Feed Ingredients
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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2023’s hottest new technologies earn Nexus Innovation Awards
One of the award winners requires zero wires to work, another can separate corn stover from corn silage after it's been in the pile, yet another inhibits pathogen growth in recycled manure solids, one can tell you how much water and how often your cows drink, and the final winner uses a smell-masking technology to bring a product back into service last offered in the 1980s that increases energy-corrected milk production.
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Supporting heat stress mitigation with feed management practices
Water availability, diet composition and feed management can reduce the risks of heat stress, which minimizes health and production losses.
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The unseen shrink in your dairy ration
Vitamin degradation can be an unseen form of shrink in your dairy ration. Increasing the supplemental levels of fat-soluble vitamins can improve cow health and performance.
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Five steps to success with cottonseed
Choosing how much cottonseed to feed – along with buying, sourcing, receiving and mixing – are all important items to keep in mind when utilizing cottonseed in a ration.
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Mitigating heat stress effects with EPA/DHA omega-3
Review your management and nutrition practices through the lens of reducing inflammation to recapture glucose for the mammary gland and improve cow health.
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Nutrition’s role in udder and systemic health
Nutrition and animal health are “joined at the hip.” Udder health is highly dependent on nutrition, and specific nutrients work to support the immune system as well as reproduction.
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Penn State methane-reducing feed additive research
Research studies with dairy cows at Pennsylvania State University showed that daily enteric methane emissions were decreased 28% by methane inhibitor 3-nitrooxypropanol (3-NOP).
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Feed additive evaluation tool for enteric methane mitigation gets thumbs up in beta test
Dairy value chain stakeholders test a tool to help farmers, their advisers and supply chain stakeholders make informed decisions about using feed additives to reduce enteric methane emissions and carbon footprint.
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Make bad bugs die and good ones prosper
With bacillus products, producers can feed cows to be more resilient as well as overcome health and stress challenges.
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