Feed Evaluation
It is critical to understand the risks associated with unstable heating feed and take appropriate steps to minimize issues to maximize cow health and profitability.
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Strategies to overcome heat stress
Understanding heat stress, preparing for it and looking at options to alleviate it will help keep production steady this summer.
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Focus on feed hygiene for resilient cows
Steps to help minimize feed contamination on-farm and improve feed hygiene to limit a cow’s exposure to pathogens and toxins.
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Ensure your feed budget is used responsibly
As volatile markets push nutrient costs higher, consider diet options, market trends, ingredients and milk markets to manage your feed budget.
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Questions to ask your nutritionist given the current state of the dairy industry
Producers should ask themselves and their nutritionists how to be more efficient and handle supply chain disruptions given the present state of milk prices, supply chain issues and lower forage inventories.
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A better way than crude fiber
Distinguishing between neutral detergent fiber and acid detergent fiber can better predict how forages change nutritionally as they grow and mature.
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Feeding Mother Nature’s curveballs
Identifying and understanding feed variability and doing what you can to manage for it is key to keeping cows healthy and performing consistently at a high level.
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Feed efficiency and sustainability pivot on carbon management
Residual feed intake helps identify a measure of feed efficiency. The ration is balanced to animals in certain stages of lactation and determines how cows fed the diet should produce at a certain level.
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Could mycotoxins be robbing your herd of better performance?
Common herd health challenges associated with mycotoxins.
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The new dairy NRC: New thoughts on dairy nutrition
A review of the more significant changes to dry matter intake, amino acids, protein, energy, minerals and vitamins in the new dairy NRC.
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