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Nutrition and Requirements
  1. Alternative Feedstuff for Dairy
  2. Don't Overlook Water for Dairy Cattle
  3. Estimated Acid Detergent Fiber (ADF), Neutral Detergent Fiber (NDF), and Relative Feed Value (RFV) in Preharvest Alfalfa
  4. Use Caution When Feeding Dairy Cattle
  5. Complete Dairy Ration
  6. Know Your Forages
  7. Water Quality: The Animal Component
  8. Corn Gluten Storage & Handling
  9. Corn Gluten Feed for Dairy Cattle
  10. Feeding and Managing the Transition Dairy Cow

Nutrition

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Managing and Marketing Quality Holstein Steers

  • The proceeding from “Managing and Marketing Quality Holstein Steers” conference is now available for purchase in either a spiral-bound hard copy (360 pages) or on a CD which will have all the same materials. The order form (pdf) which can be printed and sent to the conference manager listed on the form.

Certified Laboratories

Forages

Feed formulation and management

Other nutrition-related links

By-products

Toxicology References

Water Quality

Manure Screening and Evaluation:
DeLaval's milkproduction.com
Mary Beth de Ondarza, Ph.D., Technical Services Nutritionist, F.A.R.M.E. Institute, Homer, NY, discusses how manure evaluation can provide a huge clue when trying to evaluate conditions inside the rumen and intestine of the dairy cow.
Dairy Cow Nutritional Guidelines - Part 2
Bill Mahanna, Ph.D., Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. Briefly outlines ways to visually analyze manure and what can be learned from this analysis.
Manure Evaluation Guide
M.B. Hall, Ph.D., University of Florida discussion of ways to use manure to evaluate animal health and performance. Information is given in a presentation format that is easy to follow and provides helpful pictures, charts and illustrations.

Manure scoring as a management tool
C.C. Stallings, Virginia Tech provides a detailed discussion of research into manure scoring systems, how they work and what information they provide. Includes a good discussion of the impact of different nutrients on the appearance of manure.