Seasonal effects of milk components
When is the best time for a dairy nutritionist to make himself a hero? The answer is probably late summer. Why? There are strong seasonal...
Oxygen as an enemy: Successful silo face management
Poor face management of silos can dramatically increase silo dry matter losses and decrease the quality and consistency of the feed...
Feeding management and milk and milk component yields
In 2016 Large Herd Dairy Management Conference, Dr. Trevor DeVries from the University of Guelph presented some data showing the...
Do lame cows lead to thin cows or thin cows lead to lame cows?
In a recent Hoard’s Dairyman webinar, Dr. Mike Hutjens from the University of Illinois did an excellent presentation “Feed for hoof...
Daughters of heat-stressed dams have decreased productivity
Recent research from Dr. Geoffrey Dahl at the University of Florida reported that heat-stressed dry cows lost milk in her subsequent...
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...
