Ration Management
Tri-State Dairy Nutrition Conference coming up
The conference will be held April 24-25 in Fort Wayne, Ind. Presentations will focus on nutrition and animal health, milk components, forage management and current issues.
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Get answers about corn shredlage
Corn shredlage is a new method of harvesting whole-plant corn for silage that has been receiving a lot of interest lately. Learn answers to some frequently asked questions about this process.
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Florida nutrition symposium proceedings available
Tap into what the experts had to say recently about forage digestibility, amino acid balancing, rumen fermentation and more.
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"Cow College" materials online
A wide range of nutrition topics was presented at the recent Virginia State Feed Association & Nutritional Management “Cow College.” Now you can browse the papers and slides from your computer.
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Free Webcast: BMR corn silage webinar
Dairy Herd Management is presenting a FREE one hour webinar on the impact of BMR corn on dairy profitability.
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Forage decision-making worksheet available
The "Corn Silage: Hay Economics Calculator" is intended to help dairy producers make economical forage decisions.
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Forage quality, feed costs and financials
If you missed it, you can still listen to the audio recording of a Penn State conference call that focused on these topics.
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Tips for feeding low-forage diets
Forage alternatives can replace a large fraction of forage in the diet. However, keep these considerations in mind when reducing the forage content of lactating-cow diets.
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Nutrition resources in Spanish
Several nutrition resources that have been translated into Spanish are available at the Penn State Dairy Cattle Nutrition web site.
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Fact sheet on MUN and ammonia emissions
Milk urea nitrogen is used as a measure of feed protein efficiency, but can also be used to measure the extent of ammonia emissions, according to research in a fact sheet from the U.S. Dairy Forage Resource Center.
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Get the facts on grass forages and magnesium
A new fact sheet, entitled “Grass Forages and Magnesium Status of Dairy Cattle,” is available from the University of Wisconsin – Extension forage team.
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