Vitamins and Minerals in dairy News
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Feeding of corn co-products like distillers grains and corn gluten has changed the mineral balance in winter cattle diets, said Dennis Bauer, Brown County Extension Educator.
Those products are really high in phosphorus, Bauer said. When ranchers begin feeding two to three pounds of these co-produc...
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln news
Date of publication :
04/28/2009
Views:
1090
Lactating cow diets containing phosphorus (P) concentrations of 0.35 to 0.36% (dry matter basis) are recommended by the national committee of dairy nutritionists in 2001. This is a lower P concentration than what was recommended in the previous dairy feeding guidelines of 1989. Guidelines for feedin...
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University of Florida IFAS Dairy Update newsletter
Date of publication :
03/31/2009
Views:
635
We've all heard the theory of limitation in reference to plant nutrients and productivity - that old illustration of a barrel that can only hold as much water as the lowest "stave" allows. We commonly relate this analogy to soil fertility and assign the staves as N, P, K, PH, etc. This same analogy ...
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Virginia Cooperative Extension Dairy Pipeline
Date of publication :
02/12/2009
Views:
499
Selenium is a very important trace mineral. Reproductive problems, retained placentas, white muscle disease and an inadequate immune system (leading to mastitis and metritis) may result when selenium is deficient in a livestock ration. Selenium was first identified in the 1930s as a toxic element. S...
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Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives
Date of publication :
01/06/2009
Views:
517
Potassium (K) levels in some forages, e.g. cereals and legumes are on the rise. They are often over 2% and in some cases, over 3%. This has created difficulties in balancing rations for cattle.
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K is the third most abundant mineral in the body. It is found primari...
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Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives
Date of publication :
12/05/2008
Views:
597
As environmental regulations require dairies to control nutrients, producers must find ways to decrease nitrogen and phosphorus excretions.To control nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) excretions, managers must formulate rations that minimize the import of these nutrients. And they must do that without...
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Cornell University PRO-DAIRY
Date of publication :
11/12/2008
Views:
410
Two presentations at the 2007 Fall Dairy Conference, held in Syracuse, N.Y., late last year, focused on mineral-related disorders and the interactions of nutrition and reproduction. Jesse Goff, with West Central Farmer’s Cooperative, Ralston, Iowa, is among the world’s leading authorities on mineral...
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Cornell University PRO DAIRY
Date of publication :
10/28/2008
Views:
871
Since multiple component pricing was implemented, producers have asked: How can I increase milk protein?The usual answer is to increase milk protein yield and maintain breed average components. The major reason: Milk protein percentage is more constant among herds than is milk fat percentage. And th...
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Cornell University Animal Science Department
Date of publication :
10/16/2008
Views:
651
Many different types of feed additives are marketed to the dairy producer. Some are beneficial and some are not. It is difficult to make a decision based solely on information provided by advertisements and sales reps. An impartial evaluation of scientific data is necessary. Dr. Mike Hutjens, dairy ...
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Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives
Date of publication :
09/08/2008
Views:
630
The National Research Council’s 2001 recommendations for phosphorus in rations in most Virginia herds would be .32 to .38% of the dry matter. Since forages are typically lower in phosphorus than protein meals and certain by-product feeds (cottonseeds, wheat bran and midds, brewers grains, distillers...
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Virginia Cooperative Extension Dairy Pipeline
Date of publication :
07/14/2008
Views:
371