
Optilac™
Expertise. Fresh ideas. More confidence that what you’re doing is going to work.
Optilac™ takes the doubt out of complex challenges
Whenever you’ve got to make a tough nutrition decision, we trust Optilac™. We’ve updated our powerful nutrition software solution to give your Purina Dairy Consultant the clarity needed to help make complex decisions. More detailed data. Better insights. Real-time feedback. Everything your consultant needs to add more precision and profitability to your ration – and make tough decisions easier.
Each day, dairy farmers make critical decisions related to their farm’s profitability, nutrition, animal health, and more.
How did you come to your decision? Did you have choices? Were you confident? How much time did you have to spend sorting through data and research until you ultimately made your choice? For these moments a Purina consultant can use Optilac™, our upgraded and powerful nutrition software solution with advanced technology to gather insights and make critical decisions easier.
How Optilac™ Works
First, your consultant feeds Optilac™ an absolute mountain of data about your dairy. It starts with a deep analysis of nutrition information, like available on-farm forages, lab test analysis results, and herd production. Optilac™ also…
- Examines the science of what’s happening inside your cows, from rumen pH to manure starch content, to optimize for profitable performance.
- Digs all the way down into physical inputs, like particle length and density, processing score, and more.
- Considers operational factors like facility layout, temperature, humidity, and even your cows’ walking distance to the milking parlor.
Meeting Maximum Profitability
Optilac™ goes to work helping you focus on achieving your most important goal – profitability (that means increasing milk component efficiency and not just producing more milk).
Optilac™ examines the economic value of feed ingredients to find the most cost-effective nutrition solution. Optilac™ also helps your consultant use operational factors such as average weight of your cows, and feeding times and translates them into what’s best for your income over feed costs.
Creating Predictable Performance
Optilac™ features a powerful prediction engine your consultant can use to forecast scenarios and plan for future goals – this includes running “what if” scenarios. Optilac™ makes sure you can see the impact of a change on the herd before it is made. The result? Helping you dial into the correct blend of nutrients at the best cost – so that you can meet, or exceed, your goals.
Reacting with Real-Time Feedback
Optilac’s™ dynamic closed-loop feedback system gives your consultant insight into your current production by analyzing your on-farm forage data. This helps your consultant create a customized nutrition plan and identify the nutrients you need to balance your ration. Optilac™ continuously examines the nutrient quality of every ingredient from every supplier in the Cargill global nutrition network. This means your consultant knows in real-time that you’re getting the right nutrients for the right price.
The Power of Optilac™
The power of Optilac™ allows your Purina consultant to guide you towards a future of higher-quality milk, more profitable production, and an organized operation designed for anything the future throws at it.
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