Keep Corn Silage, Oxygen Apart
Minimizing oxygen exposure to corn silage stored in bunkers is key to maintaining feed quality, says Chuck Schwartau, an educator with the University...
Sorting Things Out
Cows may separate long hay in TMRs No doubt about it: Dry hay delivered in a properly balanced total mixed ration (TMR) can be a dairy cow's best friend,...
Spoiled Silage Reduces Intake And Digestibility
Bunker silo surface spoilage can have a big impact on animal performance, say Kansas State University researchers.A small bunker silo and an AgBag were...
Spray-On Digestibility
Forage enzymes move from field trials to farmsForage enzymes are currently a trendy topic in the world of ruminant nutrition. And a mounting stack of...
The Long And Short Of It
Particle length is still a big concern in dairy feeding Talk about making a big splash in a relatively short time. Developed four years ago by researchers...
BMR Silage Makes Milk
Trial shows benefit in high-forage diets Brown midrib corn silage put more milk in the tank than silage made from four other types of hybrids in a recent...
Corn Maturity Affects Silage Processing
Three Washington State University studies revealed that corn silage processing is most beneficial in later stages of corn maturity.Corn was chopped at...
Corn Silage Can Dominate Rations
If Mike Hutjens had told dairy farmers 10 years ago that two-thirds of the forage in rations should be corn silage, some might have thought he was off...
Get Back To Basics
Remember how the rumen functions, says nutritionist Many dairy producers have gotten so caught up in RFV, TLC, NFC, etc., that they forget to think about...
Greenchop Boosts Intake
It makes TMRs more palatable Lee Van Kleeck is sold on greenchop as a component of total mixed rations (TMRs)."I love it," says Van Kleeck, a veterinarian...
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