Feed Testing - Considerations on How to Do It

This video features Livestock and Feed Extension Specialist Rikki Wilson, Consulting Ruminant Nutritionist Lynne Girardin (BeefSmart) and Alberta producer Ed Lang (Walter Farms) talking about how to feed test and use the results to develop rations as well as the importance of complementary practices (testing water, body condition scoring). Use a forage probe to collect samples – 00:29 Representative sample from taking multiple samples from each feed – 00:34 Producer Ed Lang sharing why he feed tests – 00:59 Water testing and body condition scoring also matter – 1:30 Cowbytes for ration development – 1:55 Feed testing cost – 2:24 Single feed evaluation tool – 2:49 Cowbytes can be ordered online at: https://www.beefresearch.ca/cowbytes/ Single feed evaluation tool: https://www.beefresearch.ca/feedtest This video was produced with funding from the Beef Cattle Research Council’s Knowledge and Tech Transfer funding stream and the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture’s Agriculture Development Fund.