A fresh strip of grass twice a day and grazing day and night ensures opti- mum grass in- take for the cows.


The entrance to the meadow is located along a path. The water bowl is on the other side so that the cows are spread across the meadow.


has used feedwedge, from the Irish company AgriNet, for four years now. For the last two years however, they’ve been using use the ‘Grip op Gras’ feedwedge. Its measurements make a reasonable prediction of grass growth. In addition, they regu- larly take a grass sample in collaboration with De Heus


Voeders. Based on its analysis, Wout and Nely aim to achieve optimal urea content. “It’s a challenge to keep it around 20. Depending on the protein in the grass, we experiment with the protein levels in the concentrates.” Now, they use concen- trates that contain only 110 grams of raw protein. In order to


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