Nutrition and Feeding Fundamentals in Automatic Milking Systems
This article explores how feeding at the AMS works, options for feed types, strategies for feed allocation and formulation, and bunk management.
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▶️ Watch: Understanding the Bovine Estrous Cycle to Improve Heat Detection
Learn the fundamental concepts needed to understand the bovine estrous cycle.
▶️ Watch: Entendiendo el ciclo estral bovino para mejorar la detección de calores
En este seminario, explicaremos los temas fundamentales para entender el ciclo estral bovino.
▶️ Watch: Hay There! Let’s Talk Feed Centers and Inventory
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.
How Can You Improve Your Dairy’s Data?
This article explains the difference between dirty and clean data, pillars of quality data, and practical tips to prevent entering dirty data.
▶️ Watch: Management Practices to Improve Forage Quality
Learn the factors that influence forage quality, such as maturity at harvest, genetics—including the use of BMR varieties and other forages modified to improve digestibility—and the differences in management between grasses and legumes
▶️ Watch: Prácticas de manejo para mejorar la calidad del forraje
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.
▶️ Watch: Ask the Experts: Your Automatic Milking System Questions Answered
Dr. Doug Reinemann, Dr. Marcia Endres, and Dr. Nesli Akdeniz Onuki – experts in Automatic Milking Systems (AMS) – answer questions submitted by farmers and their advisors.
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.
Consejos de Higiene de la Ubre Que No Estresarán sus Vacas
Un método para mejorar la higiene de la ubre es eliminar el pelo de la ubre, ya que puede atrapar estiércol, residuos, y albergar bacterias que aumentan el riesgo de infección y el conteo de células somáticas.