Adapt your feeding strategies to summer conditions
In addition to cooling, shade and ventilation, strategic adjustments to diet formulation and feeding management can help cows to better cope with extreme weather conditions.
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Farm safety reminders
One of the biggest dangers with machinery is the chance of entanglement from the PTO shaft.
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Enhance reproductive performance
Certain nutritional approaches can help set a foundation for better reproductive health.
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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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20 percent distillers OK for lactating cows
According to South Dakota State University research, distillers grains can comprise up to 20 percent of lactating-cow diets, without hurting milk production.
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4-State Dairy Nutrition & Management Conference on tap
Mark your calendar for June 13-14 at the Grand River Center in Dubuque, Iowa. A variety of topics on nutrition and management are planned.
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Water analysis: Get a good sample first
An accurate water analysis begins with proper water sampling. Here are some recommendations for taking a water sample.
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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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Three things you must know about starch
Starch content in a ration can be evaluated in three different ways: crude starch, fecal starch or rumen degradable starch.
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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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