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Feeds, Forages & Nutrition

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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)

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