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Feed Quality Carbohydrates Dry Cows
Feeding Management Minerals & Vitamins Early Lactation Cows
Fiber Health Calves & Heifers
Fat and Lipids Environment Miscellaneous
Protein Milk Composition University Research Updates

Feed Quality

07 Garcia Storage of Wet Distillers Grains
06 Bolsen Silage Management: Common Problems and Their Solutions
04 Davis Changes in cereal grain by-products for dairy cattle

03

Doerr

Effect of mycotoxins on ruminal bacteria & animal performance

02

Woloshuk

Screening for mycotoxins

02

Bolsen

Bunker silo management: four important practices

00

Ward

Fermentation analysis: Use and interpretation

99

Chandler

Effects of manufacturing on chemical composition of plant by-products

99

Sulc

Update on predicting harvest time for alfalfa

97

Bucholtz

Variability in chemical composition of commodities

97

Sicilano-Jones

Using in-situ data in ration formulation

96

Sulc

Equations for predicting quality of alfalfa

95

DiCostanzo

Mycotoxins: what do we know, what can we do?

95

Weiss

Assessing feed quality: sampling tech & interpretation of data

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Feeding Management

08 Casper Factors Affecting Feed Efficiency of Dairy Cows
08 Devries Understanding Cow Behavior from a Nutritional Perspective
08 Donkin Feeding to Minimize Nutrient Requirements for Maintenance and Increase Milk Production
08 Pajor What is Affecting Housing Design and Other Management Practices - Economics or Animal Welfare
08 St-Pierre Managing Measures of Feed Costs: Benchmarking Physical and Economic Feed Efficiency
08 Stone Considerations in Feed Bunk Management
07 Botheras The Feeding Behavior of Dairy Cows: Considerations to Improve Cow Welfare and Productivity
07 Epley Optimizing the Use of Distillers Grains in Rations
07 Knapp Strategies for Diet Formulation With High Corn Prices
06 Schingoethe Can We Feed More Distillers Grains?
06 Thomas Field Responses to the Feeding of Rumensin
06 VandeHaar Update on Development of the Spartan Dairy Ration Evaluator/Balancer Version 3
05 Barmore Performance Monitoring of Dairy Nutrition and Feeding.
05 Berger Covering Bunker Silos.
05 Bucholtz Feeding Practices of High-Producing Herds in Michigan.
05 St-Pierre New Version of SESAME.
04 Dahl Does milking frequency affect feeding behavior
04 Robinson Implications of grouping strategies on feeding dairy cows
04 Ely How do I know if a change in the ration was beneficial
04 Weiss Fine tuning energy calculations
04 Shaver Feeding programs in high producing herds

03

Kononoff

New developments in TMR particle size measurement

03

Armentano

Problems with sorting in TMR's  (need to print page 93 & 95 also)

