Ruminant nutritional solutions for farm profitability, sustainability, and animal health
At Evonik, we are dedicated to transforming the future of dairy farming through innovative solutions that prioritize profitability, sustainability, and animal health.
Our comprehensive approach empowers dairy farmers to optimize their operations, ensuring high-quality milk production while minimizing environmental impact.
Discover our offering for ruminant livestock farming
Amino acids to boost efficiency
Our essential amino acids provide targeted nutritional solutions to enhance milk production and quality. Products like Mepron® (rumen-protected methionine) are designed to improve production efficiency, ensuring that dairy cows receive the nutrients they need throughout their lactation.
Solutions supporting performance and health in challenging times
Our range of functional feed additives supports the gut functions, as well as the mineral and energy metabolism of calves and cows at different stages of their life. It plays a crucial role in maintaining health and productivity, particularly during periods of heat stress or transition.
Helping farmers optimize feed efficiency
Our digital tools & services provide dairy farmers with expert consultancy and analysis, helping them optimize their feed formulations for better digestibility and nutrient absorption. This ensures that cows receive the best possible nutrition for maximum milk yield and quality.
Understanding the challenges
In addition to maintaining business profitability, dairy farmers today face two major challenges: the rising pressure to reduce the environmental footprint of their production, and variable environmental conditions, impacting feed quality, animal health and welfare. Addressing these challenges is essential for dairy farmers to thrive in an increasingly competitive and sustainability conscious market.
Only optimally fed and supplied cows perform at peak milk production and deliver the highest milk quality. Stress for the animals should be avoided. Our ruminant solutions – including rumen-protected methionine (Mepron®), and functional feed additives such as K-pron® and BoruCare® Capsin – help reduce feed costs while improving the health and welfare of dairy cows.
Precision nutrition helps dairy farmers to reduce feed cost and GHG emissions in higher yielding cows. This can be realized with low-protein diets, supplemented by rumen-protected methionine (Mepron®), the most limiting amino acid in most dairy cows’ rations.
A nutritional solution should be considered when it helps farmers meet a specific challenge. However, product quality can vary significantly across the market. At Evonik, we ensure that our products meet the highest quality standards thanks to constant innovation and regular quality assurance analysis. Our focus areas include intrinsic quality, such as the bioavailability of Mepron® (rumen-protected methionine), as well as handling capacity and environmental impact, such as for BoruCare® Capsin – the first chili extract naturally obtained with a specific coating that prevents user irritation.
Precision nutrition helps dairy farmers to reduce the environmental impact of their production system. This can be realized with low-protein diets, supplemented by rumen-protected methionine (Mepron®), a limiting amino acid in most dairy cows’ rations. Low-protein feeding reduces land and water consumption for feed cultivation and the excretion of nitrogen compounds by the animals.
Mepron® for better performance and milk yield
Mepron® delivers highly concentrated rumen-protected DL-methionine precisely where it benefits dairy cows most – in the small intestine. For increased yield and greater sustainability.
Coping with heat stress in dairy farming
Heat stress significantly reduces dry matter intake and negatively affects the health, productive and reproductive performance of dairy cows. Evonik’s solutions help support the profitability of dairy farming in such challenging periods. By activating the TRPV1 receptor in the gut, BoruCare® Capsin, our natural chili extract, maximizes the nutrient supply to the mammary gland. Moreover, thanks to its functional effects on oxidative stress and immunity, Mepron® supports milk yield and milk protein of dairy cows under heat stress. Finally, K-pron® counterbalances the loss of potassium while acting as a buffer to maintain rumen health. Therefore, by targeting different metabolic pathways, Evonik’s solutions can unlock the potential of animals under heat stress.
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Whether you run a feed mill or livestock operation, produce meat, dairy, or eggs – Evonik is here to support you. Wherever you're located and whatever your needs, our Evonik Animal Nutrition specialists are ready to assist you.
