McLarnon Feeds enjoyed another very successful year at the RUAS Winter Fair in December. The Free Prize Draw on the McLarnon Feeds stand proved again to be a popular attraction. McLarnons Nutri-Balance System was illustrated on the stand as a total feeding management system incorporating new feeding technologies in a properly balanced diet at different stages of the cows production cycle. Importantly, this can be monitored regularly on farm through McLarnons Dairy Consultancy package which is complimentary to McLarnon customers and is tailored to the farmers needs for feed rationing, target setting, feed efficiency monitoring and financial & fertility benchmarking.

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The different components of the Nutri-Balance System have demonstrated significant benefits in several key performance areas:

• Increased DMI in early lactation
• Minimum Body Condition loss
• Increased Butterfat % and Protein %
• Improved cow health
• Improved fertility performance
• Milk yield persistency

All visitors on the stand were invited to enter a Free Prize Draw. The six prize winners of a £100 voucher each were:

• Kevin Scullion, Portglenone
• Noel McCorry, Lurgan
• Ruth Cochrane, Bushmills
• Trevor Kyle, Portglenone
• Alistair McCrory, Hillsborough
• Pamela Taggart, Ballymoney