AS-991; A mature dairy cow consumes more than 3,000 pounds of forage each year. Her actual intake of hay or silage depends on many things. One major determinant of forage intake is its quality. The nutrient composition of a forage helps to explain expected animal performance
Grass silage forms the basal forage for the vast majority of dairy and beef cattle in Ireland, the U...
The dairy cow is a more efficient producer of human food than any other domestic animal. For each 10...
Forages are a necessary component of diets for lactating dairy cows because they provide coarse fibe...
International audienceAt grazing, the nutritive value of grass offered is, together with intake, the...
Beef cattle have basic nutritive requirements for maintenance or survival, growth, and reproduction ...
Revised April 1999. A more recent revision exists. Facts and recommendations in this publication may...
Dairy cattle and other ruminants are biologically designed to convert forages and other fibrous feed...
In general, the more livestock eat, the more weight they gain or milk they produce. Thus, forage int...
6 pp., 2 tables, 5 graphsForage intake is as important as forage quality. This publication explains ...
is approximately 88 to 90 % total digestible nutrients (TDN), 10 % crude protein, and contains 1.02 ...
The concept of matching nutrients available in grazed forages with nutrient requirements of the cow ...
What's Ahead for Cattlemen? is known as Cattlemen’s Day, 1977Forage intake was used as an estimate o...
In general, the more livestock eat, the more weight they gain or milk they produce. Thus, forage int...
Proper nutrient management planning minimizes the environmental impact of manure from dairy farms. M...
Forage intake was estimated in 2-year-old cows and 2-year-old heifers grazing blue grama summer rang...
Grass silage forms the basal forage for the vast majority of dairy and beef cattle in Ireland, the U...
The dairy cow is a more efficient producer of human food than any other domestic animal. For each 10...
Forages are a necessary component of diets for lactating dairy cows because they provide coarse fibe...
International audienceAt grazing, the nutritive value of grass offered is, together with intake, the...
Beef cattle have basic nutritive requirements for maintenance or survival, growth, and reproduction ...
Revised April 1999. A more recent revision exists. Facts and recommendations in this publication may...
Dairy cattle and other ruminants are biologically designed to convert forages and other fibrous feed...
In general, the more livestock eat, the more weight they gain or milk they produce. Thus, forage int...
6 pp., 2 tables, 5 graphsForage intake is as important as forage quality. This publication explains ...
is approximately 88 to 90 % total digestible nutrients (TDN), 10 % crude protein, and contains 1.02 ...
The concept of matching nutrients available in grazed forages with nutrient requirements of the cow ...
What's Ahead for Cattlemen? is known as Cattlemen’s Day, 1977Forage intake was used as an estimate o...
In general, the more livestock eat, the more weight they gain or milk they produce. Thus, forage int...
Proper nutrient management planning minimizes the environmental impact of manure from dairy farms. M...
Forage intake was estimated in 2-year-old cows and 2-year-old heifers grazing blue grama summer rang...
Grass silage forms the basal forage for the vast majority of dairy and beef cattle in Ireland, the U...
The dairy cow is a more efficient producer of human food than any other domestic animal. For each 10...
Forages are a necessary component of diets for lactating dairy cows because they provide coarse fibe...