Rock River Laboratory Inc. has announced the launch of Visual Reports, a new results report format. Offered as a complement to traditional numbers-driven laboratory results reports, the new Visual Reports showcase laboratory results in graphic format for easily understood quality distinctions of analyte values.
“We spent a lot of time developing and refining this new report format to make sure it fulfilled its key purpose: easily understood analysis information,” explains Zachery Meyer, the company’s director of operations. “In some cases, laboratory results can seem overwhelming with all of the values in line item form. Realizing that different people interpret information distinctively, we truly believe this new tool has the potential to change the way our industry understands nutritional components.”
The dashboard dial style of the report provides color-coding to easily decipher if a feed component analyzed in the laboratory is characterized as good, bad or needs improvement – based upon four-year averages and standard deviations. Fully customizable, Visual Reports offer six analyte dials per report, which can be selected from all routine nutritive and digestions measures available from Rock River Laboratory.
The additional value from the new report format can be realized by many roles within the nutrition management scheme for any herd – from training new nutrition consultants to communicating with producers. The new tool unlocks alternative ways to approach communication among nutrition consultation teams and the producers, veterinarians and other consultants with which they work. The new report format also allows consultants to exemplify the need for specific forage quality tactics and to relay the impact of management decisions to producers in an easily understood format. On-farm decision-making is also faster with the help of these reports, which offer a snapshot assessment of feedstuffs’ nutritive value.
Visual Reports are an additional, free report generated through just a few simple steps on the company’s website. Those interested can visit the company’s website for a detailed information sheet and step-by-step written directions. PD
—From Rock River Laboratory Inc news release
