Source: Animal Nutrition Association of Canada
Longstanding feed industry irritants related to the outdated Feeds Regulations and the onerous feed authorization process were among the issues highlighted in the agri-food and aquaculture regulatory roadmaps recently released by the Canadian government....
Advances in nutritional science to meet the current and future challenges faced by the animal feed industry take centre stage at the 5th annual Animal Nutrition Conference of Canada (ANCC), May 10-14, 2021.
Delivered within a new interactive platform, the conference...
Don’t risk your investment and profits when the stakes are high, say feed quality experts
Taking steps to protect feed from contaminants is advised for livestock farmers and feed mills post this year’s harvest, say feed quality experts.
This is especially...
Source: University of Minnesota
With high feed costs, improving whole-farm feed efficiency is crucial for maximizing herd profitability. The most important metric for determining your herd’s whole-farm feed efficiency is feed cost per hundredweight of energy-corrected milk sold.
Data from the...
Source: Alberta Agriculture and Forestry
This easy-to-use cattle ration balancing program can help reduce winter feeding costs and improve nutrition.
CowBytes, Alberta Agriculture and Forestry’s ration balancing program, continues to be a popular choice for cattle producers in Alberta and beyond...
Source: CubicFarm Systems Corp.
CubicFarm® Systems Corp. ("CubicFarms" or the "Company") (TSX: CUB), a leading agricultural technology company, announced that its ruminant livestock feed subsidiary company, HydroGreen Inc. ("HydroGreen"), has closed a sale with Cirio Agricola S.r.l., a prestigious, technologically-advanced dairy...
With harvest season complete, it’s the perfect time to assess feed inventory and fine-tune your feeding program.
A study by Alex Bach in Spain found that over 50% of performance differences among 47 herds fed identical total mixed ration (TMR) were...
Source: Manitoba Agriculture Food, and Rural Initiatives
We all know the reported advantages of feeding a TMR (total mixed ration) - improvements in milk production of 6-8%, decreased feed costs of about 5%, and a reduction in metabolic health problems. We...
Continuous monitoring critical to uphold performance and profitability, says Rob Patterson
Understanding detection options is critical for feed producers and farmers to protect feed against trypsin inhibitor exposure – an unintended consequence of using alternative soybean ingredients that can reduce...
Source: Dairy Research and Extension Consortium of Alberta
Why is this important?
To optimize the biological and economic efficiency of the lactating dairy cow we need to match amino acid supply with requirement.
Dairy cows are only 25-35% efficient at converting dietary...
