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Sarah Daugherty

Sarah Daugherty

Sarah Daugherty has a master's degree in animal nutrition.She has nine years of experience in dairy nutrition and management consulting and is the owner of Daugherty Consulting, LLC as an independent agent of GPS Dairy Consulting, LLC.

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The language of nutrition: TTNDFd (Total tract neutral detergent fiber digestibility)

June 11, 2015
Sarah Daugherty
In layman’s terms, what does TTNDFd mean? Total tract neutral detergent fiber digestibility (TTNDFd) is a measure of the extent and speed of fiber digestion throughout the entire tract of a high-producing dairy cow, taking into account the overall rate of passage of fiber through the digestive tract.
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Dairywomen no longer have to ‘prove’ themselves

November 20, 2013
Sarah Daugherty
“Whatever women do, they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good.” This quote was one that hung on my bulletin board in college as I studied animal science, preparing to enter the world of dairy cattle nutrition.
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Feed software: Using reports to improve the feeding program

September 20, 2013
Sarah Daugherty
Feed software programs have recently become more widely implemented and are utilized to gather and evaluate a tremendous amount of feeding-related information.
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Getting started: Forage yield vs. forage usage

July 19, 2013
Sarah Daugherty
The 2012 growing season was rightly declared a disaster, creating extremely tight forage inventories for many dairies. We spent last winter monitoring the piles, bunkers and bags of feed in hopes of an early spring. Unfortunately, in many areas, a wet spring has caused delays both in harvesting first-crop haylage and in getting corn planted.
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