Coping With Alfalfa Winterkill
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Explore alternative forages, forage diets, and feed inventory strategies to cope with alfalfa winterkill. Learn about minimizing shrink, forage replacers, high corn silage diets, and optimizing nutrition.
Coping With Alfalfa Winterkill
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Coping With Alfalfa Winterkill Professor Randy Shaver Department of Dairy Science University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Extension
Coping With Alfalfa Winterkill • Nutrition & Crop Advisor & Supplier relationships • Feed Inventory • Current & Projected (rolling) • Projected Needs • Minimize Shrink
Coping With Alfalfa Winterkill • Alternative Forages • Winter Wheat or Rye • Oats or Oats & Peas • Reduced Forage Diets • Minimum Forage Guidelines • Forage Replacers • High Corn Silage Diets
Impact of Small-Grain Silage MaturityArieli & Adin, JDS, 1994 11 days between early and late cut
How much to feed? Feeding limits i.e. DDG at 10 to 20% of diet DM a reasonable target depending upon diet formulation constraints i.e. High Fat & P and Low Lysine impediments to higher inclusion rates Least cost ration formulation for specified nutrients i.e. CP, RUP, NDF, Starch, Fat, NEL, etc., etc.
Kernel Processing Score ∆Worth 2 lb. Milk or 2 lb. Corn
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