David Taylor Animal Nutrition Ltd is an independent, family owned business, founded in 1981 by David and Bridget Taylor to produce vitamin and mineral supplements for the animal feed industry.
Currently with nine employees on its payroll, including David and Bridget’s sons Mark (Operations Manager) and Simon (Sales Manager), the company moved to its purpose built facility near Collinstown, Co. Westmeath in 1992 where it produces a wide range of specifically formulated vitamin mineral supplements for beef cattle, calves, lactating and pre-calver dairy cows, sheep, goats, pigs, horses, greyhounds and camels.
Their products are designed to supplement the animal’s diet with the essential vitamins, trace minerals and macro minerals which are critical to its welfare and performance in order to meet the demanding standards of modern farming.
They supply compound feed mills, agricultural merchants, feed lots, and farmers preparing their own TMR diets, in a variety of presentations, both powder and liquid, bags and bulk.
Fully licensed by the Department of Agriculture, and audited annually and certified under the UFAS system of quality accreditation.
“Primarily, our main aim is to manufacture products designed to supplement animal diets,” explained Mark Taylor who has been the company’s Operations Manager since 1994, “and one of our key selling points is that we can manufacture feeds to our customers’ own requirements. We can come up with a solution to meet our customers’ exact needs.”
You don’t have to take David’s word for it. Ray Farrelly, from Ballymanus, Castlepollard, Co Westmeath says: “I have worked with the team at Taylor Nutrition for a number of years. They are very proactive when it comes to suggesting effective nutritional solutions. Staff are extremely approachable and very competent in everything they do. They are just a great company to do business with!”
The company has updated its computer systems over the last number of years to improve efficiency. A recipe control system supplied by Stevens Group Ltd controls the manufacture of all finished goods and provides full traceability of raw materials through the production process.
In November 2014 a new software package was supplied by Herbst Software based in Wicklow. This package links the purchasing, sales and accounts systems together and provides total traceability of the finished goods to the customer.
The two systems combine to provide full traceability of all raw materials purchased through to the final product delivered on the farm or to the compound mill which is a key requirement for the animal feed sector.
Down through the years, David Taylor Animal Nutrition Ltd has built up a loyal client base throughout north Leinster and beyond and a reputation for quality products which is second to none. Research and development has been a cornerstone of their successful business model.
In 2012 a detailed mineral analysis of forages throughout different counties was conducted by David Taylor Animal Nutrition Ltd in conjunction with Alltech® Ireland. The objective was to identify key mineral levels in the region which contribute to immunity, reproductive performance and animal health.
The results of the analysis found that levels of selenium, copper and zinc are well below their target level while antagonist such as iron and molybdenum were high. Potassium levels were also found to be high which can lead to issues such as milk fever.
Based on these findings the Precision Dairy Range of minerals were formulated to ensure that your dairy herd gets the best chance of overcoming mineral deficiencies and achieving optimal performance.
In order to overcome some of the above mentioned mineral deficiencies the more bio-available forms of trace minerals, Bioplex® zinc, copper and selenium from Sel-Plex® are used in the higher specification minerals of the Precision Dairy Range.
Alltech’s Bioplex and Sel-plex are superior sources of organic minerals which promotes mineral reserves and contribute to better immunity, supports the reproductive function, supports post calving health and fertility, supports keratin production which is very important for hoof health and udder health.
Precalver minerals are designed to assist in the development of a viable calf, to reduce calving difficulties and to provide good quality colostrum. They aim to correct any deficiencies in the essential vitamins and trace elements which are necessary for a healthy immune system.
The modern dairy cow has a requirement for vitamins, minerals and trace elements which have been shown to be deficient in the vast majority of diets being fed today. This applies to both silage and concentrates.
The Precision Range of Dairy Minerals aims to help to correct these deficiencies with carefully formulated range of complementary mineral feeds.
The company has also worked closely with other leading Feed Additive suppliers to produce a range of Intensive Beef supplements incorporating active yeasts products such as ActiSaf Sc47 manufactured by Lesaffre in France.
When this is fed to beef cattle it can increase Dry matter intake and improve feed conversion rates while also lowering the risk of acidosis.
For Dairy cows it can increase milk yield by up to 3 Litres per day and improve milk solids.
These products are designed to enable the farmer to maximise the return from the feed intake and get the best possible results.
David Taylor Animal Nutrition Ltd.
Carrick Mill
Lough Bawn
Collinstown
Co. Westmeath
Tel: 044 9666 458
Fax: 044 9666 934
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.dtan.ie
Taken from Irish Tractor & Agri magazine Vol 3 No 6, July 2015
Animal, David Taylor, Nutrition
