Feed Rations News
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Breeding for Survivability with Genetic Selection and Measurement
Established in 1992 by Mr. John Downs, the Southern Cattle Company is nestled right in the middle of the Florida panhandle, northwest of Marianna—also known as “The City of Southern Charm.” The ranch itself was originally founded with one simple yet eloquent goal: to produce genetically exceptional cattle through genetic selection. Today, Mr. Downs is still ...
By Vytelle, LLC
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Detect nutrition changes before you can see cow effects
Cows are ruminants and depend on a consistent ration with high-quality forage. Changes in ration consistency can impact cow performance. But it’s difficult to see how cows react to deliberate or unintended ration shifts before obvious signs occur, like a drop in your bulk tank or changes in cow health. Herd monitoring technology offers a way to detect early cow reactions, so ...
By Censortec
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BASF and Adifo Software partner on optimizing feed formulation, supporting a more sustainable animal protein production
BASF and Adifo Software launch a new digital solution for the animal agriculture value chain by integrating sustainability analytics powered by BASF’s AgBalance Livestock project into Adifo’s BESTMIX feed formulation software. BASF’s sustainability analytics enable the industry to dynamically assess the life cycle environmental impacts to make animal protein production more ...
By BESTMIX
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Tami Smith joins Adifo’s US sales team
Tami's background in formulating feeds, balancing on farm rations, and working with feed mills and nutritionists in the dairy industry provide her with multiple areas of practical application for Adifo's software. Additionally, she had the unique experience of building the dairy genomics (testing) program while working for Neogen through their Geneseek platform. Contacts she has made during her ...
By BESTMIX
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Tami Smith joins Adifo’s US sales team
Tami's background in formulating feeds, balancing on farm rations, and working with feed mills and nutritionists in the dairy industry provide her with multiple areas of practical application for Adifo's software. Additionally, she had the unique experience of building the dairy genomics (testing) program while working for Neogen through their Geneseek platform. Contacts she has made during her ...
By BESTMIX
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Optimum Insemination Moment
how to interpret the ball graph and see your success rate - overlooked gem of T4C! So you see cows in heat on T4C and/or on your inherd app. But what does that ball graph really represent? First thing to know is that field called "Optimum Insemination Moment" starts from the 'first heat probability' moment. Which means the first time she goes beyond your set threshold on your farm (standard ...
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4 reasons why you definitely need to visit Adifo at Victam International 2019
Victam International, in Colgone Germany, from June 12 - 14, is the ideal moment to drop by and discover Adifo’s BESTMIX and MILAS software solutions. Come by our booth and learn how strategic software helps you compose, produce, market and deliver high quality products at the best price and in the most efficient way. Go for happy customers with software that guides you through your entire ...
By BESTMIX
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Adifo presents the Product Managers of the future
The challenges the feed and food industry are facing are becoming ever more complex. With a continuously expanding world population, we are looking forward with great anticipation and fascination to what the feed industry will look like in 2020, and also in 2050, when population figures are expected to exceed 9 ...
By BESTMIX
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DairyTuner: more than just advice!
We are independent dairy consultants with a focus on TMR rations. In the last 20 years DairyTuner has supported dairymen in Europe and the United States. To support dairy consultancy, the sophisticated,’ first of its kind’ DairyTuner weighing system was introduced and developed to manage rations and feed efficiency. DairyTuner is the ultimate tool to receive precise dry matter intake ...
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Crop Growers Told to Prepare for Low Price Era
Following some of the best years ever for growing row crops, an agricultural economist advised farmers to prepare for several years of lower prices, at a workshop at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 95th Annual Convention. “The last six years have been extraordinary years if you are a row crop producer,” said Matthew Roberts, an associate professor at Ohio State ...
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Recommendations can change, thanks to new findings
Science informs the decisions farmers make in producing food and affects the food purchasing decisions made by consumers. Sometimes, long-held scientific recommendations change, and such a paradigm shift is afoot for fluid milk. Last week, a study led by Washington State University researcher Dr. Charles Benbrook drew some significant attention, particularly in health and dairy circles. Dr. ...
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Overfishing Threatens Critical Link in the Food Chain
The fish near the bottom of the aquatic food chain are often overlooked, but they are vital to healthy oceans and estuaries. Collectively known as forage fish, these species—including sardines, anchovies, herrings, and shrimp-like crustaceans called krill—feed on plankton and become food themselves for larger fish, seabirds, and marine mammals. Historically, people have eaten ...
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Rising Meat Consumption Takes Big Bite out of Grain Harvest
http://www.earth-policy.org/data_highlights/2011/highlights22 World consumption of animal protein is everywhere on the rise. Meat consumption increased from 44 million tons in 1950 to 284 million tons in 2009, more than doubling annual consumption per person to over 90 pounds. The rise in consumption of milk and eggs is equally dramatic. Wherever incomes rise, so does meat consumption. As the ...
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