A nutritionist told dairy business experts from Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois a dairy herd can average 100 pounds of milk per day. Dr. Stephen Emanuele told nutritionists, veterinarians, and dairy farmers he worked with farms that can reach the 100-pound goal but can’t maintain it… so he found the reasons why. Emanuele says, “One is dry matter intake. You have to optimize dry matter intake in the pre-fresh cow, the fresh cow, and the high cow so we looked at strategies to do that. We also looked at reproduction. You have to get cows bred.” He adds, “You have to have 65% of your cows bred by 120 days in milk.”
Read more: Brownfield Ag News
