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Strategies to overcome heat stress

Understanding heat stress, preparing for it and looking at options to alleviate it will help keep production steady this summer.

May 16, 2023

Candace Schiestel

Scientific advances in animal nutrition have uncovered an array of ingredients that have been shown to help cattle cope with high heat.

Getting show cattle ready for the fair

There’s a lot more to getting your calves show-ready than making sure they’re fat. Here are some key considerations to make sure they perform both in the show ring and the real world.

May 16, 2023

Chris Cassady

There’s nothing quite like the county fair. It’s one of those places where your senses come alive with the sights, sounds and smells that will develop into a lifetime of memories.

Beyond the hybrid: Dietary factors in NDF digestibility

When considering what corn silage hybrids to purchase, remember that other factors can limit NDF digestion in the rumen, such as rumen pH, growth factors for fiber-digesting bacteria and antagonistic factors.

May 8, 2023

Ken Griswold

What many dairy farmers do not know is the many other factors that affect NDF digestibility outside of the hybrids they choose to plant and harvest. There are both dietary and non-dietary factors that can either negatively or positively impact fiber digestion.

The role of essential oils in cattle feeding and nutrition programs

With ionophore products facing increased scrutiny from the consuming public, essential oils are getting a hard look from many beef cattle producers and researchers to gauge their nutritional effectiveness.

January 19, 2023

Stephen B. Blezinger

Since we’ve been managing cattle for meat and profitability, the industry constantly searches for new and different tools that can help us accomplish three primary objectives – improve reproduction, health and growth – the primary drivers of improved profitability.

Managing rumen pH for healthy cows and increased profitability

There are many nutrition and management factors, such as social dominance behaviors and feeding patterns, that can impact rumen pH, both positively and negatively.

August 23, 2022

Mark Case

There are many nutrition and management factors, such as social dominance behaviors and feeding patterns, that can impact rumen pH, both positively and negatively.

Automated feeding: Efficient, accurate and healthy for cows

October 1, 2020

Ben Thorpe

Automated feeding is not necessarily a new concept. Tiestall barns utilized automated versions of concentrate feeders as far back as the 1970s and ’80s.

3 valuable variables indicated by rumination monitoring systems

March 8, 2019

Callista Van De Hei

Rumination, or a cow chewing her cud, is a vital part of a cow’s digestive system. If you examine a herd at any point in the day, you’re almost sure to find a majority of the cows ruminating. With advances in technology, rumination monitoring systems have become a popular way to measure rumination, which means they are also able to give us other information related to the cow’s nutrition, digestion and breeding.

Five ways rumination data can bolster herd health

March 8, 2019

Haim Fleminger

Early detection and prompt treatment of sick cows helps minimize the detrimental effects on milk production, reproduction and overall well-being. Unfortunately, by the time a cow goes off feed, spikes a fever or shows other disease symptoms, she’s already on the path to production losses. Diagnosing health problems earlier can help reduce treatment costs, improve the chances of treatment success and get sick cows back on the road to lactation and reproductive success.

Why do we care about rumination?

February 19, 2019

Kai Yuan

Recently, we completed two research trials on two dairy farms (each farm has over 1,500 cows) in Michigan. Cows were supplemented with a molasses-based liquid supplement from 21 days before calving to 40 days after calving. Trials ran for three months, and rumination data was collected on individual cows using rumination collars.

Stabilizing the rumen microbial population during feed changes

February 18, 2019

Keith A. Bryan

Many dairy production operations have achieved very high levels of performance, and a change of any type can have a significant impact on milk production. Dairy cows perform at their highest levels of production when everything is consistent and “normal.” Cows like everything to be the same every hour, every day, every week and every month of the year.

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Automated feeding: Efficient, accurate and healthy for cows

3 valuable variables indicated by rumination monitoring systems

Five ways rumination data can bolster herd health

Why do we care about rumination?

Stabilizing the rumen microbial population during feed changes

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