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Hay There! Let’s Talk Feed Centers and Inventory [Video] ▶️

Managing feed inventory and waste is a critical nutrition practice. Hear from dairy farmers Grant Grinstead, Jake Peissig and Ryan Shultz talk about how their farms built a feed center to reduce waste and save them money. The UW-Madison Extension Dairy Team will also give a walkthrough of a free tool you can use to calculate forages needs and track inventory.

Body Condition Score in Dairy Cattle

Research shows that maintaining target BCS levels at specific stages of lactation supports optimal energy balance, which improves milk yield, reproductive performance, and disease resistance.

Prácticas de manejo para mejorar la calidad del forraje [Video] ▶️

En esta charla se abordan los factores que influyen en la calidad del forraje, como la madurez al momento de la cosecha, la genética, incluyendo el uso de variedades BMR y otros forrajes modificados para mejorar la digestibilidad, y las diferencias de manejo entre gramíneas y leguminosas.

Madigan Squeeze in Calves

The Madigan Squeeze technique has been shown to help alleviate neonatal maladjustment syndrome in various livestock species.

Feeding Dairy Cows for Milk Protein

Understanding and optimizing the factors influencing milk fat and protein is important for improving income as well as cow performance and overall efficiency.