Feed expenditures are the single-largest operating expense, accounting for 45 to 50 percent of total production costs in your dairy business.
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Each year molds and mycotoxins leave a major economic impact on the dairy industry, and despite advances in analysis of these toxic metabolites produced by molds, they still prove to be difficult to measure and quantify.
As temperatures rise, feed intake in dairy cattle tends to decline.
Growing conditions have a significant impact on the nutritional value of corn silage, and though growers can’t change Mother Nature, they can be prepared and make adjustments during harvest that can have a positive outcome for their crop.
With the harvesting of corn silage rapidly approaching, a review of the processes involved in making quality corn silage is probably warranted.
These days, whenever you read or discuss an article about dairy cows, the issue of cow comfort is sure to come up.
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