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Adjusting for forage variability via on-farm analysis

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Why do we need to feed cows<br />

precisely every day?<br />

Difficult to over-<str<strong>on</strong>g>for</str<strong>on</strong>g>mulate rati<strong>on</strong>s like we<br />

did in the past<br />

• Can’t maintain balance of nutrients in<br />

rati<strong>on</strong>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>for</str<strong>on</strong>g> high producti<strong>on</strong><br />

� Putting in <strong>on</strong>e nutrient in excess requires the<br />

removal of another required nutrient<br />

• Envir<strong>on</strong>mental c<strong>on</strong>cerns related to<br />

excessive nutrient excreti<strong>on</strong><br />

Getting More from Forages – July 29-30, 2009

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