Responsibly sourcing efficient cattle feed protein is vital to the overall sustainability of any dairy or beef operation. Protein is pivotal to production.
This blog explores the major aspects that farming producers need to know to navigate the protein challenge – one of the biggest agri-food challenges of the decade.
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Over the past two generations, the Bryson family has farmed Town Head Farm in a multitude of ways.
Starting out with 50 dairy cows, the Ayrshire farm peaked to 120 head in the 1980s on a grazing-based system with a milk round. The dairy ceased production in 2010, when milk prices plummeted, coinciding with farm investments needed to continue...
Starlings can be a real pest on farm. Attracted by feed, water, and perching sites like trees and feed fences, they can consume and contaminate feed stocks to a significant degree.
As the starlings pick out the more energy-dense components of a feed ration, reduced milk production of up to 2 litres/cow/day, as well as consequential...
*The 2023 numbers were adjusted on April 15, 2024
World feed production remains steady, with a slight decrease of 0.01%* to 1.29 billion metric tons.
Lower demand is attributed in part to the more efficient use of feed.
[LEXINGTON, Ky.] – Global animal feed production remained steady in 2023 at 1.29 billion metric tons (BMT),...