Palm Oil Dairy Feed Catching On

Palm Oil Dairy Feed Catching On DAIRY EQUIPMENT & IDEAS Silver Palm from Silver Maple Equipment is a low-cost bypass fat for dairy cows The premium quality palm oil is a fractionated long chain fatty acid in an energy-dense bead form It is highly stable in all weather conditions with a melting point of around 137 degrees “It’s easy to handle and mix and is free from dust and objectionable odor making it highly palatable ” says James Huber Silver Maple Equipment “I started selling it in 2019 on a local basis here in Lancaster County Since then I have shipped it as far as Wisconsin ” Huber is a dairy farmer himself and was looking for a low-cost feed supplement for his herd He notes that bypass fats are considered generic or commodity-type products He admits that a lot of farmers care less about what they feed and more about the cost “Dairy farmers can often save quite a bit of money with Silver Palm compared to other bypass fats ” says Huber He suggests that Silver Palm is both price competitive and a quality product His supplier is a large company in India that also supplies food companies Finding the right supplier was the difficult part “It took quite a bit of work to learn the importing process and find a good supplier ” says Huber “Currently the demand for palm oil is exceeding the supply ” Silver Palm is available in 55-lb bags and 1 400-lb totes Prices are available upon request Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Silver Maple Equipment 750 Tulpehocken Rd Myerstown Penn 17067 ph 717 304-6684; silvermaple@emypeople net; www silvermapleequipment com

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