Feeds, Forages, & Nutrition
Feed Prices
- Missouri By-Product Feed Prices
- FeedVal4 - calculate comparative feed values (Wisconsin computer program)
- Milk2006-Corn Silage - evaluate milk per ton and milk per acre from corn silage (Wisconsin computer program)
- Milk2000-Alfalfa/Grass - evaluate milk per ton and milk per acre from alfalfa and grasses (Wisconsin computer program)
Feeds
- Feed Inventory Management
- Iowa By-Products
- Understanding Relative Feed Value (RFV) and Relative Forage Quality (RFQ) (pdf)
- Distillers Grains for Dairy Cattle (pdf)
- Value of Distillers Grains for Lactating Dairy Cattle (pdf)
- Distillers Grains as a Protein and Energy Supplement for Dairy Cattle (pdf)
- Practical Application of Fiber and Starch Digestibility in Dairy Cattle Nutrition (pdf)
- Ruminal Acidosis in Dairy Cows: Balancing Physically Effective Fiber with Starch Availability (pdf)
- Evaluating Corn Silage Quality for Dairy Cattle (pdf)
Forage Sampling, Testing, Marketing, Storage
- Sampling
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Testing
- Forage Testing Laboratories (pdf)
- Understanding forage quality (UW Extension)
- Does forage quality pay? (UW Extension)
- Forage quality testing and markets: Where are we going? (pdf)
Marketing
- Iowa Hay and Straw Directory
- Upper Midwest hay list (U of MN Extension)
- Internet Hay Exchange
- Fort Atkinson hay auctions (IA)
- Dyersville hay auctions (IA)
- Rock Valley hay auctions (IA)
- Pricing Forage in the Field (pdf)
Hay storage
Management
- Corn silage
- Alfalfa
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Management of Aflatoxin and Mycotoxin Risk
- Aflatoxin and Mycotoxin Risks (University of Illinois, Mike Hutjens video)
- Aflatoxin M1 in Milk (University of Arkansas)
Nutrition
- National Research Council Nutrient Requirements of Dairy Cattle
- National Research Council NRC Dairy Model (computer program)
