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Economic & Environmental Implications of Four Levels of Concentrate Supplementation in Grazing Dairy Herds |
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Author: Soder, Rotz |
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State: PA Year: 2001 |
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Excerpt: In general, profitability increased as level of supplementation increased in the grazing herds, but at a decreasing rate with each successive level of supplementation.
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Efficient supplementation of cows on pasture |
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Author: Fulkerson, Blacklock, Nelson |
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State: NSW Year: 2000 |
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Excerpt: Concentrates can be given: to fill seasonal feed gaps, to allow pasture growth & utilisation to be optimised, to ensure that cows are on a rising plane of nutrition at mating. The concentrate should be balanced for nutrients that limit production.
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Invited Review: Production & Digestion of Supplemented Dairy Cows on Pasture |
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Author: Bargo, Muller, Kolver, Delahoy |
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State: PA Year: 2003 |
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Excerpt: Compared with pasture-only diets, increasing the amount of concentrate supplementation up to 10 kg DM/d increased total DMI 24%, milk production 22%, & milk protein percentage 4%, but reduced milk fat percentage 6%.
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Recent Observations on Feeding Pasture to Lactating Dairy Cows |
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Author: Polan |
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State: VA Year: 1997 |
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Excerpt: Depending on forage quality, 12 to 16 lb/cow/d of a high-starch diet will probably result in the most milk from grazing lactating cows. Or if cows can be individually fed, 1 lb of grain per 4 lb milk (1 to 4 ratio) would be recommended.
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Research on pasture for lactating dairy cows reviewed |
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Author: Stallings |
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State: VA Year: 2003 |
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Excerpt: Concentrate supplementation is warranted but perhaps at a lower rate than with confinement fed cows. Pasture certainly can be used successfully with high producing dairy cows when included in a comprehensive management program …
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Research on pasture for lactating dairy cows reviewed |
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Author: Stallings |
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State: VA Year: 2003 |
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Excerpt: The lower the substitution of concentrate for pasture the higher the response in milk, indicating you get more bang for your buck at lower inclusion rates. Overall the response of milk was 1 lb per1 lb of concentrate supplemented.
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Selenium Availability & Methods of Selenium Supplementation for Grazing Ruminants |
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Author: McDowell, Valle, Cristaldi, Davis, Rosendo, Wilkinson |
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State: FL Year: 2002 |
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Excerpt: beef emphasis, but… The present paper deals with Se deficiency, availability of Se sources, methods of Se supplementation for grazing ruminants, & two recent Florida experiments dealing with Se supplementation.
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Successful Supplementation |
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Author: Sullivan, Chase |
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State: NY Year: 2003 |
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Excerpt: The nutritional bene?ts of pasture – high protein, low ?ber & high digestibility – also create challenges in providing cows with a balanced diet. Over-feeding protein in a pasture ration almost always leads to low body condition & poor reproductive …
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Supplementary Feeding During Grass Shortage |
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Author: Sayers |
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State: N. Ireland Year: 2002 |
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Excerpt: If herd contains both high & low yielding cows, it may be more profitable to feed concentrates to high yielding cows rather than to feed silage to the entire herd. This will be highly dependent on the cost & availability of silage vs concentrates.
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Supplementation of Roasted Soybeans to Dairy Cows on Pasture |
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Author: Dhiman, Kanneganti, Satter, Walgenbach, Massingill |
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State: WI Year: 1997 |
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Excerpt: Addition of roasted soybeans to a high corn
supplement for lactating dairy cows grazing a mixed
grass native pasture did not increase milk production.
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