Optimizing Dairy Diets for Environmental and Economic Wins
Dec 12, 2023
In the ever-evolving dairy cattle industry, the focus on integrating new research and technologies is key to enhancing productivity and sustainability. This approach is vital for optimizing feed efficiency, reducing environmental impacts, and improving animal health, ensuring the long-term viability of dairy production. In this episode, Dr. Larry Chase, an expert in dairy cattle nutrition, delves into the importance of balancing low-protein diets, maximizing forage use, and their economic and environmental benefits. His insights on feed cost optimization and nitrogen management are crucial for progressive dairy operations.
What you’ll learn:
- Importance of lowering protein in dairy rations
- Importance of maximizing rumen fermentation
- Impact of forage quality on dairy rations
- Role of dairy cattle in producing human-edible protein
- Carbon footprint reduction in dairy farming
Meet the guest:
Dr. Larry Chase, a Professor Emeritus at Cornell University's Animal Science Department, specializes in improving New York dairy farm sustainability. Holding a Ph.D. in Animal Nutrition from Penn State, an M.S. in Animal Sciences from North Carolina State, and a BS in Dairy Science from Ohio State, his work concentrates on refining dairy cattle diets using the Cornell Net Carbohydrate and Protein System model. His focus is on enhancing nutrient use efficiency in cattle, thereby reducing environmental impacts, with a particular interest in nitrogen metabolism and usage.
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