Recommended daily feed rates (per head basis)

LactoBoost can be fed as part of a TMR, within a blend or as a straight liquid by pouring onto other feeds.

• Milking Cows: Up to 9 (typically 6)kg

• Dry Cows: Up to 2.5 kg*

• Replacement Heifers: Up to 2.5 kg and up to 10% of the DMI

• Calves (to 12 weeks): Up to 1 kg and up to 10% of the DMI

• Growing Cattle: Up to 2.5 kg and up to 15% of the DMI

• Finishing Cattle: Up to 8 kg and up to 20% of the DMI

• Suckler Cows: Up to 4 (typically 2)kg

• Ewes and Rams: Up to 0.5 (typically 0.25)kg

• Hoggets and Lambs: Up to 0.5kg and up to 10% of the DMI

DMI = dry matter intake

LactoBoost has a high sodium content so check dry cow ration dietary cation anion balance (DCAB).

LactoBoost is delivered in 29 tonne liquid tankers and is available UK wide, all year around. Tanks should be built to hold and dispatch bulk liquids. A 4-inch diameter pipe work is adequate to handle this liquid.

Tanks should be well maintained and cleaned out regularly to prevent bacterial contamination and fermentation of Lactoboost. Mixing of whey permeate with other liquids (molasses etc.) may cause secondary fermentation, potentially reducing the nutritive value and creating an odour/taint. Hence prior to the first delivery it is highly recommended that the container / tank be cleaned thoroughly.

The high concentration of Lactose in LactoBoost may start to settle out after 3 days of delivery depending upon ambient temperature. The product should be agitated or circulated at least once a week, to ensure consistency as a layer of lactose sediment may build up in the tank which can solidify, for this reason we also recommend a load is fed within three weeks of delivery.

LactoBoost is a co-product from the processing of milk for cheese and whey protein product manufacture.

The whey permeate that remains after cheese manufacture is ultra-filtrated to remove the majority of the
whey protein and some minerals. This leaves LactoBoost a very high lactose sugar liquid.

Whey permeate is a FEMAS assured (or a recognised equivalent) product. Whey permeate is listed under number 8.21.1 in the EU Catalogue of Feed Materials