Grasses for Dairy-Quality Forage? For many years, alfalfa and corn silage have been the staples of dairy diets throughout the Great Lakes Region & the North-East. Cool-season grasses (such as orchardgrass, timothy & tall fescue) which traditionally have been early-maturing, stemmy, hard-to-manage and just not very productive were considered old-fashioned impediments to high-quality dairy forage. […]
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TOOL #2- High-Oil Corn with Greater Energy Density than Standard Hybrids
Benefits of High Oil Corn Corn silage is generally the least expensive energy source in a dairy ration; however, when additional energy is required more expensive fats and oils are added. Lipids (fats and oils) contain 225% the amount of energy as an equal weight of starch, the predominant energy source in shelled corn. Over […]
