Insights, Services and Products to Support Your Dairy

dairy MAX™

Powerful Software Solution

The powerful software solution exclusively available through Cargill, dairy MAX^™ examines the science of what’s happening inside your cows and operation, and assesses physical inputs, making it easier for you to solve complex challenges. MAX removes doubt.  

• Deep analysis of your nutritional and operational information 
• Actionable insights for improving nutrition precision and profitability  
• Increased milk component efficiency and more milk 
• Forecasted scenarios to plan for future goals using all of your operational data 
• Predictable performance

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HerdFirst^®

Improve formulation optimized for efficient growth

HerdFirst^® is the calf and heifer program with precisely balanced inputs for efficient growth and improved cost per pound of gain. We will tailor your program with your herd and business in mind. 

• Precisely balanced lysine, methionine and threonine 

• Milk replacers and additives

• Feeds for life stages: calf, heifer, show 

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Reveal^®

Quick, on-farm nutrient analysis of feed and forage ingredients

• Portable NIR device performs instant analysis on-farm

• Leverages Cargill's lab expertise via Cargill's NIR calibrations

Cargill Nutrition System

A world of insights brought right to your dairy

The Cargill Nutrition System (CNS) connects nutrient supply to animal nutrient demand. From CNS, you get real-time nutrient analysis of feed ingredients, allowing us to tailor precise feed formulations to your unique operation. CNS is the nutrient information engine that powers dairy MAX™. 

• Nutrient information from our global ingredient sourcing database 

• Confidence from the world’s largest NIR feed database with more than 2 million samples across 200 ingredients

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Cow Signals^®

Cargill is a Certified Cow Signals^® Company and leader in cow comfort and welfare.

Cow Signals is an independent training organization specializing in health, welfare, and sustainability.

Through this partnership:

• Cargill has more than 40 officially trained Cow Signals Advisors and Master Trainers. 

• Our team offers private and group Cow Signal workshops to improve cow comfort.   

• We have a shared mission to double the productive lifetime of dairy cows using the 6 freedoms of the Cow.   

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Dairy Enteligen^®: Insights

Decision-making tool that combines on-farm expertise with multiple data sources

Turn your many data sources into greater, real-time insights and smarter decisions. Dairy Enteligen is the way of the future for data access on dairy farms.

• Leverage data collected but not always analyzed

• Safely and seamlessly integrate data

• Access historic and current trends and benchmark against comparable herds

• Gain more control of your farm’s productivity

• Sustain long-term profits 

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Promote Defusion^®

Feed Additives

The Defusion^® line offers two products intended for use in dairy rations. The Defusion line is equipped to help dairy producers overcome nutritional hurdles and achieve production goals.

• Defusion 501 is an anti-caking flow agent designed for use in dairy rations.

• Defusion VAC-60 is a unique combination of rumen buffers, yeast cultures, bacterial fermentation products, feed preservatives, and vitamins. 

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Forage-Mate^®

Inoculants and Aerobic Stabilizers

The Forage-Mate^® line of forage inoculants, hay preservatives, and aerobic stabilizers helps dairy farmers and other producers grow higher quality feed to support their animals’ productivity.  

• Designed for various crop types, moistures, and harvesting conditions

• Simplified way to find the right product for your individual needs

• Results you expect 

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Milk Moovement

Connecting the Dairy Supply Chain

Make the Cargill Feed Shop on Milk Moovement your one-stop shop for managing all your feed orders. Milk Moovement, a powerful tool connecting all key players in the dairy supply chain, brings feed ordering to your fingertips.    

• Order feed at your convenience

• Place orders with the plant from your phone or desktop app 24/7

• Receive real-time order status updates 

• Simple platform designed for producers

• Convenient data management and user collaboration across your entire dairy supply chain 

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Technical Support

Trusted Advisor

Cargill’s Technical Service Team continually provides information and support to our Dairy Focused Consultants and customers. The team’s extensive scientific background paired with its knowledge of on-farm application equips team members to offer assistance in a variety of situations. In addition, our local technical service team is also a direct link to Cargill’s experts across the company and the globe, helping apply global insights to your unique situations.

