Expertise in animal nutrition
Understanding the mycotoxin challenges in feed ingredient sources
Mycotoxins have a 5 billion USD estimated impact on the US and Canadian animal industries annually. While mycotoxin contamination can be difficult to completely assess due to sampling and testing complexity, it is critical to understand the extent of mycotoxin challenges in feed ingredient sources.
What does it take to produce 7 pounds of components?
Producing high milk yield isn’t easy, but producing milk with high volumes of fat and protein components is even more challenging. Yet there are herds across the country meeting this challenge every day with increasing efficiency. Read this Progressive Dairyman article to hear how these elite herds are efficiently producing seven pounds of components!
Minimize Spring Component Loss
Seasonal changes in milk components are inevitable. While environment and heat stress play a role, lower milk fat during the spring and summer months is part of the cow’s internal biological rhythm, meaning the cow is programmed to lower components during this time period. This seasonal variation is driven by changes in de novo fatty acids, those made by the cow influenced by ruminal fermentation. Therefore, it is vital to improve de novo fatty acid synthesis in order to offset that spring slump in milk fat.
