer wagon users in both the UK, Ireland, with secondments to New Zealand, Chile, and France.

The decision was made in 1997 to set up an independent, farm focused advisory business. Rumenation Nutrition Consultancy now works with progressive dairy units totalling over 20,000 cows, as well as a number of medium and large scale beef units. In addition to the core farm consultancy, Rumenation also delivers project and training work for commercial companies in the feed & forage equipment machinery, pharmaceutical, feed, forage and veterinary sectors, as well as industry bodies and press.

Key areas of expertise and interest include:

Total Mixed Ration Feeding
Optimising metabolic health through nutrition
Forage production and management
Alternative forages and crop preservation methods
Co-product feeds
Dry and transition cow nutrition and management
Youngstock nutrition and management
Dairy unit feeding audits & troubleshooting
Beef Production and Nutrition Consultancy.

Services

As a member of the AIC Feed Adviser Register, continued professional development is a requirement for all advisers. This is achieved through a combination of sources including :

Dairy Nutrition & Management Course – Blanca, Pyrenees
Farm Animal Health & Welfare and Ruminant Nutrition & Management Courses – IBERS, Aberystwyth
Dairy Management Cource – Worldwide Sires Global Training Centre, Washington State
Total Dairy Expo & Conference, AHDB, & Premier Nutrition Conferences
Elanco Vital 90 Dairy Conference, Barcelona (delegate & speaker)
Study trips to Netherlands, USA & Turkey
Webinars, online resources and livestock/dairy press.

Rumenation offers you the opportunity to separate advice from product supply and therefore ensure that feed product selection and sourcing is what’s right for you and your herd.

Fully independent on farm dairy and beef nutrition and technical consultancy.
Herd performance and nutrition review
Industry training and farm meetings
Nutrition support for dairy Vet Practices and allied companies.
On-Farm Forage Analysis using the latest NIR technology from NIR4Farm
Ration formulation using Ultramix Professional / FiM software
Advice and recommendations to ensure producers meet the requirements of NDFAS for nutrition and feed plans.

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Contact

Useful Links

www.fwi.co.uk

www.farmbusiness.cc

www.harper-adams.ac.uk

www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk

www.farmbusiness.cc

www.fginsight.com

Useful Web Articles

Warning to dairy farmers who have to cut corners to reduce spend

NIR4 Farm
Case study – YouTube

Video Links

PDF Articles

Managing post partum weight loss – Dairy Farmer Magazine Articles
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Forager Issue 20 and 21 – All in the chop
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Warning over copper levels in feed
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Planning Winter Feeding Tactics
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Feeder operation critical to rationing accuracy | Kuhn
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Nutrition | Livestock
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All in the Balance | Livestock
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There’s far more to good nutrition than the ration | Business People
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