Ration-Balancing Challenges
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
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
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...
Profitable Partners
Chris Lamb says he gets good, low-cost replacement heifer gains with a silage mixture of corn and soybean forage. After the heifers are bred, in fact...
Portion Control
Lower feed costs, less manure and fewer over-conditioned heifers are the top reasons to consider limit feeding, says Pat Hoffman, a University of Wisconsin-Madison...
Production Costs Spur Dairy Herd Reductions
Hay growers targeting the dairy market may be interested in the results of a recent Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) study indicating most of the 333 ...
Cow Numbers, Milk Production, Higher Than Last Year's
The number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major states was 8.28 million head in April, 39,000 more than in April 2006, but 6,000 head less than in March 2007. Production per cow was ...
More From Less
When their Florida dairy partnership dissolved, it seemed like the right time for Al and Desiree Wehner to shed the stress of milking 1,100 cows, managing...
Dairy Cow Numbers, Milk Production Increase
USDA's recent Milk Production report shows the number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major milk-producing states totalled 8.28 million head in March. That number reflects 58,000 head more than in March 2006...
Universities Launch Midwest Dairy Consortium
Hay growers serving the dairy industry may have additional nutrition information and resources available thanks to a new Midwest Dairy Consortium (MDC) supported by 10 Midwestern universities...
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