Are your cows ready to meet the demands of calving and early lactation? Troy Walz, Nebraska Extension Educator discusses the importance of proper nutrition for the cow during late gestation and early lactation and also its importance to calf health and performance.
Looking for a copy of the slides? https://go.unl.edu/waltz
Here is the pub on BCS that Troy talks about https://extensionpublications.unl.edu/assets/pdf/ec281.pdf
Looking for nutrient requirements of cows and heifers? This pub has some good tables using TDN and CP http://pods.dasnr.okstate.edu/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-1921/E-974web2017.pdf
If you want to help comparing feeds as Troy mentioned this tool can help https://extensionpublications.unl.edu/assets/html/g2214/build/g2214.htm
Here is a link to the Beef Report Article that Troy mentioned https://beef.unl.edu/documents/2020-beef-report/MP108-2020-06.pdf
More info on grass tetany https://beef.unl.edu/beefwatch/preventing-grass-tetany-lactating-beef-cow-spring
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