Category: Transition/ Dry Cow
Rumen Health During the Transition Period
May 5, 2022
Seventy-five percent of dairy cow health disorders such as displaced abomasum (DA), metritis, and retained placenta (RP) happen in the first 30 days of lactation. The onset of lactation puts […]
Supporting Dry Cow Nutrition with Lic Tubs
April 19, 2021
The importance of dry cow nutrition is recognized for multiple reasons. We expect this cow to do many things in a short period of time. She needs to deliver a healthy calf, produce quality colostrum, and release and […]
Successfully Managing Long Dry Periods
May 15, 2020
The last two or three months have certainly brought extreme challenges and difficulties to our personal and business lives like we have never seen before. The need to produce and […]
The Role of Calcium in Transition Cows
September 27, 2019
You need to get your cows off and running at optimum speed early in lactation for the best return of investment and high profits. The transition period (21 days before […]
Enhance Liver Function and Improve Performance in the Transition Period
October 9, 2018
It is calving season! A lot of calves have already hit the ground. Although we focus on making sure the calf receives a clean and adequate amount of colostrum, cows […]
Setting Your Fresh Cows Up for Success with Hydro-Lac®
June 20, 2017
Returning fresh cows to positive energy balance as fast as you can after calving is the end goal of any transition program. We do this by feeding a well-balanced, consistent […]
Feed an Amino Acid Balanced Diet for Transition Cow Performance
January 4, 2016
In today’s dairy farming operations we are all affected by the global milk markets. As nutrition suppliers we are always asked to “get more milk” or “do it cheaper with […]