Description: |
The objectives of this module are to:
- Understand feeding strategies used by dairy farms, and how decisions on inputs used can affect milk production and overall profitability of the operation.
- Learn how cropping activities and nutrition work together on a modern dairy farm, and how decisions regarding each affect each other, and the economic prospects of the operation.
- Understand corn hybrids used for corn silage, and the importance of "type" of corn silage fed to high-producing cows on dairy profitability. |