...Farmers need information Thomas
WINSTON THOMAS, technical sales manager at Newport Mills , said the recent visit by animal nutritionists from the Nuscience Group in the Netherlands was a routine one.
“They develop our premixes and our nutritional programme for the dairy industry in Jamaica.
“As such, they have to visit us from time to time to see how well the farmers are adapting and what they’re doing,” he said.
At a Nutramix seminar, nutritionists Sylvia van Doremaele and Teus van Os shared advice with farmers from St Thomas .
“The small farmers here in St Thomas need this information, and they appreciate it being brought directly to them. We also have a special product, which is the Kalvolac milk replacer, that we’re introducing to them, which will help to grow their calves faster and help them to save money from their operation,” said Thomas.
GOOD PRODUCT
“It is a good product, and when you mix it , the cost per litre of feeding it to the calf is half the cost of feeding them with whole milk. So, you’re substituting the whole milk with a better product while paying less for it. So, it’s really savings for the farmers.”
The seminars continue to take place as a part of the Drink Real Milk campaign. Similar sessions will be held across the island to benefit other small farmers.