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Paul Sharp – Feeding food waste to cows

Paul’s years of experience working with farmers who have access to food waste coming from the human food chain shone through in his session. Paul talks about what type of waste products he uses on a common basis as well as some of the alternative products. He steps through how to review different feed options

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Transition cow diets and phosphorus – Pip Gale

Pip scene set this presentation by proposing that we are hit with “data overload/decision paralysis” around what to do with options facing us regarding transition cow management programmes. “Winning” with regard to good outcomes from excellent transition management means limiting the of incidence of metabolic disease to <1%, supporting optimum DMI through understanding the “HOT”

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Transition Cow NRC 2021 Update, Prof. Bill Weiss

Dr. Bill Weiss is a Professor emeritus of dairy cattle nutrition at The Ohio State University. He worked extensively in the areas of minerals and vitamins on cow health, forage, feed evaluation and methods to incorporate variability into ration formulation for dairy cattle. Dr. Weiss has published more than 140 journal articles and 450 proceedings

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A varied diet for improved animal performance, nutrient use efficiency, and welfare

K. Garrett, A. Greer, C. Logan and P. Gregorini, Lincoln University Hypothesis: Conventional farming aims to meet nutrient requirements of the average animal. Dietary diversity and variety could improve health and welfare, product quality and bring environmental benefits. Methods: 7 rams were allocated each to 1. variety, 2. monotonous mix, 3. monotony ryegrass for 40

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Optimising Dairy Farming – Ministry for Primary Industries Farm Systems Change Case Studies

Jane Davidson and Albert Hanson presented a summary of the Farm Systems Change Dairy initiative. This project aims to close the gap between top performaing dairy farms and the
rest of the industry. MPI is working alongside top performing dairy farmers to understand how they have improved farm performance and producivity.
While each farm in the study was different, a number of themes, principles and practices have been identified that can contribute to the discussion about how to enable more dairy
farmers to improve their environmental, animal welfare and financial outcomes.

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Nutrition Guidelines for Feedlot Beef

Nutrition Guidelines for Feedlot Beef Julian Waters and Jakob Kleinmans NZARN members a full copy of the presentation is available below if you are logged in. Non-members looking for more information are encouraged to use our ‘contact a nutritionist’ form and ‘member directory’ to find a member who can help them answer their questions. If you are a Rural

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Monitoring rumination – early intervention assessing nutrition

Monitoring Rumination – Early intervention assessing nutrition Pierre de Villiers   NZARN members a full copy of the presentation is available below if you are logged in. Non-members looking for more information are encouraged to use our ‘contact a nutritionist’ form and ‘member directory’ to find a member who can help them answer their questions. If you are a

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