Calibrate, a proprietary industry leading technology in dairy nutrition from Forage Genetics International, has added Dairyland Laboratories, Inc. to the network of labs running Calibrate rapid NIR starch tests. The addition of three Dairyland locations allows Calibrate technology to expand service reach and continue providing dairy producers and their nutritionists’ insights and recommendations to achieve a higher standard for nutrition consistency. All Dairyland laboratories are now equipped to conduct the rapid NIR test for rumen starch digestibility including the Arcadia and Stratford, Wisconsin, and St. Cloud, Minnesota, locations.

The Calibrate laboratory analysis and online calculator provides an assessment of NIR starch levels – an indicator of rumen starch digestibility – to more precisely calculate ration needs. The most common sources of starch in dairy cattle rations are corn silage, cereal grains and grain by-products. Testing allows nutritionists and producers the ability to make more accurate starch adjustments when balancing the feed ration to more efficiently use grain and forages. Dairyland Laboratories Inc. and Sure-Tech Laboratories are the first certified testing laboratories in the U.S. to offer Calibrate technology. PD

—From Calibrate news release