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

Forage Publications (Missouri)
Forage Information System (Oregon)
Dairy Forage Research Center (Wisconsin)
Forage Resources (Wisconsin)
Forage Information (Indiana)
Forage Publications (Oklahoma)
Dairy Forages (Florida)
Growing Point Website (Pioneer)
Haylage and Other Fermented Forages (North Dakota)
Intrepreting Composition and Determining Value (North Dakota)
Storage, Sampling and Measuring (North Dakota)
Poisonous Plants (Pennsylvania)

Silage

Corn Silage Resources (Wisconsin)
QualitySilage.com (Wisconsin)
Corn Silage Budgets (Missouri)
Estimating Silage Value Spreadsheet (Missouri)
Corn Silage Management (North Dakota)
Silage Fermentation and Preservation (North Dakota)
Bunkers, Piles, or Bags (Kansas State)
Bunkers, Piles or Bags Spreadsheet (Kansas State)
Silage Publications (Florida)

Dairy Nutrition

Dairy Cattle Nutrition (eXtension)
Dairy Cattle Nutrition (Wisconsin)
Nutrition Spreadsheets (Wisconsin)
Dairy Cattle Nutrition (Penn State)
Dairy Nutrition Publications (Kentucky)
Nutrition Publications (Minnesota)
Nutrition Publications (Texas)
Dairy Nutrition (Kansas State)
Feeding and Nutrition Papers (Illinois)
Nutrient Requirements of Dairy Cattle (NRC)
NRC Model Software (NRC)
Use of Minerals in Dairy Cattle (North Dakota)
TMR Plan - Investing in a TMR (Kentucky)

Dairy Grazing

Dairy Grazing Page (Missouri)

By-Products

By-Products Page (Missouri)

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For questions concerning this page or topics, please contact:
Matt Waldron State Dairy Nutritionist
Tony Rickard Regional Dairy Specialist