Case Study http://www.dairyherd.com/nutritionist-network/case-study RSS Feed for Case Study en-us Wed, 15 May 2013 18:00:02 GMT On-farm feeding trials show benefit of essential fatty acids http://www.dairyherd.com/nutritionist-network/case-study/On-farm-feeding-trials-show-benefit-of-essential-fatty-acids-207421461.html A dairy producer in western New York State wondered how he could improve the immune function in his early-lactation cows. Get back to basics http://www.dairyherd.com/nutritionist-network/case-study/Get-back-to-basics-203394531.html The owners of a 2,500-cow dairy in the Southwest were frustrated over low milk production. 'We have just been kicking butt' http://www.dairyherd.com/nutritionist-network/case-study/We-have-just-been-kicking-butt-197986321.html The farm was in big financial trouble when Jason Brixey was called in to help. Nearly a year later, things have improved considerably. Yes, there was more milk in those cows http://www.dairyherd.com/nutritionist-network/case-study/Yes-there-was-more-milk-in-those-cows-191012661.html A North Carolina mixed breed herd ― part Jersey, part Holstein and part Jersey-Holstein cross ― expanded from approximately 300 cows in the milking herd to 840. Instant feedback for nutritionists! http://www.dairyherd.com/nutritionist-network/case-study/Instant-feedback-for-nutritionists-186940721.html The cows at a Wisconsin dairy were sorting through the feed aggressively enough that you could see obvious “holes” along the feed bunk. A hidden opportunity (or do sweat the small stuff) http://www.dairyherd.com/nutritionist-network/case-study/A-hidden-opportunity-or-do-sweat-the-small-stuff-184098751.html As consultants, the walk-around is a part of our routine. Among other things, we classically evaluate execution by observing the mixing of a TMR load, but there are details that may escape the eye. Finding opportunities in a herd whose milk production had stalled http://www.dairyherd.com/nutritionist-network/case-study/Finding-opportunities-in-a-herd-whose-milk-production-had-stalled-179161561.html It was a well-managed herd. Cow comfort was good; the forages good; the herd average a respectable 78 pounds. He didn’t just accept an increase in milk yield, he verified it http://www.dairyherd.com/nutritionist-network/case-study/He-didnt-just-accept-an-increase-in-milk-yield-he-verified-it---174781921.html A dairyman in eastern New Mexico had been buying milo from one of the local grain elevators. He bought it whole rather than steam-flaked because he had a grinder at his farm, and by grinding his own he was able to save in the neighborhood of $20 per ton. TMR-D for measuring digestion http://www.dairyherd.com/nutritionist-network/case-study/TMR-D-for-measuring-digestion--174776651.html Energy for gains or milk production hinges on TMR Total Digestible Nutrient (TDN). Nutritionists measure feed nutrient contents then multiply by predicted digestibilities to predict TDN. Hot topic: Organic matter digestibility and how to measure it http://www.dairyherd.com/nutritionist-network/case-study/Hot-topic-Organic-matter-digestibility-and-how-to-measure-it-170505876.html New lab techniques are making it easier (and more accurate) to predict ration quality and dairy cow performance.