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Rules, rules, rules. Use only low-potassium forages, don’t feed buffers, feed lots of wheat straw, chop straw to 1-inch particle size, thoroughly blend all ration ingredients into a TMR, move cows onto the pre-fresh diet 21 days before calving, check urine pH for a minimum of eight cows, at four to six hours after feeding, every week.
When it comes to perfecting the pre-fresh diet for transition cows, it’s all about getting the recipe right. But, recipes are more than just the nutritional ingredients. A recipe includes all of the ingredients plus the steps to prepare it, evaluation of the final product and the results delivered.
