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Dairy producers and nutritionists understand the value of highly digestible forages and their importance in helping drive high milk production in dairy cows.
With corn silage becoming more important to dairy rations and the dairy farm enterprise, it is critical to maximize energy from this crop. Highly digestible brown midrib (BMR) corn silage offers one tool to help maximize milk production on the dairy farm.
The goal of any trace mineral program is to provide adequate but non-toxic amounts of each trace mineral required by the animal. Even marginal deficiencies of certain trace minerals can reduce feed intake and milk production, impair reproduction and reduce the immune response, leading to increased disease susceptibility.
Conventional and organic dairy producers are seeking ways to add value to their product, and there is a growing consumer movement toward healthier foods. Adding flaxseed to a dairy cow’s diet may be a way to meet both those desires, according to André Fonseca de Brito.
Brito is a veterinarian, Ph.D. and assistant professor of organic dairy management at the University of New Hampshire.
Dairy producers across the country who feed BMR corn silage are building on 90 years of research and development.
BMR was first found as a naturally occurring gene mutation in dent corn in 1924 at the University of Minnesota – St. Paul. Leaves of BMR corn feature a distinct brownish-colored midrib vein.
Editor’s note: This is the second article in a three-part series.
Implementing biosecurity measures on a dairy requires time and money, but the cost of diseases, in terms of treatment, lost production and animal well-being, also impose significant costs.
I have written a series of articles comparing marriage to an Aztec battle where Hernando Cortéz and his army burned their boats to give themselves no escape. They must have victory or perish with the enemy.
Emission standards for off-road diesel engines are set in the U.S. by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The first off-highway diesel emissions standards began in 1996 with the implementation of Tier 1.
Since then, increasingly aggressive standards have continued to be implemented to limit the amount of pollutants being released into the atmosphere. Tier 4A requirements for the high-horsepower (above 175 HP) engines went into effect in 2011.
As this goes to print, a highly anticipated time of the year for many has come around again: hunting season. When I’m asked to describe western New York, I tell the person it’s hills and deer hunting. We don’t have the big white-tail racks found in the Corn Belt, but a mix of fields and woods supports a strong regional herd.
Why must they have elections two weeks before Thanksgiving? It’s what I like to call the fuse that starts the argument at Thanksgiving dinner. One rule about voting: Do it. That’s it. You have now received Tim Moffett’s entire political wisdom.
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