Items Tagged with 'digestible NDF'
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Several key nutrients to optimize maximum butterfat production and how your attitude can drive it.
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Rethinking ewe nutrition: Addressing concerns about alfalfa pellets
Pelleting may slightly affect rumen retention and fiber digestibility, but the overall nutritional loss is minimal and not biologically significant. Likewise, transitioning from late-gestation forage diets to alfalfa pellets is manageable with comparable fiber content.
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Challenges and nutritional opportunities during cold stress
As temperatures drop and cows’ nutritional requirements increase, producers should find ways to make sure their herds consume enough quality feed to maintain good health.
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Five ways to optimize a low-forage diet for success
When unforeseen circumstances like drought force the use of low-forage diets, honing the control points is key to optimizing success.
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Beyond the hybrid: Dietary factors in NDF digestibility
When considering what corn silage hybrids to purchase, remember that other factors can limit NDF digestion in the rumen, such as rumen pH, growth factors for fiber-digesting bacteria and antagonistic factors.
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Feed efficiency for natural cattle
Producers feeding all-natural cattle are generally unable to take advantage of ionophores and other antibiotics. However, there are all-natural, science-based solutions that maintain high feed efficiency in a natural feedlot environment.
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