Nutrition

With feeding zeolite, farmers have to worry less about excess potassium going into the cow (and don’t have to monitor urine pH). This means farmers can feed their own higher-quality forages (alfalfa silage or grass silage) containing more protein and potassium. Photo: Canva

07-09-2023 | Article

A cost-effective approach to stamping out milk fever

Brett Stuart, president of Global AgriTrends, in conversation with Tanya Beckett, a journalist from the BBC moderating AgriVision. Photos: Sunita van Es-Sahota

06-09-2023 | Article

AgriVision 2023 review: future-proofing proteins

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22-08-2023 | News

Coming soon: Webinar on understanding sustainability in animal feed

Supplementation with an alpha-amylase enzyme such as Amaize may further improve productivity by enhancing digestion at the microbial level.

18-08-2023 | Article

Enzymes for enhanced rumen fermentation

One of the highlights of the All About Feed forum was the roundtable discussion with Gert van Duinkerken, business unit manager at Wageningen Livestock Research, Sanne Griffioen-Roose, PhD, director of farm sustainability at FrieslandCampina, and Luciano Pinotti, full professor in animal nutrition and feeding at the University of Milan. Together with the attendees, they discussed the implications of a more sustainable feed industry. Photos: Koos Groenewold

26-07-2023 | News

What shapes the future of animal feed?

Nutritional strategies to reduce the cow’s carbon footprint can act directly or indirectly within the cow, while presenting different economic considerations for producers. Photo: Shutterstock

06-07-2023 | Article

Economics of direct and indirect approaches to reduce methane

In the vast majority of cases, home-grown feed is cheaper than imported or bought-in feeds. Photo: Mark Pasveer

22-06-2023 | Article

Feed factors to maximise milk income

When diet crude protein levels are too low, cow performance can be reduced if the cow’s metabolisable protein requirements are not met. Photo: Chris McCullough

21-06-2023 | News

Increasing a dairy herd’s nitrogen efficiency

Photo: Canva

15-06-2023 | News

Research: feed additive from wood to cut methane in Russian dairy

Antibiotic Reduction - paving the way forward

Photo: Vincent ter Beek

16-12-2019 | Blog

Can less be more?

Dairy cattle in Minas Gerias, Brazil. Photo: Daniel Azevedo

16-12-2019 | Article

Latin America: Exploring antibiotic usage across the region

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