Trace minerals are the minerals required in small quantities, normally added in milligrams or micrograms to dairy cow diets. Required trace minerals include cobalt, copper, iodine, manganese, selenium and zinc.

Focus on optimizing MUN through sugar supplementation to enhance production and animal performance and reduce protein feed waste and nitrogen excretion.

Without rubbing salt in the wound, we all know fall is not easy for a farm’s cash flow. Milk cheques are often at their lowest at the end of summer, and field crops consume a lot of cash flow during this time as well, making autumn a difficult time of year.

Protein and amino acids are important parts of the cow’s ration. Meeting the cow’s requirements without oversupplying these nutrients ensures three things: optimum productivity, best-cost rations and sustainable rations.