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throughout the dairy cow’s lactation.
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farmers who want to cut teed costs
by reducing protein need to
examine feeding practices before
making changes.
“Remember, nutritional
requirements tor lactating and dry
dairy cows have changed,” says
Dr. Rodney Dennis, dairy research
specialist for Central Soya Com
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Mix feeds. ‘‘Feeding required
nutrients at the proper stage of
lactation and in the dry period is
essential.
‘‘Overfeeding late lactating and
dry cows and underfeeding early
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Balance dairy rations
with lactation stages
because cattle don’t eat enough to
satisfy body maintenance and milk
production needs. In contrast, late
lactating cows require less protein
due to decreasing milk production.
The dairy specialist says feeding
a well-balanced ration in early
lactation will increase milk
production and profitability.
Recently freshened cows require a
fortified gram mix which consists
of 50 to 60 percent of the ration dry
matter.
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“Generally, for each one pound
increase in peak milk production,
there is a 200-pound increase in the
production for that lactation,”
Dennis notes.
"Adequate crude fiber content at
17 percent should be fed in order to
maintain butterfat test and
maximize roughage use,” he adds.
To balance a ration with the right
amount of grain, Dennis recom-
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mends analyzing roughages for
content, particularly crude protein
and moisture.
“The few dollars spent on
roughage analyses can be
recovered many times over in
improved feed efficiency and
profitability,” he says.
Protein is an expensive nutrient,
Dennis adds. It takes a tenth of a
pound of protein to produce a
pound of milk. With protein costing
about 25 cents/pound, it costs 2.5
cents to produce a pound of milk.
Underfed early lactating cows
can’t milk enough to justify this
protein cost, but when properly
fed, they can produce a five-fold
return on protein costs, he says.
The Central Soya researcher
also points out that less expensive
non-protein nitrogen sources, such
as urea, can be effectively used in
many dairy rations.
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