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Negative energy balance in dairy cows; how do we combat it?
31st October 2023
Dairy cows typically enter a period of negative energy balance in early lactation. This is due, in part, to the milk yield having increased over the years, while their ability to consume enough food hasn’t increased at the same rate.
Read MoreHappy Profitable Cows Eat, Sleep, Ruminate and Repeat
19th October 2023
Cows ruminate for around 10 hours per day, this consists of regurgitating feed, rechewing and re-swallowing. It’s important that cow’s ruminate to help break down their food, this stimulates saliva production and improves rumen function by buffering the rumen. Rumination is affected by DMI, physical and social environments.
Read More4th October 2023
When to harvest? It’s a crucial question to which there is a definitive answer: when the maize is at 32-35% dry matter. If the dry matter percentage is lower than this then the maize will loose nutrients in effluent. (The nutritional value of immature maize is in any case sub-optimal , the starch content being not yet fully realised). On the other hand, if the dry matter percentage is too high then the maize is harder to chop and harder to consolidate and seal anaerobically in the clamp. This could be a real possibility with some 2023 crops effected by the early drought conditions.
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