ANFS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Udder, Silage, Negative Energy
19 Mar 2019
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Dairy cattle in us agriculture: ranks third in animal industries behind beef and poultry and eggs. Annual cash receipts from dairy products -approximately billion. Dairy products provide nearly 11% of all yearly cash receipts from agriculture. Make use of resources humans can"t use. 2/3 of feed energy is from forage agronomic crop waste food by-products. Produce food humans can use very efficient. --- the dairy cow"s conversion of feed to food is the most efficient of all the domestic animals yay dairy cows. Shifted from mid-atlantic us to western us. Top states include ca, wi, ny, pa. 9% decrease in cows but 20% increase in milk production (46% decrease in number of dairy farms) Collects and processes genetic info and relates that to how to manage cows. Comprehensive management tool - dhia office staffed to help dairy farmers to process info on cows to help them be most economically efficient. Temperament is also very important in dairy cows.
