Tips for testing your forages

Dave Taysom of Dairyland Laboratories based in Acadia, Wis., shares tips on testing your forages for optimal ration formulation.

• Be proactive in testing forages.
• Test forages harvested in 2009 for mycotoxins.
• Test forages and feeds when moving to a new bag or bunk.
• Feed high-quality forages to fresh- and high-producing cows.
• Forages can vary in potassium levels for several reasons, so forage testing is critical.

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