In this episode, Native Microbials is joined by three customers – Mal Machado, Jason Nunes and Gerrit Rouloffs – to discuss the importance of rumen health and their experiences with bird flu. The conversation addresses what we currently know about the virus and how improved cow health can help mitigate its impact on milking herds.

Season 6, Episode 41

This episode is sponsored by Native Microbials.

Native Microbials specializes in understanding the microbial environment in the rumen of dairy cows and manufacturing rumen microbes that deliver significant profit for farmers. Its flagship product, Galaxis Frontier, is uniquely formulated with four microbes that are native to the rumen, which shift the rumen microbial genetics to a more productive state, enabling cows to be higher functioning, more efficient and healthier. Galaxis Frontier has been trialed on nine academic herds and over 35,000 commercial herds and is currently available to dairy producers.

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