Transition Cows Get a Boost with Fresh Forage
Meeting the nutritional needs of a close-up cow is a constant challenge. During the last trimester, a remarkable 70% of
HydroGreen puts you in control
With minimal land, labor, water and power, HydroGreen grow-systems provide a safe, consistent, reliable and nutritious feed source for whatever livestock you’re raising, regardless of weather or market conditions. Nutrients in HydroGreen are highly digestible for other ruminants like sheep and goats as well as mono-gastrics like poultry and swine.
Healthier cattle
Better cost of gain
Improved productivity
More ingredient flexibility
Improved carcass quality
Improved gut health
HydroGreen: A Powerful Ingredient
HydroGreen delivers the most digestible forms of key nutrients available on the farm. Hydrolytic enzymes improve the digestibility of the entire diet. HydroGreen’s crude protein, essential amino acid and vitamin levels far surpass the levels of those nutrients in many other ingredients typically used in animal diets, and the energy level of HydroGreen is competitive with any grain source.
For example:
- Protein levels are as much as 25% higher than in the parent grain
- High digestibility means dietary energy is not wasted on digestion in the animal, resulting in greater energy efficiency
- Phytic acid levels are very low in young plants, making phosphorus more bioavailable
- Starch in the parent grain is largely converted to sugars supporting better forage digestibility and gut health
POULTRY
HydroGreen is a great fit for range broilers, range layers and range turkeys, and should be seriously considered for incorporation into mixed diets with various dry ingredients for feeding in confinement.
Poultry operations around the world enjoy the steady flow of high quality live green feed to complement the other feedstuffs in their rations.
Another significant bonus is moisture level and taste, assuring physical diet quality and palatability, even when you have to make other ingredient changes within the diet. Crude protein, essential amino acid and vitamin levels far surpass grains typically used in poultry diets and the energy level of HydroGreen is competitive with any grain source. HydroGreen significantly reduces feed dust in confinement feeding systems, too.
SWINE
Now you can produce live green feed for swine, consistently improving feed production efficiency, while optimizing animal health and performance. HydroGreen is a great fit for growing and finishing as well as breeding swine, and can be implemented very effectively in both range and modified confined swine feeding systems.
Another significant bonus is moisture level and taste, assuring physical diet quality and palatability, even when you have to make other ingredient changes within a diet. And don’t forget about feed dust. HydroGreen in swine diets significantly reduces feed dust in modified confinement buildings.
SHEEP/GOATS
HydroGreen is a great fit for breeding, growing and finishing sheep and goats and milking goat operations. HydroGreen delivers the most digestible forms of key nutrients available on the farm. Hydrolytic enzymes and elevated sugar levels improve the digestibility of the entire diet and a moisture level and taste that assure physical diet quality and palatability, even when you have to make other ingredient changes.
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