Resources: Dairy

It dawned on me this week that I seldom see the sun any more. It is dark when I drive to the office in the morning and dark when I drive home at night. In between, seems like it is ...

The effects of NutriVantage® Nutrition Optimizer® on cattle and dairy calves regarding performance and health have been well documented, but data on the effects of NutriVantage (NV) in lactating dairy cows was lacking. In the fall of 2010, we designed ...

The following is a summary of numerous feeding trials summarized to show the benefits (“vantage”) of NutriVantage in calf milk replacers, calf starters, calf growers, and dairy beef supplements. Those results have continued to support many of the initial observations: ...

Energy is often the most-limiting nutrient for the high-producing dairy cow. This is further complicated by the high dry matter intake associated with high levels of milk production. As the cow eats more, the increased rate of passage of feed ...

At KNG, we sell nutrition! As a result, we tend to focus on the diet as the solution to a situation when cows are not performing. However, it is very likely that there are also non-nutritional issues that may be ...

Decades ago fermenting of alcohol began. By the 1920’s, yeast by-products were fed to Dairy, with feed applications for all species diets occurring shortly after. We have learned yeast improves fiber digestion, stabilizes rumen pH, improves gain and efficiency, and ...