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Enhancing milkfat yield in dairy cows: Proven techniques and best practices
Milkfat is an important component of dairy products, contributing to their flavour, texture and nutritional value. Milkfat is a key component of a dairy producer’s paycheque. Improving milkfat yield...
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Kick Sublinical Ketosis to the Curb
Management practices and nutritional strategies during the transition period have a significant impact on the health and productivity of the dairy cow and, as a consequence, influence both the profita...
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Leveraging the Economics of Your Robotic Feed Tables
Essentially, “leveraging the economics of the feed table for robotic milking” means investing in feed allowance at the onset of lactation and peak milk according to your herd’s lactation curves....
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Milk Fatty Acids Analysis: Status Update for Field Application
Getting more milkfat has been a constant goal in our industry. Along with milk protein, fat production serves as a main driver for farm financial success and, therefore, has been a targeted topic for ...
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Physiological and Metabolic Changes Caused by Heat Stress
Cows that experience heat stress during the summer typically show recurrent effects during the following fall and winter months. This most negatively affects reproduction, but also influences producti...
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Pick Your Battle Against Heat Stress
As we enter the spring and summer months, many of us are thinking of all the fun outdoor activities we will finally be able to do. But while we’re enjoying our barbecues and pools, our livestock may...
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The Protein Balancing Act
It is a balancing act when it comes to feeding protein. Dairy cows do not have a requirement for crude protein – instead, they require amino acids, the building blocks of protein. The main sources o...
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Top 10 KPIs to focus on today to be more successful tomorrow
As today’s dairy producers look to the future, becoming an expert manager of the financial side of dairy farming is just as critical to future business viability as animal husbandry, agronomy, nutri...
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A Nutritionist’s Approach to Summer Heat
As a nutritionist, continually evaluating the dairy ration and cow comfort is critical to maintaining a producer’s production goals, especially in hot summer months. CowSignals, a program developed ...
