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Biography: Neil Tietz

Neil Tietz
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Neil Tietz has more than 38 years of experience in agricultural journalism, including work on The Farmer/The Dakota Farmer magazine, Dairy Herd Management, The Corn and Soybean Digest and Hay & Forage Grower. Neil has also served on an advisory committee to the University of Minnesota Department of Animal Science, and received the Minnesota Forage and Grassland Council Outstanding Service Award. Neil holds a degree from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls and is regarded as one of the best copy editors in the farm publishing business.

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The following items report on forage-related research recently presented by University experts at meetings across the country.

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Of Interest: Nutrition

GPS Collars Track Cattle On Range
By: Lee Farren In 1981, Doug Johnson began studying the way grazing animals move around their pastures. Twenty years later, he added a new twist. We started using GPS

Diet Corn Silage
By: by Rick Mooney Boosting corn silage levels in rations has proved to be a great strategy for pushing dairy heifer weights at calving to 1,300 lbs or more and age at first

Dry Distillers Grains Raise Digestibility, Feed Intake
Feeding a dry distillers grains supplement with smooth bromegrass increased total dry matter digestibility and feed intake, according to Iowa State University researchers

Nitrogen Helps Make Bermudagrass More Digestible
Nitrogen fertilizer can increase bermudagrass digestibility, according to a study by researchers at the USDA-ARS Coastal Plain Experiment Station, Tifton, GA

Ration-Balancing Challenges
By: by Fae Holin Because of $3.25-plus corn and despite high alfalfa hay prices, dairy producers will probably balance rations with more corn silage, high-quality hay

Distillers Gains
By: by Fae Holin If you've never fed distillers grains,high corn costs make this a good year to consider it, says David Schingoethe, South Dakota State University (SDSU)

Managing Monensin
By: by Michael F. Hutjens Extension Dairy Specialist University of Illinois, Urbana Adding monensin sodium, also known as Rumensin, to a milking ration can cost you 2-4/cow/day. But it will raise energy-corrected milk yield by 8-12/day