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- Dispose of known culls before starting to feed out supplements.
- Make culling decisions early and ensure culls are fit for transport before they leave the farm. Refer to DairyNZ Fit for Transport poster
- Purchase supplements based on cents/MJME eaten
- Test all feeds for quality including purchased meals; supplements need to be at least 10.5 MJ ME/kg DM
- Minimise supplement wasteage when feeding out e.g. for silages: excellent stack management, no silage spilled loading the wagon, silage fed onto fresh pasture so the entire herd can feed at once
- If feeding PKE have enough bins of reasonable size and avoid overfilling. Find more information on feed budgeting and wastage of supplement in the DairyNZ Facts and Figures for Dairy Farmers booklet
