“The country out here is phosphorus deficient, so we were feeding dry lick,” says Jack Reddan, who manages the farm with his parents and his wife Bianca. “But we were struggling to feed enough lick to keep up with the cattle’s nutrition needs.”  

Jack was aware that his operation was losing production efficiency “because some animals were eating too much lick, some too little, and some not at all”.  

There was also the problem of timing. “We would usually only start supplementing when it started to dry out and we noticed deterioration in our cattle,” says Jack. “But by then, it’s too late and it takes a lot to get cattle back to the weight they were.”  

On top of this, Jack was battling salt deficiency in his cattle. “We ended up having dry lick out that was 20-30 percent salt, which was costing us a lot more than it should have.” 

On the lookout for a solution, Jack’s father heard about DIT AgTech’s water supplementation technology, and the family decided to give the uDOSE systems a go.  

DIT AgTech’s uDOSE systems automatically inject liquid supplements into livestock drinking water. In this way, the system eliminates many problems associated with dry lick, including inconsistent intake, inability to measure how much lick cattle are consuming, manual labour, and the wear on vehicles. 

With a uDOSE system, the supplement dosage rate is consistent, safe and predetermined to suit livestock nutrition requirements and the operation’s productivity goals. 

After a consultation, the DIT AgTech team installed three uDOSE systems on Jack’s main property. “There was a massive dust storm that day, but we still got the systems up and running,” Jack recalls.

Jack is currently in the process of expanding his operation. “Bianca and I would like to grow our business and take on more.” The Reddan family have leased another property south of Roma and will be adding a uDOSE system on that site too, to cater for the expanding herd. 

“I couldn’t be happier with the results we’ve seen from the uDOSE units we have on our farm,” says Jack. “If your cattle are healthier, they can put more into themselves and their calves and at the end of the day, that pays you more. It’s all about consistency; everyone wants to eat consistent products.”  

DIT AgTech has been a game changer for the Reddan family’s operation. “The systems make supplementing extremely safe and effective,” says Jack, “and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend the uDOSE system to other farmers.”