Dairy Nutrition
Each Memorial Day weekend, a winning tradition unfolds in the midsection of the country. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway has a packed weekend, but what happens at the very end is what really gains the most attention.
Navigating social, environmental and economic issues facing dairy businesses in a world shifting from COVID-19 restrictions took center stage at the 2022 Dairy Sustainability Alliance® Spring Meeting, held May 18-19.
A more traditional approach to feeding ration elements separately could help address concerns related to overhead costs, labor shortages, and fuel usage.
Its name sounds like something that belongs in the pages of a Dr. Seuss book. But festulolium actually is a highly useful hybrid forage grass – the result of a cross between fescue grass and ryegrass.
The most important number to review on a forage analysis is the ADF or NDF content of a forage on a dry matter basis, not crude protein.
Analysts predict the possibility of $10.00/bu. corn in the coming year is not out of the question.
It is important to know that the success of the entire production will be based on determining a proper date to cut for the highest yield and quality.
Each Memorial Day weekend, a winning tradition unfolds in the midsection of the country. At the end of the biggest motorsports event in the world, all eyes will be on the winner’s circle of the Indianapolis 500.
Milk prices have soared and producers are looking at each line of the milk check to learn just what the money maker is. The takeaway is that strong component prices easily help drive that price per hundredweight up.
Maternal colostrum is often considered nature’s “perfect food.” But does this “free” resource help calves achieve passive immunity as reliably as the guaranteed ingredients in a bag of colostrum replacer?
Learn how two Ontario dairy farmers stretch their forage acres by sandwiching rye in between regular-season no-till crops.
Michigan dairy farmer, Ashley Kennedy, grabbed the opportunity to have a front-seat voice to testify at the Senate Agriculture Committee’s first hearing committed to the upcoming Farm Bill.
The demand for dairy is evident and the current robust milk futures market has taken notice. Mike North talks about the dynamic dairy market that both the domestic and global demand for U.S. dairy has created.
A high incidence of sole ulcers in a dairy herd is probably not the fault of the ration.
Lower hay supplies and to potential for lower acres and lower production this year could increase hay prices significantly.
Most early lactation high producing cows are in negative energy balance because the demand for energy exceeds the energy the cow is able to consume.
Most research recommends 5-7% sugar as an upper limit. However, cows can certainly handle lots of sugar in the diet.
Despite the U.S. winning its first challenge over dairy with the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement agreement in January, Secretary of Agriculture said he is not satisfied with the market access into Canada for dairy products.
Not long ago, New York City’s mayor Eric Adams was attempting to ban chocolate milk from being served in NYC public schools. Now he is backing off this proposition and turning his attention elsewhere causing pushback.
Farmers are the original recyclers, and a company called repurposedMATERIALS is matching creative users with expired industrial products that otherwise would be headed for the landfill.
With the return of whole milk back into schools sailing through the House, things are looking up in Pennsylvania. If passed by the Senate, schools in the state could serve whole milk and 2% milk to students.
Putting up wetter forages as fermented baleage has definite feed-value and harvest-efficiency advantages. But rats and mice love baleage as much as cows do, especially if it contains grain.
About one-fourth of the energy for milk production in high-producing dairy cows comes from digested fiber. But fiber comes in many different packages.
Narrow profit margins mean there’s no room for error when it comes to planting corn silage seed this spring.
Nearly a year ago, dairy farmer Jamie Bansen received alarming news that the creamery her family ships milk to was on fire. Thankfully the McMinnville, Ore., creamery has since dusted off the ashes and began rebuilding.
If any lessons were learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, it was how to walk on a tightrope while juggling various obstacles. Dairy CEOs spoke about how they managed challenges the last several years at IDFA Dairy Forum.
Simple mathematics doesn’t always add up. For example, producers get a higher milk check and then they pay all the bills. Now, factor in rising inflation, and a profit at the end of the month isn’t always guaranteed.
Krysta Harden, President and CEO of the U.S. Dairy Export Council, today called on Congress and the administration to support a number of specific policy proposals that will help grow U.S. dairy exports.
In the quest to find alternatives to antibiotics to fight disease in dairy calves, essential oils are the subject of a growing body of calf health research.
When dairy farmer Nate Chittenden learned that NYC’s mayor wants to ban chocolate milk in schools, he shook his head. Another politician pushing an agenda, but this time it touched home.