H.J. Baker is sponsoring an agriculture webinar on how limiting and balancing amino acids can improve dairy farm profitability. The webinar, titled “The Value of Amino Acids in Your Dairy Ration,” will take place at 2 p.m. Feb. 19.
Nutritionists, veterinarians, consultants and dairy producers are invited to participate and register at the website. Dr. William Chalupa, BS, MS, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Nutrition at the University of Pennsylvania and John Azzone, PAS with H.J. Baker’s Dairy Sales, will lead the discussion.
“The Value of Amino Acids In Your Dairy Herd Ration” will discuss the importance of limiting amino acids and how properly balancing for amino acids can improve milk quantity and quality, improving dairy farm profitability. The webinar will review an extensive body of research and development dedicated to helping dairy farmers achieve their optimum milk production and quality objectives.
Attendees will learn:
- Why balancing for amino acids benefits the cow, the environment and profitability;
- What limiting amino acids do and why Lysine and Methionine are so important;
- How to approach balancing for amino acids in high-producing dairy herds; and
- The importance of using rumen protected products.
- Research has proven that overfeeding crude protein is not cost effective because high-producing dairy cows need the amino acids in protein, not crude protein. Balancing for amino acids in high-producing dairy herds can produce many benefits including:
- Improving profitability
- Increasing feed efficiency
- Improving milk production and component quality
- Impacting productivity by affecting metabolism and immune function
- Reducing the percentage of dietary protein
- Lowering the amount of Nitrogen lost in urine
The webinar will assess the extensive body of research on balancing for amino acids, particularly Lysine. In a component market, where protein prices are high, obtaining optimal levels of Lysine and Methionine can be very cost effective. Dr. Chalupa and Azzone will discuss practical levels, optimal levels and goal setting as part of an overall place to increase profits.
The webinar will last approximately 60 minutes.The live event will include a question and answer session. PD
—From H.J. Baker news release
