Recommended daily feed rates (per head basis)

Crumbed Bread can be fed as part of a TMR. It should be introduced gradually into the ration and always
be fed with a good source of long fibre.

•Milking Cows Up to 6 (typically 4)kg mixed with other feeds

•Dry Cows Up to 3 (typically 1) kg

•Replacement Heifers Up to 3 kg and up to 30 % of the DMI

•Calves (to 12 weeks) Up to 1.5 kg and up to 30% of the DMI

•Growing Cattle Up to 4 kg and up to 40 % of the DMI

•Finishing Cattle Up to 6 kg and up to 50 % of the DMI

•Suckler Cows Up to 4 (typically 1)kg

•Ewes and Rams Up to 1 (typically 0.5) kg

•Hoggets and Lambs Up to 0.75 kg/head or up to 50% of the DMI

•DMI = dry matter intake

• Crumbed Bread is available year round within a fifty mile radius of Stoke-on-Trent; it is only available in bulk
tipped loads on articulated vehicles. Due to the ‘sticky’ consistency of the product, hauliers tend to place a
sheet across the base of their vehicle to allow the product to be tipped; this sheet will remain in the Bread
upon delivery.

• Crumbed Bread should preferably be stored in cool, dry conditions to prevent water absorption and used
within 20-30 days of delivery (if feeding fresh). For long-term storage, the product should be clamped, the air
excluded, consolidated and covered with a secured sheet in the same manner as grass silage.

• Storage sites should be situated away from open watercourses and designed with a narrow, north
facing feed face.

• The load should be compacted, using a tractor bucket or a hand shovel, to remove air and
maintain close contact between the top of the load and the sheet.

• The load should be covered with a clean and undamaged plastic sheet to ensure it is air and water
tight. Trapped air should be removed by smoothing the sheet and weighting it down.

• If the surface covering is not complete use of a mould inhibitor is recommended.

• Failure to ensile properly may result in mould growth, loss of dry matter and a reduction in the
nutritive value of the clamp.

Crumbed Bread is produced from the crust of loaves used for ‘crust-less bread’ (white, wholemeal and
50:50). The crusts are collected daily from the bakeries and then purpose-crumbed to produce a consistent
product.

Crumbed Bread is a FEMAS assured (or a recognised equivalent), fully traceable, product and marketed by
KW Alternative Feeds a UFAS-accredited merchant. Crumbed Bread (Products from the bakery and pasta
industry) is listed under number 13.1.1 in the EU Catalogue of Feed Materials.