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  • A photo showing backs from a huge bovine herd
    Trace Elements

    Trace elements, including cobalt, copper, iodine, selenium, and zinc, play a vital role in dairy cow nutrition. Your cows need these elements for functions like growth, reproduction, and milk production.

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    Trace Elements

    A photo showing backs from a huge bovine herd

    Trace elements, including cobalt, copper, iodine, selenium, and zinc, play a vital role in dairy cow nutrition. Your cows need these elements for functions like growth, reproduction, and milk production.

    Animal

    2 min read

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    Magnesium

    Magnesium supplements can help prevent metabolic issues in your cows, such as milk fever and grass staggers. Start giving these supplements two to three weeks before calving and continue until spring pasture growth slows.

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    Magnesium

    A closeup photo of a tagged cow grazing over grass

    Magnesium supplements can help prevent metabolic issues in your cows, such as milk fever and grass staggers. Start giving these supplements two to three weeks before calving and continue until spring pasture growth slows.

    Animal

    1 min read

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    Dry Cow

    Dry matter is a crucial dietary requirement for dry cows. This page outlines the energy a cow needs, considering its weight gain or loss. The feed requirement considers the cow's maintenance, pregnancy, and weight gain.

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    Dry Cow

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    Dry matter is a crucial dietary requirement for dry cows. This page outlines the energy a cow needs, considering its weight gain or loss. The feed requirement considers the cow's maintenance, pregnancy, and weight gain.

    Animal

    2 min read

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    Dry Period

    A successful dry period for cows entails hitting body condition score (BCS) targets before calving. This page emphasises the importance of meeting the cow's energy needs for maintenance, activity, BCS gain, and pregnancy during this time.

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    Dry Period

    A small number of cows resting over a green field

    A successful dry period for cows entails hitting body condition score (BCS) targets before calving. This page emphasises the importance of meeting the cow's energy needs for maintenance, activity, BCS gain, and pregnancy during this time.

    Animal

    1 min read

  • A row of cows being prepped for milking assessment
    Lactating Cow

    Calculating Metabolisable Energy (ME) needs is important for dairy cows. You adjust for feed quality by adding or subtracting 4% per MJ ME/kg DM from the standard 11.0 MJ ME/kg DM.

    Animal

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    Lactating Cow

    A row of cows being prepped for milking assessment

    Calculating Metabolisable Energy (ME) needs is important for dairy cows. You adjust for feed quality by adding or subtracting 4% per MJ ME/kg DM from the standard 11.0 MJ ME/kg DM.

    Animal

    2 min read

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    Milk Urea

    Milk urea indicates the crude protein in a cow's diet, which is formed from the metabolism of amino acids and body protein. If a cow's diet is rich in protein, it might produce more urea, which is usually excreted in the urine and milk.

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    Milk Urea

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    Milk urea indicates the crude protein in a cow's diet, which is formed from the metabolism of amino acids and body protein. If a cow's diet is rich in protein, it might produce more urea, which is usually excreted in the urine and milk.

    Animal

    1 min read

  • A closeup photo of a black cow grazing on a grassy field
    Carbohydrate

    Carbohydrates, forming about 75% of plant dry matter, provide the major energy source for dairy cows and aid in milk glucose and fat production.

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    Carbohydrate

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    Carbohydrates, forming about 75% of plant dry matter, provide the major energy source for dairy cows and aid in milk glucose and fat production.

    Animal

    2 min read

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    Fats

    Lipids or fats, found in plant and animal products, are a key energy source in dairy cows' diet. They are typically low, between 2-6% of dry matter in pasture-based diets, as excess can harm rumen function and milk production.

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    Fats

    A closeup photo of a cow grazing on grass

    Lipids or fats, found in plant and animal products, are a key energy source in dairy cows' diet. They are typically low, between 2-6% of dry matter in pasture-based diets, as excess can harm rumen function and milk production.

    Animal

    3 min read

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    Fibre

    Dietary fibre is essential for a cow's healthy rumen function. This page explains that when cows eat fibre, it stimulates chewing, saliva production, and rumination.

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    Fibre

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    Dietary fibre is essential for a cow's healthy rumen function. This page explains that when cows eat fibre, it stimulates chewing, saliva production, and rumination.

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    2 min read

  • Close up view of a black cow chewing on grass
    Protein

    Proteins are essential for many metabolic functions in dairy cows, including growth, lactation, and reproduction. This page explains that the protein in feed, known as crude protein (CP), is calculated based on the feed's nitrogen content.

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    2 min read

    Protein

    Close up view of a black cow chewing on grass

    Proteins are essential for many metabolic functions in dairy cows, including growth, lactation, and reproduction. This page explains that the protein in feed, known as crude protein (CP), is calculated based on the feed's nitrogen content.

    Animal

    2 min read

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