Articles Tagged with ''feed intake''
Heat stress in summer can lead to problems even in fall and winter.
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Reducing feed cost checklist
Lower feed costs by evaluating ingredient shrink, testing forages and ingredients, reviewing bunks, managing refusals, calculating weighbacks and auditing feed pushups with a camera.
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The sweet secret to surviving the new SNF-BF quota ratios
Increasing butterfat in the herd through sugar supplementation can increase fibre intake while decreasing feed sorting.
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The role of essential oils in cattle feeding and nutrition programs
With ionophore products facing increased scrutiny from the consuming public, essential oils are getting a hard look from many beef cattle producers and researchers to gauge their nutritional effectiveness.
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Haanstras define success with brave decisions
Placement of the transition barn and a feed kitchen are just two unique aspects of the Haanstra dairy.
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Feedbunk management: Access to uniformly mixed feed 24 hours a day
Marginal milk opportunity can be found in perfectly formulated rations with stable forages adjusted for dry matter and 1% refusals.
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What is your dry cow program costing you?
A keen awareness of straw chop length, moisture content and feed frequency in your dry cow program can make a difference in post-fresh transitions.
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Four hurdles of trace mineral nutrition in the close-up dry cow
Four major hurdles that must be addressed for micro-minerals in the close-up dry cow are intake, absorption, excretion and antagonism.
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What does feeding behaviour tell us and how can we use it to optimize nutrition management?
Beyond diet, how cows eat is major factor influencing cow health, efficiency and productivity, which means optimizing nutrition also requires an understanding of cow feeding behaviour.
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