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QUESTION: Is there a place to
use molasses in our TMR (totally
mixed ration)?
ANSWER: Molasses seems to
have been one of the old-time fced
stuffs that got lost in the attempt to
push cows to higher levels of
production.
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Feeding styles of yesterday
where grains were fed to supple
ment forages, but not mixed with
them used molasses as a dust
control measure.
Palatability was increased in
grains by adding approximately 5
percent of the grain weight in
molasses.
Molasses consumption with this
scheme was usually limited to
1.5-pounds per cow per day, or
roughly 3 percent of the diet to the
cows giving the most milk, and
eating the most grain.
This limitation was due largely
to increased handling problems
when we put more in the grain mix.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 1, 1999-A2l
Dairies today that have gone to
TMR-typc feeding, should prob
ably rekindle thoughts about using
molasses. The reasons behind this
are the same as when we used
molasses in our grains.
Certainly, dust in not a problem
in most TMRs fed in Pennsylvani
a. What about feeding dry hay and
grain as the sole ingredients in our
TMR?
This is quite common in places
like Colorado and Arizona. We
could use molasses under these
conditions to increase palalability
while decreasing dust.
The most common
reason to use molasses
that I have come across
in Pennsylvania in
separation.
It is said that many
different diets are pre
sent on the farm. One is
the diet that your nutri
tionist formulates.
Molasses will not do
much good for his
computer.
The second diet is one
that is mixed. Molasses
can help here.
The third diet is the
one that you present to
your cows. Molasses
will certainly help here,
and your cows may
thank you fear it.
The fourth, and only
diet that matters, is the
one that the cow con
sumes. Molasses helps
make this the same diet
as the three previously
mentioned, and often
cows repay us with
more consistent and
profitable production.
When we examine
production parameters
and component tests
throughout the cows in
the herd, we sometimes
see vast differences
from one cow to
another.
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We often contribute
this to differences
between individuals, it
is more likely to be the
difference in the treat
ment of individuals.
Dairy management
and feeding practices
are geared to uniformity
in the output of indivi
duals in the herd. Even
genetics are geared tow
ard cows that have less
difference in
capabilities.
In addition to these
influences, the dairy
manager uses culling as
a toll that leads to more
uniformity as well as
greater performance.
Why do we see large
ranges in MUN values
across a group of cows
that are supposedly eat
ing the same diet?
Have you ever con
sidered the separation
effect?
Back to the molasses
question. Molasses is
energy feed and com
pares with ear com as an
energy source. This is a
secondary benefit.
Molasses can be util
ized in TMRs at a rate
near 10 percent of the
diet, with no ill effects. I
have personal experi
ence with up to 6 pounds
per cow per day, or 11
percent of the diet
The best surprise
came when we saw the
real benefit of molasses.