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Achieve Optimum Production Efficiency With A TMR!

March 27, 2017No Commentsgrain, hay, production, silage, straw

Total mixed rations or TMR’s are an ideal feeding method which allows you to provide proper nutrition to achieve optimum production efficiency. It involves combining forage such as hay or silage, grain, protein meals and vitamin/feed additives together to form a feed mix that provides a nutritionally balanced diet...

Monitoring Your Carbohydrate Content To Maximise Milk Solid Production

March 19, 2017No Commentsmonitoring, production

Plant carbohydrates in the diet play a very important role in the production of milk solids and in particular milk fat production. There are two forms of plant carbohydrates in the diet and these include fibre and sugars as can be seen in figure 1. There are two measures...

DCAD Is Important For Dairy Cows

February 27, 2017No Commentsimportant, production

Dietary cation-anion difference, also known as DCAD, is an important measure that is used when formulating diets for dry, transition and lactating dairy cows. The calculation for this measurement is based on the concentration levels of the cation minerals sodium (Na) and potassium (K), and the anion minerals chloride...

How To Make Quality Hay

September 23, 2016No Commentshay, haystacks, production, quality

With the hay making season upon us it’s important that we try to make a high quality product. So what management factors can we focus on to produce the highest quality hay as possible? Variety – To grow the best possible hay it is important to match the variety...