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Lance Oliver, Upper Northland

Increasing the bottom line with Fiber Fresh calves

Switching to the Fiber Fresh calf rearing system has provided a Northland farm with increased profits, considerable time savings and calves that are a lot more resilient to drought.

Lance and Stephanie Oliver used the Fiber Fresh calf rearing system for the first time in 2009 for both their autumn and spring Friesian calves.

Lance says, “We had a massive drought that year. Our first two crops of Fiber Fresh calves had to endure pretty much six months of virtually no rain, and they came through it much better than any other calves I’ve had. I’m sure it was because their rumens were developed to digest grass at an earlier age so they were able to forage better than ever before.”

Prior to using Fiber Fresh, Lance says his calves would ‘crumble’ when he weaned them off milk. They also had green runny scours, which suggested they were not digesting the grass properly.

In comparison, Lance’s Fiber Fresh-reared calves have never had green scours and take to grass quicker with no weaning check.
Lance Oliver, Upper Northland