CALENDAR EVENTS
ZADF REGIONAL MEETINGS
Matabeleland Tuesday, 3rd March
Midlands
Wednesday, 4th March
Chipinge
Tuesday, 10th March 2015
Mutare
Thursday, 12th March 2015
National Field Day Tuesday, 17 March 2015
ZADF AGM 2015
Wednesday, 15 July 2015
To be held in BULAWAYO
February 2015
Published by ZADF
46 Lawson Avenue
Milton Park
Harare
Tel: +263 4 251848
Mobile: +263 776401703
Email: admin@zadf.co.zw
www.zadf.co.zw
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Dear Member/Stakeholder
From the Desk of the Chairman
Good Day Fellow Dairy Farmers
I trust all are well and producing lots of milk!
The 1st of March was a very welcome day for us in Matabeleland as we received some
desperately needed rain and hopefully it will continue. I hope the rest of the country receives
the much needed rains as well and the crops have been rescued in time.
The first Regional Meetings of 2015 are being held countrywide. Please make every effort to
attend in your province. A great deal of time and money has been spent to launch the MARS
feeding scheme which we hope will assist the rearing of calves, your future herd.
I would also like to take this opportunity to encourage members to hold field days once again.
So much can be learnt through interaction on site. Every dairy farmer has something to share
with others as no two dairy farms are the same and we can learn so much from each other.
Until next time we meet - keep mooo-ving on!
Craig Follwell
National Chairman
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A new Trace Mineral Block (10kg) for dairy cattle, horses, sheep and game is now
available throughout all our outlets. The salt block (ADBLOCK) contains Manganese,
Zinc, Copper, Iodine, Cobalt and Selenium; with a recommended daily intake of about
20gm/head/day. The Trace Mineral Block is retailing at $12 only. Call Veterinary
Distributors: (04) 793753, 0774 586 536, Email: nutri@veterinarydistributors.co.zw
A new calf milk replacer (artificial milk) is now available – SURROMEL - $89 per 25kg
bag (equivalent to 200 litres of milk). Small packs of 2kg and 5 kg will be available
soon at a price to be confirmed. Call Veterinary Distributors: (04) 793753, 0774 586 536,
Email: nutri@veterinarydistributors.co.zw
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Red Dane Farming Presents M.A.R.S - Mobile Animal
Rearing Systems and MILK BAR feed systems.
This new system of calf rearing, developed at Red Dane Farming with input from top
vets and cattle men is now available to all Zimbabweans. We have had
overwhelming interest from visitors to the farm, at presentations to the Industry and
from farmers.
To ensure that all interested parties can understand the M.A.R.S. system and the products currently available,
as well as explain the benefits of these to calf rearing, we have arranged to have the ZADF Regional Chairman
do a presentation at the Regional Meetings to be held in February.
We have tested the system on calves, but believe that the M.A.R.S. system also has a place in the rearing and
housing of other animals such as pigs, sheep and horses.
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The Red Dane calf rearing system with the use of M.A.R.S pens and MILK BAR feeders has a wide range of
advantages including.
1) Clean area for calves all the time.
2) Reduction in disease and parasites
3) Saving in bedding costs
4) Reduction in labour costs.
5) Improved growth rates.
6) Improves animal welfare.
7) Land use flexibility (if you need the land where the pens are, you can move them)
8) Better milk digestion.
9) Less feed and milk wastage.
If you are interested in healthy cows and a healthy business and want to hear more about how this system can
make money for your dairy then please come to your local ZADF meeting and field day on the dates shown
below.
Contact:
+ 263 772 703 987 Mail:
reddane.marketing@kefalos.co.zw
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GRIERSON INVESTMENTS [PVT] LIM
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PHOENIX VET SUPPLIES
SALES OFFICE : Cnr. 4th St./R. Manyika Rd [within Onmia Nutriology]
CONTACT NUMBERS: [04] 706111/ 706133
Cell: [0772] 346 991.
PROPYLENE GLYCOL.
We are very pleased to advise Farmers that we now have supplies of PROPYLENE GLYCOL in stock.
This product is particularly useful in dairy cows, and other ruminants such as sheep and goats, both pre and
post partum, in cases where loss of appetite may be caused by ketosis. Ketosis is a condition in dairy cows
which develops when they become nutritionally stressed after a difficult calving, change of climatic conditions
and/or feed quality; this could lead to loss of appetite and anorexia, causing a loss of milk production, which
could affect new born calves.
Give the animal 3lt. of Propylene Glycol, administered orally at the rate of 1 litre 12 hours after calving, and
then 2 x 1lt. litres at 12 hourly intervals after the first administration. Should there be no improvement with
the animal’s condition after the second administration, your Veterinarian should be consulted.
We are further pleased to advise that Phoenix Vet. has now been able to obtain this product from source, and
consequently the price of 5lt. has been reduced from $15.00 per litre [i.e. $75.00 for 5lt.] to $7.00 per litre i.e.
Farmer price is now $35.00 per 5lt.
MILK CANS AND BUCKETS NOW IN STOCK!
40 litre cans
20 litre cans
10 litre cans
15 litre buckets
12 litre buckets
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$200.00
$ 85.00
$ 30.00
$ 30.00 - graduated
$ 20.00
Strainers
Sieves
$35.00
$ 5.00
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