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Nurture^® Boost

Support calf health and immunity

Feeding Nurture® Boost supports calf health during stressful events like weaning or transport. This immune supplement for calves can be mixed into milk or top-dressed on feed to: 

• Promote lung health and recovery

• Support better overall health when calves are most vulnerable

• Promote top calf performance and profitability 

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AAlphaTek^®

Proprietary blend of fermentation extracts, vitamins, minerals, protein sources and botanicals

AAlphaTek^® is a supplement that supports positive production, rumen responses and income over feed cost in lactating dairy cows. 

• Increases energy-corrected milk yield

• Increases flow of metabolizable protein (MP) from the rumen

• Reduces ruminal protein degradation

• Proven in the field 

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AOX™

Calving, health challenges, and high temperatures can initiate oxidative stress in a dairy cow’s body. AOX^™ is a combination of botanicals that help support animal health during stressful conditions. AOX provides dairy producers a low-cost alternative to meet health needs of animals.

• Mix AOX into dairy rations at a rate of 0.4 to 1.6 lbs. per ton of complete feed, based on nutritionist recommendations. 

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I.C.E.^® PLUS

More milk. More reproductive success. Research-proven.

Promote^® I.C.E.^® PLUS helps cows during heat stress by cooling from the inside out. Research trials and more than 20 years of in-field experience demonstrate its efficacy. 

• Reduces body temperature compared to cows not fed Promote I.C.E. during heat stress

• Results in more milk compared to cows not fed Promote I.C.E.

• Delivers a 5:1 return on investment

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Nurture^® Technologies

Industry-leading technologies in all Nurture formulas promote rumen development and calf growth and health, and sustain growth of young animals through improved metabolism, digestion and absorption. 

• Milk replacers and balancers

• Milk supplements and premixes

• Calf starter premix

• Heifer grower premix

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Nurture Sweet Treat™

Sweet Treat^™ electrolyte is the economical, proactive solution for improving calf hydration after transportation and during scours.

• Helps to hydrate scouring calves

• Increases water intake

• Reduces the risk of dehydration

• Improves growth rates through eight weeks of age (compared to water only). 

• Cost-effective

• Easy to mix

• 50 lb. bag, 25 lb. box 

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Rumen Bypass Fat

Energy Supplement

Cargill’s Rumen Bypass Fat is a high-quality energy supplement formulated to deliver energy to the cow without negatively impacting rumen fermentation. With a balanced fatty acid profile, containing 98% free fatty acids, our Rumen Bypass Fat improves digestibility, and is specifically designed for dairy cattle to support production and maintain a healthy body weight. 

Valido^® Choline RP

Promote dairy feed additive Valido^® Choline RP, a microencapsulated choline chloride, provides rumen-protected choline with superior availability post-ruminally. 

• Superior delivery of absorbable choline to the lower gastrointestinal tract

• Encapsulated in a fat matrix not digestible by rumen microbes

• For transition cows, 30 days pre-calving to 90 days post-calving

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Component Efficiency

Component Efficiency Calculator

High production doesn’t always translate into profitability. Herds that produce milk components the most efficiently are usually the most profitable. Cargill helps dairies produce fat and protein as efficiently as possible.

• Value your cows based on how efficiently they convert feed and forage to fat and protein components

• Provide cows nutrients required for health and productivity

• Calculate your component efficiency, the key to profitability

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Dairy Enteligen^® Forecast:

Unlock the Value of Your Herd's Data

Take the guesswork out of predicting which priorities drive the greatest financial return using Dairy Enteligen Forecast. Your Cargill dairy team can show your potential economic impacts of every decision made. Leverage data collected but not always analyzed.

• Prioritize decisions based on economic return and time

• Understand how current decisions impact long-term performance

• Gain confidence that the decisions you make today are the right ones for your future. 

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