Feeds, Forages & Nutrition

Nutrition

• National Research Council Nutrient Requirements of Dairy Cattle

Feeds and Pricing

• Feed Inventory Management
• Iowa By-Products
• Contracting Corn Silage for Your Dairy (pdf)
• Missouri By-Product Feed Prices

Forage Sampling, Testing, Marketing, Storage

• University of Wisconsin Forage Page

Marketing

• Fort Atkinson hay auctions (IA)
• Dyersville hay auctions (IA)
• Rock Valley hay auctions (IA)
• Pricing Forage in the Field (pdf)

Management

University of Wisconsin Forage Page

Corn silage

• Feeding 2019 Corn Silage -Adobe Connect presentation by Dr. Hugo Ramirez, Dairy Extension Specialist
• Key Points to Make High Quality Corn Silage
• Putting Forages to Work in your Transition Cow Program
• Making Quality Corn Silage (pdf)
• 2010 Iowa Corn Silage Variety Yield Trial (pdf)
• Corn Processing Options (pdf)
• Corn Processing Options (ppt)

Alfalfa

• Alfalfa Stand Assessment (pdf)
• Alfalfa Stand Assessment-short (pdf)
• Estimating Alfalfa Quality using PEAQ
• Forages-Immediate Management Following a Frost
• Is it Profitable to use Foliar Fungicide in Alfalfa Production?

Management of Aflatoxin and Mycotoxin Risk

• Aflatoxin and Mycotoxin Risks (University of Illinois, Mike Hutjens video)
• Aflatoxin M1 in Milk (University of Arkansas)