As we look back over the last six months, it becomes abundantly clear there is need for change in our dairy farming philosophy and practices. Continue reading
Considerable research funds have been directed and heat stress in dairy cows in the Northern Hemisphere in recent years. Continue reading
The term anti-nutrition may sound absurd; however, there are numerous mycotoxins in dairy feeds that do cause anti-nutrition by decreasing both the feeds capacity to convert efficiently to milk, and the cow’s capacity to efficiently convert feed to milk. Continue reading
The Four Functions of the Rumen Continue reading
As dairy science’s focus has shifted from lactation nutrition, to transition nutrition, both with major implications to lactation performance and fertility, more recent research has discovered very significant gains in lifetime productivity from birth through the growing heifer phase. Continue reading
Field conditions and handling can affect inoculant bacteria’s usefulness in silage fermentation. Continue reading
We all dream of that boom spring when we get follow up rains, excellent regrowth and second cuts. No more so than this year following the milk price horror of 2016. Continue reading
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
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
“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
