FEEDS AND NUTRITION

Feed quality is the most critical component to ensuring that your dairy herd is getting its proper nutrition for optimal health, milk production and profitability. The following links provide to you the resources to learn more about feeds and nutrition.
Forages Dairy Nutrition
Forage Publications (Missouri) Dairy Cattle Nutrition (Wisconsin)
Forage Information System (Oregon) Nutrition Spreadsheets (Wisconsin)
Dairy Forage Research Center (Wisconsin) Dairy Nutrition (Florida)
Forage Resources (Wisconsin) Dairy Cattle Nutrition (Penn State)
Forage Information (Indiana) Dairy Nutrition (Cornell)
Forage Publications (Oklahoma) Dairy Nutrition Publications (Kentucky)
Dairy Forages (Florida) Nutrition Publications (Minnesota)
Growing Point Website (Pioneer) Nutrition Publications (Texas) 
Forage Nutrition for Ruminants (North Dakota) Dairy Nutrition (Kansas State)
Haylage and Other Fermented Forages (North Dakota) Feeding and Nutrition Papers (Illinois)
Intrepreting Composition and Determining Value (North Dakota) Nutrient Requirements of Dairy Cattle (NRC)
Storage, Sampling and Measuring (North Dakota) NRC Model Software (NRC)
Poisonous Plants (Pennsylvania) Use of Minerals in Dairy Cattle (North Dakota)
  TMR Plan – Investing in a TMR (Kentucky)
Silage  
Corn Silage Resources (Wisconsin) Dairy Grazing 
QualitySilage.com (Wisconsin) Dairy Grazing Page (Missouri)
Corn Silage Budgets (Missouri)  
Estimating Silage Value Spreadsheet (Missouri) Feeding By-Products 
Corn Silage Management (North Dakota) By-Products Page (Missouri)
Silage Fermentation and Preservation (North Dakota)  
Bunkers, Piles, or Bags (Kansas State) Spreadsheet
Silage Publications (Florida)  
The Cost of Shrink (Monsanto)  
   
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Tony Rickard  Regional Dairy Specialist
Barry Steevens  State Dairy Specialist
Ryan Milhollin  Extension Associate