Non-traditional forages will be finding their way into summer and fall feeding programs. Here’s help in managing them.
U.S. cotton production will likely drop 19 percent.
The mobile app features an easy to use heat stress calculator for inputting the current temperature and humidity readings.
Why do cows eat less when they’re hot? Try eating a bowl of Cheerios when you’re breathing 120 times/minute.
The rewards of brown midrib varieties are feed-cost savings and higher milk production.
Dollars and Sense contributors describe Nutrition & Forages
Improving transition cow health should focus on strategies for reinforcing the cow’s innate immune system, while also limiting environmental and management stressors.
The Pioneer Silage Zone®Resource Manual covers planting, growing, harvesting, storing and feeding.
It’s not just about feeding a higher volume of milk or milk replacer.
Revamped website includes resources for members of the dairy industry and milk facts for consumers.
Monitor these key areas to verify how your cows are responding to their feeding program.
We should shift some of our attention from total fat to the composition of fatty acids in milk.
Feed cost is reduced $165 per day by feeding three different rations instead of one ration to all cows.
Canola is a viable replacement for soybean meal, cottonseed meal, distillers grains or other protein supplements.
Until recently, no one suspected potassium deficiency in lactating cows except maybe during periods of heat stress
The tighter we program diets, the more important is the information that we base the programs on.
Kellogg’s will feature milk and breakfast side-panel messaging on 50 million cereal boxes.
Dry soils tie up potassium in between clay layers, making it unavailable to growing crops.
In Wisconsin trials, snaplage yields ranged from 6 to 7 tons/a with starch content ranging from about 60% to 66%.
El potasio(K)es un catión, o mineral cargado positivamente, requerido para desarrollar muchas funciones fisiológicas (balance ácido-base, balance osmótico, contracción muscular, metabolismo de carbohidratos y proteínas).
The new TruMoo product, which hit shelves in January 2013, has 40% less sugar than its previous formula.
Their milk contains more omega-3 fatty acids and less saturated fat.
Normal feed losses are 8%, and can be even higher without proper management.
University of Illinois offers classes on dairy nutrition and milk quality in January. Register now.
The nutrient value of both sunflower and cottonseed meal is comparable to soybean meal.
La sequia, con los resultantes altos precios del alimento, tiene a los productores de leche y a los nutricionistas a mal traer en la búsqueda de alimentos y de bajos costos para alimentar a las vacas.
Herbicide restrictions may prohibit their use as feed.