Nutrition and Feed Management
Nutrition and Feed Management
Information and tools to assist in managing dairy cattle nutrition and feed management, including resources on forage, silage, pasture, and water needs. Tips on monitoring heifer growth and weaning strategies for heifers and calves.
Articles Dairy Sense: Know Your Herd’s Feed Costs?
Virginia A. Ishler
Maintaining positive cash flow on dairy farms requires good management of cropping, feeding, and financials. More
Articles Dairy Sense: The Major Influencer of Cash Flow Mechanics
Virginia A. Ishler
Focus on total pounds of milk produced, not milk per cow, for positive cash flow. More
Articles Penn State Dairy Cattle Nutrition Workshop
Coleen M. Jones, Jud Heinrichs
Annual event provides continuing education for feed industry professionals. More
Webinars Grazing Warm-Season Annuals
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1 hour
Free
This webinar discusses the role and management of warm-season annuals in a grazing system. More
Workshops Transition Cow Management will feature the science and practices to improve the performance of transition cows. The hands-on portion will allow participants to use their own samples (milk and urine) to evaluate the health of their cows. More
Workshops Dairy Feeding Workshop
Multiple Options Available
Free
Do you know exactly what your cows are eating? This event will help you understand how to feed the forages you harvested and get the most production from them. More
Workshops Do you know exactly what your cows are eating? More
Webinars Dairy Grazing Management Guide
Multiple Options Available
Free
This series of free webinars is geared toward dairy producers, employees, and agribusiness professionals. More
Webinars Technology Tuesdays
Multiple Options Available
1 hour, 30 minutes
Free
This series of free webinars is geared toward dairy producers, employees, and agribusiness professionals. More
Webinars Dairy Management Mondays
Multiple Options Available
1 hour
Free
Designed for dairy producers, their employees and advisors, this series includes presentations on topics important to the management of the dairy farm. More
Articles From Harvest to Feed: Understanding Silage Management
Coleen M. Jones, Gregory W. Roth, Ph.D., Virginia A. Ishler
Feeding adequate quantities of high-quality forages is the basis of profitable milk and livestock production. More
Articles Feeding the Newborn Dairy Calf
Coleen M. Jones, Jud Heinrichs
Calf health, growth, and productivity rely heavily on nutrition and management practices. More
Articles Selective Dry Cow Therapy, An Option to Consider
Mauricio Rosales
Selective dry cow therapy can help decrease the use of antibiotics in food animals without compromising animal health. More
Workshops Dairy Grazing Discussions
Multiple Options Available
Free
A series of discussion group meetings guided by material in Sarah Flack's book titled "The Art and Science of Grazing" More
Workshops Preventive Controls for Animal Food
10/23/2018
Lewistown, PA
$475.00
Provides the credentials to meet FDA requirements for development and implementation of a preventive system for food safety as stated within the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) regulations. More
Webinars Free
Focus on cow behavior vs. feeding area management and design. More
Webinars Feed Management in Robotic Milking Herds
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Free
Proper balance of feed at the robot and the feed bunk is important to ensure milk production and cow flow through the robotic milker. More
Articles Penn State Particle Separator
Jud Heinrichs, Coleen M. Jones
The Forage and TMR Particle Separator was designed to help in determining the correct forage particle length needed to improve ruminant nutrition. More
Tools and Apps Spreadsheet to Calculate Milk Price
Coleen M. Jones, Jud Heinrichs
Calculates gross milk price using multiple-component pricing with the option of a somatic cell count adjustment. More
Tools and Apps Spreadsheet to Compare Cost of Milk and Milk Replacer
Coleen M. Jones, Jud Heinrichs
Tool to compare cost of feeding whole milk or milk replacer. Calculates cost per pound of dry matter and compares amount of nutrients provided by each feed. More
Articles Customized Dairy Heifer Growth Chart
Coleen M. Jones, Jud Heinrichs
Generates a growth chart from mature size and age at first calving. Compares heifer performance to growth required to meet herd goals, not to a breed standard. More
Videos Determining Forage Dry Matter
Jud Heinrichs, Coleen M. Jones
9:21
Understanding dry matter is a key concept in animal nutrition. Learn the importance of dry matter and how to measure it using a microwave or Koster tester. More
Webinars Free
Pasture weed identification and how to manage troublesome pasture weeds will be presented, including mechanical, cultural, and chemical control methods. More
Webinars Tall Grass Grazing for Dairies
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Free
Tall grass grazing has become a popular management practice for beef cattle in recent years. Learn how this practice is being applied to dairy grazing. More
Webinars Precision Technology in Pasture Dairy
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Free
Management and the adaptation of current and future technologies may offer opportunities for precision feeding in pasture dairy systems. More