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Taking small steps like monitoring mixed accuracy, evaluating tolerance limits and maintaining an appropriate sampling schedule on-farm can help improve feed consistency.
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Understanding protein fractions on a forage report
If we understand the protein fractions within our forages, we can ensure livestock requirements are met and improve performance.
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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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Feeding cows during challenging milk prices
This summer there has been a notable discrepancy in milk pricing between Class III and IV. Now is the time to consider strategies for maximizing efficiency and avoiding extra feed costs.
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Interpreting your forage analysis
Consideration to “price per nutrient” should be at the forefront when purchasing feed. Understanding a forage analysis is an essential step in determining that number.
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More to milkfat than meets the eye
Milkfat can be an important marker for rumen health and production efficiency.
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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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Dietary fiber or ruminant fiber?
Hay is a staple in dietary fibers of the ruminant diet, and understanding fibers is crucial to understanding ruminant nutrition.
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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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