Rumenco

04/09/2026

Caring for autumn calvers after hot weather 🐄
Dry cow nutrition for autumn calving dairy cows requires additional attention following heat stress and a shortage of available grazing.

The period leading up to calving is especially critical when conditions are more challenging. Maintaining optimum body condition score (BCS) and avoiding any deficiencies are now key priorities.

LIFELINE Pre-Calver, offers a balanced supply of vitamins, minerals, trace elements and a number of unique nutritional additives to support cow and calf health. Available as a mineral bucket or mineral crumb, it offers a simple low-labour solution, whether cows remain outside on pasture or are moved inside.

Help your autumn calvers now by using LIFELINE Pre-Calver:
https://www.rumenco.co.uk/product/lifeline-pre-calver/

03/09/2026

Watch how is making the most of Quality Lamb this year

30/08/2026

Help cows with heat stress to a better calving! ☀
Ensuring cows have everything they need at this time, particularly where there are stress factors such as extreme heat, is the recommended best practice, and that is exactly what LIFELINE Pre-Calver’s unique formulation has been developed to do.

It has a low calcium and high magnesium balance to help mitigate against milk fever and to minimise the risk of difficult calvings.

It has also been proven in trials to increase colostrum quality by up to 20%, which could be the difference between a thriving calf and one that is susceptible to disease.

Find out more on our website: https://www.rumenco.co.uk/product/lifeline-pre-calver/

27/08/2026

Dealing with drought aftermath? 🐑
With forage still in short supply and tupping time almost upon us, now is the time to be focussing on ewe and tup body condition. The temptation will be to feed concentrates, but this is both costly and not necessarily the best option.
Most ewes should be somewhere between a BCS of 2.5-3.5 depending on your system.

Feeding Rumevite Sheep Super now will help boost rumen function and enable your flock to get more from what forage is available. Offering a little and often free access block will provide the energy, protein, mineral and vitamins your flock need.

22/08/2026

With silage quality and quantity a concern in some parts of the UK and with feed stocks down for many, 2026 will be a crucial year to optimise forage production.

With its ability to improve silage quality, speed up fermentation and provide a higher dry matter and nutrient-rich forage, NovaSile CS could be the answer for making a better maize clamp this year.

NovaSile CS is suitable for all forage types, making it easy to adopt on larger farms that produce maize and wholecrop in addition to grass. The product is available in 200-gram sachets, each able to treat 100 tonnes of fresh forage when diluted in up to 7 litres of water. It is best applied during chopping to ensure even coverage and can be applied via both low-dosing systems and standard systems.

22/08/2026

19/08/2026

Our silage additive, NovaSile CS, contains two fast-acting lactic acid bacteria that reduce the pH level of a clamp or bale quickly, to protect its nutrient value and prevent against yeast and mould development that can cause silage to heat.

NovaSile CS also contains an acetic acid-producing bacteria that improves aerobic stability once silage is exposed to oxygen.

Having two independent bacteria working in harmony enables NovaSile CS to keep ensiled forage cool and improve dry matter retention when the clamp is opened.

The homofermentative and heterofermentative bacterial strains provide complementary properties that keep silage stable and lock in nutrients, helping to optimise feed quality.

15/08/2026

Getting nutrition right immediately before calving is often the key to improved suckler herd performance. As with dairy cows, the transition suckler cow is much more susceptible to metabolic problems that will influence subsequent fertility.
Recognising the importance of these issues, Rumenco has produced a technical, advanced nutrition supplement specifically for suckler cows.

Lifeline Pre-Calver is formulated to:
• Boost colostrum yield and quality
• Improve the vitamin status of the cow and calf
• Promote easier calvings and stronger calves

Ideal for feeding at grass from six weeks pre-calving, Lifeline contains a unique balance of minerals and vitamins on a sugar and protein base.

Find out more: https://www.rumenco.co.uk/product/lifeline-pre-calver/

13/08/2026

Unlike concentrates, forage supplements allow for little and often feeding, which results in less pH variation in the rumen. Because stock can have 24/7 access to feed blocks, it is also a great way to reduce bullying at the trough. They are also easier than feeding concentrated feeds which significantly reduces the amount of time it takes you to feed.

With a product range consisting of eight different feed blocks, Rumevite supplementation can be tailored to suit livestock nutrition requirements at any point during the grazing or housing period. In August, we recommend feeding Quality Lamb, Sheep Super and All Season to help get lambs away faster and boost the BCS of ewes ahead of tupping.