What is a good measure of dairy feeding economics?
Feed costs are the largest expense for dairy producers. They are typically account for over 50% of total costs. With the low milk prices,...
To starch or not to starch?
Dairy cows do not have a starch requirement and they can have high milk production with low starch diets. At the 2016 Cornell Nutrition...
A case report: Is sorting a contributor to low milk fat and reduced profitability on your farm?
I visited a dairy farm in southwest Michigan yesterday to help troubleshoot low milk fat issues. This herd has 200 milking cows, 90...
Use milk fatty acid profile to predict individual cow health and diseases
In my previous blog, I wrote an article based on a recent research from Dr. David Barbano and Dr. Tom Overton at Cornell University. The...
A novel indicator of milk components: De Novo fatty acid level predicts milk fat and protein content
Introduction Milk fatty acid composition information could be useful for predicting milk component production. A recent research project...
Using hepatic oxidation theory to optimize transition cow diets
Kai Yuan & Stephen Emanuele-Quality Liquid Feeds, Inc. Introduction The transition period of the dairy cow can be associated with a high...
