Reducing the time spent in a negative energy balance by encouraging feed intake is the most important goal of transition cow management. The transition from late gestation to early lactation is ...
The arctic cold is held at bay and the world seems to go a little better. However, the cows still need to be fed. In fact, a common mistake that is made as the weather warms is to reduce the feed a ...
With harvest season complete, it’s the perfect time to assess feed inventory and fine-tune your dairy cow feeding program. A study by Alex Bach in Spain found that over 50% of performance differences ...
Ruminant stomachs have four compartments: the rumen, the reticulum, the omasum and the abomasum. Rumen microbes ferment feed and produce volatile fatty acids, which is the cow’s main energy source.
But cows are amazingly resilient creatures, and are better able to withstand cold than many other animals, according to Dr. Jon Pretz, dairy nutritionist with Hubbard Feeds. In a recently published, ...