Ration Management
Feeding drought-damaged corn to livestock
High temperatures and sustained drought have resulted in severe damage to many corn fields, which now are unlikely to produce economic grain yields.
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Dry weather increases potential for high-ash forages
Higher than normal ash levels in forage from soil contamination can cause significant challenges when balancing diets for lactating dairy cows.
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Advice on achieving high-forage rations
There is little room for error when harvesting and ensiling forage destined for use in high-forage diets.
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New training video helps producers sample hay
SDSU Extension recently released a new training video to help producers correctly sample hay to get a clear picture of its nutritional value.
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Improve the accuracy of your feeding program
Here are three ways to optimize your feeding program and improve your income over feed cost.
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Video series gives livestock producers access to grazing school
A new video series produced by Ohio State University educators offers livestock producers detailed information about a wide variety of grazing management techniques taught by OSU Extension livestock and forage experts.
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Manage corn silage starch digestibility
Routinely test your corn silage to account for changes in starch digestibility. What you're feeding today is not what you were feeding last fall.
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Watch grazing systems closely
Management is critical to effectively manage early-season forage growth.
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Podcast covers forage maturity
Learn about forage maturity and its role in forage quality in the latest Purdue Dairy Digest.
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Forage test results defined
An extension educator explains what the abbreviations in a forage test mean and steps involved in taking a proper hay sample.
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Advice on proper hay sampling
Proper hay sampling holds the key to accurate forage testing. Use these procedures to reduce variation during sampling.
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