Silage – Who’s in Charge?
In my consultancy work, when I’ve criticised silage for a variety of reasons, invariably, someone or something is to blame, be it contractors, workers or whoever/whatever. Continue reading
Author Archives: John Lyne
Hedging Our Forage Production
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July at Dairytech Nutrition is Feed Budget month. In July each year we collate monthly ration analysis onto a spreadsheet we aptly term a ‘Feed Budget Post-Mortem’. Continue reading →
From Calf To Springing Heifer
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“As an industry, people need to talk about metabolisable energy and protein intake and status relative to maintenance and stop talking about bottles, buckets, kilograms and grams of dry matter, milk, milk replacer etc” Mike Van Amburgh – Professor Animal Science, Cornell University Continue reading →
Butterfat
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Although yet to have an impact on Australian milk prices, butter is the new superfood on global markets after about 50 years as the most vilified food in history. Continue reading →
Water & Calf Grain
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These two go hand-in-hand. Their intake ratio is 1:1. Greater water intake increases grain intake both while on milk and post-weaning. Continue reading →
Amino Acids
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In the year 2000 I was withdrawing from daily running of a dairy farm. I thought I was old enough to avoid learning how to use a computer! I now find myself emerged in amino acid nutrition which I also thought I could let pass by. Continue reading →
Negative energy balance in newborn calves?
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Yes! We’re all aware of negative energy balance in fresh cows, and its devastation to health and fertility, but unheard of, well, at least never discussed, in the first week of the calf’s life. Continue reading →
Fertility Protocol
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Fertility is perhaps the most vexing problem dairy farmers face: and for many, possibly the most costly. Vexing; because it is the most multifaceted issue in dairy production. Fertility is ranked equal with feed intake as a driver of profit. Continue reading →
Sub-clinical Milk Fever & Ketosis (The silent thieves of profit)
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Worse than a second mortgage – we can see the damage this one does on monthly bank statements. Continue reading →
Scours is the end result, but what was the cause?
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Not knowing the cause of calf scours certainly limits our approach to reducing the problem. Continue reading →