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
Laura has joined PGG Wrightson after a 10-year career as a farm vet. Her passion is all things animal nutrition. During her veterinary career Laura has seen how good nutrition translates into great production, reproduction and animal health outcomes. Laura is a firm believer in setting good foundations of nutrition and building from this base
This is a project looking at the foraging behaviour of cattle using GPS technology to track cattle set stocked and rotationally grazed systems.
Stacey focused on techniques for measuring energy efficiency to calculate Metabolisable Energy in grazing cattle and explained a new method that is measuring energy efficiency in the field, using an automated head chamber system that measures methane, carbon dioxide and oxygen in the breath of animals as they put their head in a trough to
The “tall-grass” grazing model has a focus on building grass cover and using lower inputs.
Bridget Maclean of Fonterra shared insights around the Fat Evaluation Index with NZARN.
Processing the Solids Physical aspects of digestion; rumen mixing, and what happened to the solids? Variation between animals in digestion Metabolism stalls for measuring digestion Data from tirals with fodder beet Dairy farming in Beijing NZARN members a full copy of the presentation is available below if you are logged in. Non-members looking for more
Presentation: By Bryan McKay, Dairy Production Systems Ltd. 2014 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 Professional
Presentation: By Aaron Stafford, 14 November 2013 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 Professional interested in
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