Recommended daily feed rates (per head basis)

Molassed Sugar Beet Shreds can be fed as part of a TMR or as a concentrate feed.

•Milking Cows Up to 6 (typically 3)kg

•Dry Cows Up to 2 kg

•Replacement Heifers Up to 2 kg and up to 40% of the DMI

•Calves (to 12 weeks) Up to 1.5 kg and up to 40% of the DMI

•Growing Cattle Up to 2.5 kg and up to 40% of the DMI

•Finishing Cattle Up to 5kg and up to 50% of the DMI

•Suckler Cows Up to 4 (typically 2)kg

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

•Hoggets and Lambs Up to 1 kg or up to 50% of the DMI

•DMI = dry matter intake

• Molassed Sugar Beet Shreds are available all year round, UK wide in bulk tipped loads or 20kg bags.

• Like all dry feeds, they should be stored in a secure shed, bunker, bin or hopper and kept cool, dry and free from
vermin.

Molassed Sugar Beet Shreds are a co-product from sugar production. Once the sugar has been diffused out from the beet, the fibrous residues are combined with molasses and dried as shreds.

Molassed Sugar Beet Shreds are FEMAS assured (or a recognised equivalent). Molassed Sugar Beet Shreds (Dried (sugar) beet feed, molassed) are listed under number 4.1.11 in the EU Catalogue of Feed Materials.