“We just celebrated 10 years as a company,” says CEO Jim Blome. “And we showed that in 15 months we pioneered a regulatory path, launched a product, and took it all the way from the grower to the food company.”
As farmers throughout the country experienced record-cold temperatures, blizzards that seemed to last weeks rather than days, and unrelenting wind, many fed more hay than they usually do.
As premiums for milk quality continue to erode across the country, some dairy farmers wonder why they should bother to shoot for ever lower somatic cells counts (SCCs).
China has become to dominate foreign buyer in alfalfa hay purchasing 1 of every 2 metric tons of alfalfa hay and 1 in 4 metric tons of all hay products shipped overseas.
Obtaining the most efficient use of feed nutrients is essential for profitability on dairy farms. Optimum efficiency of nutrient conversion into milk and milk components occurs when both the nutrient requirements of the cow and rumen microbes are met and in synchrony.
