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Calf Starter

They grow up so fast – especially when you provide top-level nutrition day in and day out.

There’s a reason you bring an immense amount of passion to your work every day – because the payoff will be worth it.

And while those rewards aren’t as immediate with your calves and heifers, they’re not as far off as you think. You already know that healthy, mature heifers translate to more milk in lactation. With our expertise, we’ll provide world-class nutrition to your calves and make them profitable sooner. We’re always focused on identifying ways to improve calf immunity, rumen development, average daily gain and more – all so you can maximize your herd’s potential. To double birth weight in a shorter timeframe, choose Purina. Together, we’ll achieve results worth getting excited about.

Purina’s Calf Starter solutions were created with your needs in mind

  • Growth

  • Health

  • Palatability

  • Efficiency of Feed : Gain

  • Gut Development

  • Research Proven

Calves love Purina’s Stature Calf Starter

Watch as a new customer to Purina introduces Stature calf starter to his herd for the first time.

Palatability cannot be underscored. Starter intakes must be achieved in order to reap the ADG rewards.

STATURE Calf Starter

Purina’s Stature calf starter is an amino acid balanced formulation to start calves on an accelerated growth program. Built from our latest proprietary research, this calf starter contains several key features and benefits.

  • Amino acid formulation built from proprietary research
  • Contains an extruded particle and high starch for improved rumen development
  • Formulated with Zinpro® organic trace minerals to help immune system and bone development
  • Diamond V XPC™ to aid enteric health and rumen papillae development
  • Palatability-enhancing flavouring to encourage intake – Ask about medicated or proprietary Immutek+ options for this feed

Results Speak for Themselves

“We’ve trusted Stature for years now. For us it comes down to consistency. And to put it simply: the calves like it, and that has translated to great growth in our program.” – Morgon McMillan, Kingsway Farms

Purina’s EXTRUDED Technology

Calves fed starter containing extruded pellets gives them a clear advantage in regards to improved average daily gain.

This special milling process allows nutrients to be more available, therefore improving rumen papillae formations, and ultimately calf development

PRIMA Calf Starter

Purina’s Prima calf starter has been designed for traditional calf raising programs to be fed from birth into post-weaning. Built from our latest proprietary research, this starter feed contains several key features and benefits. 

  • Highly palatable economy starter
  • Available in various protein concentrations for all phases of growth
  • Balanced for digestible starch and fibre for rumen development and optimal growth
  • Unique mash cube texture for improved palatability and performance.

Purina’s MASH CUBE Technology

Calves fed starter containing mash cube pellets gives them a clear advantage in regards to improved average daily gain and efficient use of the feed consumed.

This special milling process ensures any corn in the feed is broken down to be in its most available form for the calf to utilize the full starch value while also simultaneously improving palatability and consumption.

The difference in calf growth and performance when we switched to Stature was so noticeable. Palatability cannot be beat, and at the 4-H show others asked about our calf program because the calves looked so good.

Speaking to Purina’s Stature

We started on Stature and it was obvious the gains. Our calves are sorted by age, and the calves started on Purina’s Stature caught up in height and weight to the pen ahead of them.

Steve and Aaron Henhoeffer, Spring Rose Farms

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