Yasmin Schuermann

The role of phytochemicals during the transition period

How plants – more specifically phytochemicals – can help our heifers and cows conquer that daunting transition period and come out on top.

June 13, 2024

Yasmin Schuermann

If we consider how plants can help our heifers and cows conquer that daunting transition period, there may be more than simply forages, in terms of plants, to consider. Let us dig into the world of phytochemicals.

Faites une place au foin dans l’alimentation à la ferme!

Un regard détaillé sur le foin sec et ses propriétés nutritionnelles comme source alternative de fourrage dans les programmes alimentaires de votre ferme.

August 8, 2022

Florence G. Larochelle and Yasmin Schuermann

Hay … don’t forget about me

April 4, 2022

Florence G. Larochelle and Yasmin Schuermann

In the last decade, there has been a trend toward adding straw to nutritional programs as a strategy to manage energy density, increase rumen fill, slow the rate of passage of feed from the rumen or increase the level of effective fibre for enhanced rumination.

It’s not easy getting older: Heifers versus lactating dairy cows as they transition

September 29, 2017

Raj Duggavathi and Yasmin Schuermann

The dairy cow is quite an extraordinary creature. Time and time again the record for highest milk production is broken, most recently by My Gold from Ever-Green-View Farms in Wisconsin with a mind-boggling 77,480 pounds (35,144 kilograms) of milk produced in a 365-day period.

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The role of phytochemicals during the transition period

Faites une place au foin dans l’alimentation à la ferme!

Hay … don’t forget about me

It’s not easy getting older: Heifers versus lactating dairy cows as they transition

How daily decisions shape long-term herd performance

[Webinar] Dairy Market Update June 2026: Protect What You've Built Before July 1

Another summer of water worries

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