Feed sample
Feed sample and silage analysis
What is your silage worth? With a feed sample you know how much energy and protein your roughage contains, so you can adjust the ration to it.
Why
Know what you feed
Every silage is different. The moment of mowing, the weather and the ensiling together determine the quality. An analysis shows what you are really feeding.
This allows you to fine-tune the ration and see in time whether you need to make adjustments.
Analysis
What the laboratory measures
With a silage analysis you receive these values, among others:
- 01
Dry matter
How much feed it really contains
- 02
Energy
The feed value for your animals
- 03
Protein
Crude protein and its utilisation
- 04
Sugar
For palatability and preservation
- 05
Minerals
Such as calcium and phosphorus
How we work
How we take the sample
- 01
Agree on the silages
We agree on which silage clamps or bales we sample.
- 02
With the silage corer
We take the sample with a silage corer at several spots, so that it represents the whole clamp.
- 03
Airtight packaging
We seal the sample airtight, so that it does not change.
- 04
To the laboratory
The sample goes to the laboratory as quickly as possible.
The right moment
When to have silage sampled
Only have silage sampled once it has fully fermented. This usually takes a number of weeks after ensiling.
Not sure whether the timing is right? Feel free to ask us.
Questions
Questions about feed samples
Can you also sample bales?
Yes. With bales we take a sample from several bales of the same cut, so that it gives a good picture.
What do I do with the result?
With the result you can adjust the ration yourself or together with your feed adviser.
What does it cost?
That depends on the type of sample, the analysis and the distance to your farm. You always receive a quote in advance.
Our app
From list to lab, without manual work
Every list, every field and every sample bag is in our own app, from the first phone call to the courier. As a result, less goes wrong, it takes fewer hours and more information goes to the laboratory with each sample.
- Call script with the questions from the protocol
- Walking route and zigzag across the field, with GPS
- Labels from the printer, every sample bag scanned twice
- Farmers' data in one secure place
Request
Need a feed sample taken?
Request sampling. You will receive a quote in advance and a proposed time.
Request sampling