Nutrition

Articles/Publications

Feed Costs

• Controlling Feed Costs Over the Long Haul
• Feeding Dairy Animals in the 21st Century (Paulson)
• Feed Costs Revisited (Paulson)
• Know Your Feed Cost (Paulson)
• Replacing Soybean Meal in Dairy Rations
• Profitability - 2008: Feed Costs and Efficiency, slides by Jim Linn (PDF)
• Trim Costs But Not Performance
• The Dilution of Maintenance (More milk = More profit) (Jim Salfer)
• Corn Silage Price Goes Up
• Feeding Dairy Cows when corn prices are high
• Finding Lost Feed Dollars by Reducing Variation in Rations (Bill Stone, presented at 2008 MN Nutrition Conference) (PDF)
• Managing Measures of Feed Costs: Benchmarking Physical and Economic Feed Efficiency (pdf)

MUN

• MUN as a Management Tool (Illinois)
• MUN Testing
• Don’t Waste Your Protein
• Milk Urea Nitrogen

Total Mixed Rations (TMR)

• Managing the TMR to Prevent Problems in Dairy Cows (Kentucky)
• Feeding Total Mixed Rations (pdf)
• TMR Feeding Management Guide (pdf)
• Particle Size Of The Ration: Does It Matter?
• The TMR Feeding Program (pdf)
• Sampling Hay, Silage, and Total Mixed Rations for Analysis (pdf)
• Evaluating Particle Size of Forages and TMRs (pdf)

Body Condition Score

• How to Body Condition Score Dairy Animals (Nebraska) (pdf)
• Body Condition Scores (Babcock Institute) (pdf)
• Body Condition Scoring as a Tool for Dairy Herd Management
  (Penn St.) (pdf)

Byproduct Feeds

• By-Product Feedstuffs in Dairy Cattle Diets in the Upper Midwest (Wisconsin, pdf)
• A Biodiesel Byproduct May Substitute for Corn
• Livestock in Bioenergy Production
• The Ethanol Revolution: How Will We Feed Cows in the Future? (pdf)
• Feeding Corn Gluten for Dairy Cows: Wet Corn Gluten Versus Wet Distillers Grains (pdf)
• Understanding Milling Feed Byproducts For Dairy Cattle

Water

• Impact of Minerals in Water on Dairy Cows (Jim Linn) (PDF)
• Assessment of Water Quality and Nutrition for Dairy Cattle (Michigan St) (pdf)
• What if cows don’t drink enough water? – Part 2, (Neil Broadwater)
• What if cows don’t drink enough water? – Part 1, (Neil Broadwater)

Other Articles/Publications

• “Dirt-osis” (Dirt toxicity in cattle) (Noah Litherland and
  Jeremy Schefers)
• Summer is coming – Are you prepared?
• Studies That Make You Go Hmm, (Jim Linn and Mary Raeth-Knight)
• Rain and Mud - A Pain In The Ash Value (Jim Linn and Mary Raeth-Knight)
• Essential Oils as Dietary Supplements for Dairy Cattle (Paulson)
• Feeding Fat: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
• Feeding Challenges in 2007
• Dietary Cation-Anion Difference Update
• Prepare Now for Summer Feeding Program
• Research Using Standard Diets for Dairy Heifer Calves Results in Very Good Performance to Two Months of Age
• Drought-Stressed Crops Used for Feed Should First Be Tested for Toxicity, Nitrate and Nutritional Value
• What's the Scoop on Evaluating Manure?
• Phosphorus Reduction through Precision Feeding of Dairy Cattle (pdf)
• Feeding Strategies for Post-Weaned Dairy Heifers, 2 to 6 months of age (pdf)
• Nutritional Management of the High-Producing Dairy Cow in the 21st Century (Nebraska)
• Phosphorus Feeding Levels and Critical Control Points on Dairy Farms (JDS) (pdf)
• Successful Farms Are More Consistent
  Part 2: Feeding Consistency (pdf)
• Feeding the Dairy Herd
• Ration Guidelines (pdf)
• Nutritional Management of Transition Dairy Cows (Journal of Dairy Science) (pdf)
• Can the Heat of Ruminal Fermentation be Manipulated to Decrease Heat Stress? (Arizona) (pdf)
• Nutritional and Environmental Management of Phosphorus and Potassium (pdf)
• Feeding to Minimize Nutrient Requirements for Maintenance and Increase Milk Production (pdf)
• Nitrogen, Ammonia Emissions and the Dairy Cow (Penn St.) (pdf)

Active Worksheets

• PROTEIN Worksheet (XLS)
• FAT Worksheet (XLS)
• MUN Worksheet (XLS)
• Feed Cost Calculator (XLS)
• Herd Body Condition Scores (XLS)

PowerPoints

• Feed Bunk and Bunker Management Presentation (pdf)
• Beginner's Guide to Body Condition Scoring, Penn St. (ppt)
• Effects of Body Condition on Performance, Penn St. (ppt)

Other Web Sites

• Feed Additives in Dairy Nutrition and Management
• Nutrient Requirements of Dairy Cattle, 2001 (381 pages)
• U of M Distillers Grains By-products Web Site!