Feeding Systems

The advantage of feeding molasses is that farmers can choose an application method to suit their feeding requirements. Molasses feeding systems can be custom made to allow in-shed feeding in any sized herringbone or rotary sheds with or without feed bins, feeding on exit races, in paddocks or feed pads.

Herringbone Sheds

• Lickball in-shed feeding systems are made from strong 150mm PVC pipe fitted with floating lick balls
• Each metre of pipe holds approx 20 litres of molasses, with lickballs placed at a comfortable distance for the cow to reach in front of each bale

Rotary Sheds

• Rotary lickball systems adopt the same concept as a herringbone shed, but with the addition of PVC swivel bends
• Rotary in-shed molasses feeding systems provide an incentive, encouraging cows onto the milking platform
• Can also be added to trough systems in rotary sheds to provide a balanced diet with other feed supplements

Injection and Electronic Systems

• Fully automated, totally controlled feeding systems that work well in both herringbone and rotary sheds providing accurate methods of feeding controlled doses of molasses
• Easily incorporated to work in conjunction with existing in-shed meal feeding systems
• Injection systems can be installed with both individual bins and continuous troughs

Feed Wagons

• Molasses can be added to a mixer feed wagon allowing for accuracy and controlled feeding and works especially well with feed pads
• For feed wagons that dont have mixing capabilities molasses can be poured on top of meal or added in layered intervals

Trough Systems

• Trough systems can be installed either on the exit race or in-shed
• In-shed troughs can be placed along all, or part of, the platform depending on shed size and design
• Exit race trough systems can either be permanently plumbed, or a molasses tank can be used for storage, filling troughs when needed
• To control molasses intakes, place a piece of untreated plywood cut with 60mm feeding holes, on top of the molasses

Trailers/Mobile Troughs

• Great for mixing molasses with other feed such as palm kernel
• Excellent systems to use when you have several herds and you want to feed them differently eg: springers vs dry cows
• A suitable system for farms running smaller dairy herds or beef cattle

Lick Wheels

• Available in 406mm and 558mm sizes
• Easy to move and are able to be placed in paddocks or feed pads
• Cows have to lick and work the wheel to obtain the molasses and this minimises the chances of gorging
• A suitable system for farms running smaller dairy herds or beef cattle