The EuroTier Innovation Awards recognize the most innovative products in the animal livestock and management industry. The Silver Medal is awarded to products that demonstrate significant improvements in functionality, efficiency and sustainability. Zinpro IsoFerm was recognized for its groundbreaking approach to enhancing animal nutrition and performance.
“We are honored to receive this recognition from EuroTier,” said Justin Howes, Ruminant Senior Global Marketing Manager at Zinpro. “Zinpro IsoFerm represents our commitment to advancing animal performance by pioneering technology that is reshaping dairy nutrition. This award is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our team.”
Zinpro IsoFerm is a proprietary blend of branched-chain volatile fatty acids (BCVFAs or isoacids) that are naturally used by the rumen microbes to make microbial protein and energy. It’s a breakthrough product that improves fermentation by feeding the fiber-digesting bacteria in the rumen, allowing cows to be more efficient and productive. Isoacids have been recognized as required nutrients for decades, but supplementation in deficient diets was impossible until now.
Some specific benefits include:
- Superior Transition Cow Performance: Through enhanced liver function in early lactation, cows experience reduced body weight loss, lower ketosis and greater glucose production.
- Increased Milk Production: By improving fermentation, Zinpro IsoFerm helps cows produce more milk with fewer resources, consistently achieving 10-12% higher peak milk production.
- Improved Feed Efficiency: It enhances the natural rumen function, fueling fiber digestion and protein utilization, often with less dry matter intake, resulting in greater feed efficiency.
- Enhanced Farm Efficiency: The improvements in feed and production efficiency contribute to greater farm efficiency, leading to higher income over feed costs and an improved bottom line.
- Environmental Sustainability: The advancements in efficiency and productivity from Zinpro IsoFerm also drive operational and environmental sustainability.
Customers and dairy producers implementing Zinpro IsoFerm are seeing productivity and financial benefits in their operations.
"It's just nice to come in the parlor in the morning and see our cows full of milk. I love it because it means I'm breeding my cows to the potential that they have now. And by using Zinpro IsoFerm it's really released that potential in them,” says Pippa Tudor, Hallon Farm.
Pete Davis, owner and nutritionist at Cows 24-7 says, “We’re just not getting transition disease and we’re getting healthy cows coming through. It’s increasing our pregnancy rate which is up about 3½ percentage points.”
The innovation award will be officially presented at the EuroTier event on November 12, 2024. Tim Horne, Zinpro Regional Manager for Europe and South Africa says, “Our team is thrilled about receiving the silver medal for innovation and we are eager to welcome EuroTier visitors to our booth where we’ll showcase Zinpro IsoFerm and many other Zinpro product offerings.”
About Zinpro
For more than 53 years, Zinpro has improved the health and wellbeing of both animals and people as a pioneer in the research and development of performance trace minerals and innovative nutritional solutions. As a family-owned, privately held company, our steady growth can be attributed to employing a world-class team of experts, manufacturing quality products and our steadfast commitment to helping our customers advance the health and performance of their animals. With products marketed in more than 70 countries worldwide, Zinpro is the global leader in advancing animal performance through greater nutrition and is dedicated to creating smarter practices for a better, more sustainable world. To learn more visit zinpro.com.
