Silage and roughage testing: Reliable insight into your feed composition

Silage and roughage testing: Reliable insight into your feed composition

Nutrilab offers silage and roughage testing services in partnership with Van de Meerakker Service. Van de Meerakker Service is a service-oriented business whose services include manure administration for agricultural contractors and all types of sample analysis for cattle breeding, farming and market gardening businesses as well as contractors. Their expertise and experience as former cattle breeders, along with years of experience in testing, play an important role in their ability to advise and support their client base.

Nutrilab has a great deal of experience in the field of cattle feed research and, as a former Royal Schouten quality control laboratory, they feel strongly about quality. Their partnership with Van de Meerakker Service has provided an excellent additional service to the agriculture and food sector and significant added value to the industry.

Analyses provide insight into feed composition

Testing provides insight into the composition and nutritional value of feed. Using NIR techniques, primary parameters such as moisture levels, crude protein and fibre fractions are analysed. Additional tests and calculations determine the total nutritional value. Various roughage analysis packages are available:

Grass silage nutritional value

Dry matter, crude protein, fibre fractions, ash, crude fat, vs-os (digestibility), sugar, ammonia, pH, nitrate, NDF, ADF, ADL, NDF-vc (NDF digestibility), lactic acid, acetic acid, butyric acid

Maize silage nutritional value

Dry matter, crude protein, fibre fractions, ash, crude fat, vc-os (digestibility), sugar, ammonia, pH, starch, resistant starch, NDF, ADF, ADL, NDF-vc (NDF digestibility), lactic acid, acetic acid, butyric acid

Nutritional value + minerals

Nutritional value, calcium, chlorine, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, manganese, sodium, iron, zinc, sulphur

Nutritional value + minerals and trace minerals

Nutritional value, calcium, chlorine, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, manganese, sodium, iron, zinc, sulphur, boron, chromium, iodine, cobalt, copper, molybdenum, selenium

Grass silage BEX (company-specific manure) package

Grass silage nutritional value + P + batch sampling

Maize silage BEX (company-specific manure) package

Grass silage nutritional value + P + batch sampling

BEX (company-specific manure) package + minerals

BEX package, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, manganese, sodium, iron, zinc, sulphur

BEX (company-specific manure) package + minerals and trace minerals

BEX package, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, manganese, sodium, iron, zinc, sulphur, boron, chromium, iodine, cobalt, copper, molybdenum, selenium

Hay nutritional value

Dry matter, crude protein, fibre fractions, sugar, ash, NDF, ADF, ADL, NDF-vc (digestibility), crude fat, VCOS (digestibility), soluble protein

Fresh grass

Dry matter, crude protein, fibre fractions, ash, crude fat, VCOS (digestibility), sugar, NDF, ADF, ADL

Alfalfa

Dry matter, crude protein, fibre fractions, sugar, ash, crude fat, nutritional value

Fodder beet

Dry matter, crude protein, fibre fractions, sugar, ash, crude fat, nutritional value

CCM

Dry matter, crude protein, fibre fractions, starch, ash, crude fat, nutritional value

Dry matter

Both Van de Meerakker Service and Nutrilab are highly customer-oriented businesses, with quick results and open communication channels. The companies work well together; they are both committed, engaged and use a personal approach where working together with the customer is key. For roughage feed analysis requests, please visit the Van de Meerakker Service website: www.vandemeerakkerservice.nl

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