Brittany Wood

Canola meal adds persistent milk yield throughout lactation

A 10-week trial shows new results for canola meal and lactation persistency.

June 1, 2023

Persistency is usually considered a genetic trait. However, a new study shows that nutrition may play a larger role than originally thought.

What happens to soluble protein?

Soluble protein analyses are often misunderstood, resulting in higher feed costs and an underestimated value of soluble protein or degradable protein.

September 5, 2022

Brittany Wood and Essi Evans

Protein and amino acids are important parts of the cow’s ration. Meeting the cow’s requirements without oversupplying these nutrients ensures three things: optimum productivity, best-cost rations and sustainable rations.

The importance of amino acid balance in early lactation

June 13, 2022

Brittany Wood and Essi Evans

The dairy feeding industry strives to optimize protein efficiency by formulating diets to meet amino acid requirements.

Protein for calf starter feeds

April 14, 2022

Essi Evans and Brittany Wood

Many on-farm management factors are important for the development of healthy, productive heifers and among them are the consumption of nutrients preweaning. Research regarding the preweaned calf remains largely focused on health and rumen development.

Formulating dairy diets to reduce greenhouse gas

January 18, 2022

Brittany Wood and Charles Qin

Methane is the second-leading driver of climate change, having contributed 0.5 degree of the 1.1 degrees of human-induced warming since pre-industrial times, according to the latest assessment by the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Think beyond crude protein

June 30, 2021

Brittany Wood and Essi Evans

Cows need protein but do not have a requirement for protein per se. Instead, they require amino acids, which are the building blocks of protein. Dietary protein is broken down by microbes in the rumen and by the action of intestinal digestive enzymes to amino acids.

Think beyond crude protein

April 23, 2021

Essi Evans and Brittany Wood

Cows need protein but do not have a requirement for protein, per se. Instead, they require amino acids, which are the building blocks of protein.

Can canola meal benefit early lactation cows?

March 16, 2021

Brittany Wood and Essi Evans

Most dairy feeding studies are conducted in mid-lactation, providing vital information regarding the nutritional needs of cows. Since 2000, 28 such feeding experiments have been conducted evaluating canola meal as an ingredient for dairy cows.

All fatty acids are not alike: Meet oleic acid

January 19, 2021

Brittany Wood and Essi Evans

Two things commonly known about fats are: 1) we can add them to dairy rations to improve the energy in the diet, and 2) too much fat from grains, oilseeds and byproducts, such as dried distillers grains (DDGs), can reduce milkfat production.

Can canola meal benefit early lactation cows?

November 19, 2020

Brittany Wood and Essi Evans

Most dairy feeding studies are conducted in midlactation, providing vital information regarding the nutritional needs of cows. Since 2000, 28 such feeding experiments have been conducted evaluating canola meal as an ingredient for dairy cows (Canola Meal Dairy Feeding Guide, 2019).

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