The AQUAMAT II Pasture Pump Kit allows cattle and other livestock to be completely fenced away from streams, ponds and springs for TOTAL EXCLUSION from the water source. The AQUAMAT is ideally suited for projects, involving livestock fencing for restoration and re-vegetation or catchment sensitive areas. Livestock are provided cleaner water, and in many cases, fencing livestock away from streams allows for improved livestock management. The AQUAMAT is also ideal in situations in which it is desirable to fence cattle out of a water source such as a pond or spring. This pump type is a nose pump operated by cattle. As the animals drink from the pump bowl, they push against a lever, which in turn operates a piston and diaphragm pumps more water from the stream. Positioned in the field by the watercourse, then fixed to a base such as sleepers.
From November 2021, all palm kernel in feeds produced at any Wynnstay manufacturing site has been RSPO certified sustainable.
The switch is part of a company-wide proactive approach to sustainability. Farmers are working hard to produce food using sustainable practices, and responsible sourcing of inputs is a big part of this. As a feed company, we can contribute by transitioning to sustainable-certified ingredients, which will support our farmers in meeting future sustainability requirements. Switching to sustainably certified palm kernel is the logical next step in ensuring responsible sourcing, following from the move to using only sustainable certified soya in 2020.
Weaning can be considered a simple change from milk feeding to solid feeding but in truth it is a balancing act between maximising early feed efficiency and managing rumen development.
