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Karges received his Ph.D. in animal sciences from Oklahoma State University has been employed by Lallemand Animal Nutrition, North America as a technical services – ruminant team member since 2019.
Technical Services – Ruminant / Lallemand Animal Nutrition, North America
Many producers I’ve talked to seem interested – and exhausted – by the number of probiotic and prebiotic feed options. Yeasts, yeast derivatives, yeast cultures and dead yeast products often are called probiotics and prebiotics.
The management of receiving cattle continues to be a dogma that impacts the bottom line of the cattle-feeding industry. Currently, cattle producers are managing the health and productivity of newly received cattle to get them on feed as quick as possible.
The management of the transition dairy cow is often one of the more challenging times during the entire lactation cycle. If not properly managed, this phase can either set the cow up for success throughout the rest of the lactation cycle, or it could result in challenges in sustaining her genetic potential for production levels – especially in the latter phases of the lactation cycle.
Recent movement in the ethanol industry to extract some of the oil from the co-product distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) has grabbed the attention of the livestock feeding sector. With change comes opportunity and the dairy industry is poised to capitalize.
