Over-Winter Pad Material

Also produced from wood residues, this chip is screened to +30mm and is used for outdoor cattle enclosures. Installing an outdoor woodchip pad has in recent times been seen as a radical yet old fashioned answer to the problems associated with animal welfare and the cost of rearing stock in houses.

 Benefits

  •  Low initial capital cost
  • Low annual maintenance cost
  • Eliminates the cost and labour of straw bedding
  • Chip is free draining yet soft and comfortable for stock to lay on
  • Studies to date have shown increases in weight, reproduction and overall animal health
  • Reduced poaching of grassland, which in turn provides more spring grass and a healthier environment for livestock