nutrition

Photo: Mark Pasveer

18-05 | Article

Amino acids and formulation of dairy cow diets

Saskia Korink, CEO Trouw Nutrition: Seeking balance between agriculture and the planet

16-05 | Interview

Saskia Korink, CEO Trouw Nutrition: Seeking balance between agriculture and the planet

Dairy Global 2: The carbon neutrality race is on!

12-05 | News

Dairy Global 2: The carbon neutrality race is on!

The biggest and likely the easiest way to reduce feed costs on many dairy farms is to minimise waste and shrink. Photo: Mark Pasveer

11-05 | Article

5 tips to withstand a tough dairy economy

There are alternatives to artificial fertilisers that farmers should think about using, such as growing legumes and nitrogen fixing plants among grass. Species such as clovers fix nitrogen from the atmosphere and store it in the soil. Photo: Ronald Hissink

03-05 | News

Shift from artificial fertilisers for dairy farms without reducing yields

For dairy cattle, it has been shown that aspen sawdust can replace 30% of a conventional diet in dairy cows without reducing the intake of digestible dry matter and milk production. Photo: Shutterstock

15-04 | News

Wood residues in ruminant nutrition

In some studies blood amino acids have been shown to change in response to dietary manipulation, in most studies they appear to remain relatively constant. Photo: Ronald Hissink

30-03 | Article

Can methionine concentration in plasma be related to milk protein?

The presence of toxic compounds in the bloodstream has an impact on immune response and inflammation at the level of the udder. Photo: Jan Willem Schouten

02-03 | Article

Optimising digestive function for better udder health

Highly soluble carbohydrate in corn silage, for example, has more effect on increasing the ammonia level in the rumen compared with the cellulosic carbohydrate in alfalfa hay. Photo: Shutterstock

24-02 | Article

Manipulating rumen fermentation to improve performance

In one study, microbial silage inoculants based on homo- and hetero-fermentative lactic acid bacteria had significant positive effects on corn silage quality in terms of improving aerobic stability.

07-02 | Article

Aerobic deterioration of silage