02

Firkins

Optimizing Rumen Fermentation

02

Dunkin

Rumen-protected choline: Potential for dairy cows

02

VandeHaar

Energy & protein in the 2001 dairy NRC: Challenges for ration programs

02

Bucholtz

New Feed Management Software

02

Barmore

Fine-tuning the ration mixing and feeding of high producing herds

02

Weiss

Relative Feed Value (RFV) of Forages for Dairy Cows: Critical Appraisal

02

Hall

Characteristics of manure: What do they mean

01

Allen

Dietary factors that affect dry matter intake

01

Weiss

Assessing the merits of different corn hybrids for silage

01

Kung

Management guidelines during harvest and storage of silages

01

Shaver

Prevention of displaced abomasum

00

Hefner

Feeding management for cows entering a new herd

00

St-Pierre

Estimating value of nutrients based on market prices of feedstuffs

00

Beauchemin

Enzymes & direct fed microbials for dairy cows

99

Johnson/Schutz

Feeding practices of high-producing herds in IN, OH & MI

99

Bucholtz

Communicating with the person mixing the feed

99

St-Pierre

Evaluating changes in feeding programs

99

Shinners

Forage harvester crop processors & other new hay & forage equipment

98

Kammel

Design, selection and use of TMR mixers

98

Roseler

Factors affecting dry matter intake of lactating dairy cows

98

Combs

Grain supplementation to grazing herds

98

Cherney

Forages for dairy cattle: economical alternatives to alfalfa grass and corn

97

Heinrichs

Using feed particle size in ration formulation

96

Eastridge/Bucholtz

Effects of changes in feeding on income over feed cost

96

Harrison

Handling and storage of wet commodities

96

Weiss

When to use silage additives

95

Wallace

Collection & interpretation of on farm data

95

Woodford

Why some rations don't work

95

VandeHaar

Optimum level of milk production-nutritional aspects

94

Lindquist

Trouble shooting problems

94

Johnson

Maximizing dry matter intake

94

Bucholtz

Monitoring dry matter intake

92

Bucholtz

Techniques for evaluating rations & feeding programs

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Fiber

07 Allen Ranking Corn Silage Hybrids
06 Varga In-Vivo Digestibility of Forages
05 Oba In Vitro Digestibility of Forages.
04 Eastridge Straw in rations for dairy cows

03

Allen

Forage alternatives

00

Eastridge

Guidelines for low forage diets

00

Weiss

Particle size of forage when feeding whole plant corn silage

97

Firkins

Effect of physical processing of corn silage and grain on utilization

94

Eastridge

Influence of fiber intake on health & production

92

Weiss

Types of fiber measurements

92

Firkins

Effectiveness of non-fiber forages fiber sources

92

Allen

Variations in fiber & digestibility of alfalfa & corn silage

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Fat and Lipids

06 Bauman Concepts in Lipid Digestion and Metabolism in Dairy Cows
04 Staples Nutrition and reproduction: Formulating for bovine fertility

03

Petit

Effects of dietary fat on reproduction

99

Jenkins

Digestibility of dietary fat under conditions of today's feeding practices

Protein

06 Hanigan Current Status of Amino Acid Requirement Models for Lactating Dairy Cows
05 Broderick Feeding Dairy Cows to Minimize Nitrogen Excretion.

03

Evans

Practicalities of balancing diets for amino acids

99

Kirstein

Composition & quality of porcine meat & bone meal

95

Schwab

Protected amino acids

94

Ceceva

Protein nutrition

94

Firkins

Effective use of protein sources

Carbohydrates

07 Donkin Glycerol as a Feed Ingredient in Dairy Rations
06 Firkins Starch Digestibility of Corn - Silage and Grain
05 Grant Optimizing Starch Concentrations in Dairy Rations.

03

Shirley

Concentrations of carbohydrates for close-up cows

03

Varga

Soluble carbohydrates for lactating dairy cows

99

Eastridge

Brown midrib corn silage

98

Hoover

Role of sugars and starch in ruminal fermentation

98

Firkins

Measuring nonfiber carbohydrates in feedstuffs

98

Grant

Feeding highly digestible diets to lactating cows

97

Weiss

Energy values for feeds

97

Dado

Nutritional value of different corn hybrids

96

Johnson

Alternative starch sources for dairy cattle

95

Grant

Effects of feed quality & processing on digestion & production

94

Allen

Factors affecting carbohydrate utilization

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Minerals and Vitamins

08 Grunberg Phosphorus Homeostatis in Dairy Cattle: Some Answers, More Questions
08 Weiss Mineral Tolerances of Animals
06 Hall Appropriate Methods of Diagnosing Mineral Deficiences in Cattle
06 Weiss Water Soluble Vitamins for Dairy Cattle
05 Beede Formulation of Rations with Optimal Cations and Anions for Lactation.
05 Weiss Selenium Sources for Dairy Cattle.
04 Kincaid Research update on requirements for micro-minerals

01

Beede

Phosphorus recommendations for dairy farms

00