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Kara Ortega

Kara Ortega

Western USA Territory Manager / Jefo Nutrition Inc.
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One size does not fit all: How Jerseys are not small Holsteins

Jerseys have their own requirements and different nutritional challenges that we must consider when formulating rations.
June 11, 2024
Kara Ortega and Victoria Asselstine

Jerseys have their own requirements and different nutritional challenges that we must consider when formulating rations.



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What’s the story behind down-regulated lignin alfalfa varieties?

February 28, 2017
Ed DePeters, Dan Putnam, Girma Getachew, and Kara Ortega
At University of California – Davis, we have been studying the digestion characteristics of a down-regulated lignin alfalfa variety.
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