Look At Lignin
Low-quality feeds such as straw cool off hot rations because of what they contain digestible and indigestible fiber, say two dairy nutrition experts....
Milk2000 Gets A Makeover
A spreadsheet that helps scientists, nutritionists and producers predict corn silage hybrid performance has been retooled. Milk2006 is more closely related...
Model Rations
Mike Hutjens thinks dairymen and their nutritionists should be using computer programs that do more than spit out balanced diets. He's excited about ration...
Rationing Straw
Adding straw to dairy rations may help or hurt your herd's milk production. That's according to several dairy nutrition experts who have studied what's...
Second Corn Harvest
When Randy Shaver fields questions from dairy producers about ensiled cornstalks, he often refers them to the Koepke family. There's a real interest in...
Texas Dairies Want Small-Grain Silage
Texas Panhandle dairymen are looking for growers to produce wheat or triticale silage, say two Texas Cooperative Exten-sion specialists....
NDFD Dilemma
Jim Linn and Dave Mertens believe NDF digestibility (NDFD) testing can be a helpful tool for monitoring forage quality in dairy rations. But their data...
New Test Measures Starch Digestibility
A new laboratory test measures the amount of starch that rumen fluid digests in 12 hours. The test can be used to analyze samples of corn silage, high-moisture...
Non-Forage Fiber May Depress Fat
Forages may promote better rumen function than non-forage fiber sources such as distillers' grain. In a South Dakota State University study, cows were...
Preservative May Aid Wet Distillers' Grain
Treating wet distillers' grain with a preservative improved intake but not milk production in a South Dakota State University experiment. The trial compared...
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