"Cow College" materials online

Slides and papers from the recent Virginia State Feed Association & Nutritional Management “Cow College” are now available online.

Topics include: feeding program management, feed and forage analysis, feed quality control, starch digestibility, TMR audits, impact of genomics on dairy cattle breeding, water quality, environmental issues and managing group-fed calves. The program also featured a look at the feeding programs and feed management software of three dairy operations.

Click here to access the materials.

Source: Virginia Tech Dairy Extension

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