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A balanced diet for dairy cows should contain the right amount of nutrients. Feeding too much is uneconomical and can impact cows’ health. Feeding less nutrients can result in weak animals prone to ...
Driving through the heart of dairy country in the High Plains this past summer, one thing became clear—sorghum silage acres are up. With irrigation water from the Ogallala Aquifer dwindling, dairies ...
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With climate change now a normal occurrence, farmers —livestock and crop —are realising they can no longer depend wholly on rain-fed agriculture. For livestock farmers, they are also waking up to the ...
The silage pit should be located at a place safe from rodents and away from direct sunlight. nmg PHOTO. Silage and hay are preserved feeds that come in handy for dairy cows during periods of scarcity ...