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Articles by Cliff Ocker

The fermentation shrink endgame

July 9, 2021
Cliff Ocker
Every year, fermentation shrink, or forage dry matter (DM) loss, robs farms’ feed inventory without leaving a trace. Poof, tonnage fed comes out short of tonnage stored. Maintaining valuable nutrient content for feedout is a constant battle with the variables that lay waste to ensiled feeds.
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Nitrate concentrates

Avoiding excessive nitrate concentrations

February 1, 2021
Cliff Ocker and Dustin Sawyer

Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen – known colloquially as CHON – are the four elements that form the building blocks of all life. Without CHON, fundamental elements such as water, protein and even DNA simply would not exist.


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