Recommended daily feed rates (per head basis)

North British Distillers Maize Pellets can be fed via automated feeders, top dressed or floor fed, and used individually or as part of a blend or TMR.

•Milking Cows Up to 4 (typically 2-3)kg

•Dry Cows Up to 2 kg

•Replacement Heifers Up to 3 kg and up to 35% of the DMI

•Calves (to 12 weeks) Up to 1.5 kg and up to 25% of the DMI

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

•Finishing Cattle Up to 5 kg and up to 40% 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 0.75kg and up to 50% of the DMI

•#(NB Maize do not contain the very high levels of copper seen in other distillery products as stainless
steel stills are used. Therefore, it can be fed, when blended with other feeds, to most breeds of
sheep but advice should be taken from a suitably qualified person)

•DMI = dry matter intake

• North British Distillers Maize Pellets are an 8mm pellet and meal and are available, UK wide, as bulk tipped or blown loads.

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

• North British Maize Distillers pellets should be used within 2 months of delivery (due to a high residual oil content).

North British Maize Pellets is a co-product from the production of grain whisky by North British Distilleries. Whole maize is milled to reduce its particle size and provide the substrate for fermentation. The starch in the grain is gelatinised with steam, treated to convert it into sugars and then fermented to produce alcohol. The alcohol is then distilled out of the mixture; the remaining grain residues are mixed with some of the liquid fraction, dried and pelleted.

North British Maize Pellets are FEMAS assured (or a recognised equivalent) product. NB Barley Pellets (Barley distillers dried grains and solubles) are listed under number 1.12.11 in the EU Catalogue of Feed Materials.

There is an inherent risk of mycotoxins associated with the feeding of maize based products, this can fluctuate seasonally, based on growing, harvesting and storage conditions and therefore risks are well known and documented. These products are fed as part of ruminant diets on the basis of nutritional advice which must always include the addition of a mycotoxin binder made up of a bentonite clay and a yeast cell such as UltraSorb R, to mitigate these risks. For more information on UltraSorb R and its feed rate please see the datasheet on our website or contact your KW salesperson.