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Dietary grouping strategies to improve profitability on dairy farms

Published: October 7, 2016
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Introduction Grouping cows is a common practice farmers use to manage their herd more efficiently. Farmers use this strategy to separate far-off, close-up, sick, fresh, and pregnant cows. Grouping addresses cows’ specific needs. However, grouping lactating cows for nutritional purposes and providing groups with more precise diets has not been adopted as widely as it could be, despite the...
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Victor E. Cabrera
University of Wisconsin - Madison
University of Wisconsin - Madison
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Hafiz Wasi Muhammad Khan
12 de octubre de 2016
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