Dairy Cattle Feeding in Practice

Introduction

For the composition of a good ration for dairy cattle two aspects are very important: good quality roughage and the correct supplementation level with concentrates. These two aspects are essential for a healthy and optimal producing dairy cow herd. For this purpose PTC+, in coöperation with Rovecom ICT, has developed the “Dairy cattle feeding in practice” course. This Course, which for a large part is executed by PTC+, takes place on the dairy farm of PTC+ Oenkerk.

Your final destination

After completing the course participants will be able to judge the quality of available roughages and to compose balanced rations with available feedstuffs present on a dairy farm. Participants will be able to recognize signs of sub-optimal feeding management in the stable and how feeding management can be improved on such dairy farms.

Advisors which participated in this course indicated that the Course had improved their knowledge and skill levels and that they had improved their self confidence levels in advising dairy farmers in feeding management.

Content of training/course

The Course includes the following seven modules:

    Day 1
  1. Importance of quality and composition of roughages, interpretation of roughage analysis reports

  2. Roughage balance of PTC+ dairy farm, judging quality of available roughages and selection of matching concentrates

  3. Principles for composing and optimizing rations for various dairy cattle ration groups, bunk management

  4. Feeding management and relation with metabolic disorders, cow signals


    5. Day 2
  5. Practical feeding TMR rations to various ration groups, judging and analysis of rations fed

  6. Feed Expert Computer Program for Dairy Cattle: introduction/ basic feeding management efficiency/ efficiency of feeding management over a longer period of time/ composition of rations of the trial farm of PTC+/ milk production registration and judging of cow signals at the trial farm of PTC+

  7. Monitoring of feeding management (MPR/ BCS/ judging of manure), analysis of key figures, feeding efficiency


A file with handouts of the presentations, records concerning feeding management of the dairy farm of PTC+ and recent articles concerning feeding management is included in the Course.
In addition, participants will be updated on recent software developments and will receive tips for advanced use of Rovecom FeedExpert Dairy.

Duration of study, minimum number of participants and prices

The Course takes 2 days and is carried out in groups of 6 to 8 participants.

Would you like to learn more about this training/course?

For further information on this training contact:

Rovecom ICT
P.O. Box 2126
NL-7900 BC HOOGEVEEN
The Netherlands

tel.: +31 528 223535
mail: sales-agri@rovecom.nl.
www: www.rovecom.de.
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