In a recent webinar “Your Choice in Minerals Matters,” Dr. Jud Heinrichs, professor of dairy science at Penn State University, and Dr. Roger Scaletti, a trace mineral and milk quality expert at Alltech, got us back to the basics of mineral nutrition, helped us understand the differences in form and function, and brought some real-life examples into the equation.
Most animal diets include daily supplementation of trace minerals, giving the producer and nutritionist a choice in what form of mineral they choose to use.
[DUNBOYNE, Ireland] – Following Alltech’s acquisition of Keenan, a leading farming solutions company in Ireland, the first Keenan “Green Machine” rolled off the factory floor in Borris, Co. Carlow, Ireland today. Keenan, now part of the Alltech family of companies, is the 14th acquisition for Alltech globally since 2011.
Getting the cow off to the best possible start in early lactation is obviously one of the main goals for any dairy farmer. Poor management of the cow during this critical phase in the cow’s life cycle can be attributed to a lot of the fertility issues and body condition loss associated with dairy cows particularly at grass.
The following are some basic tips to help reduce body condition loss and improve fertility in early lactation cows.
More than 2,000 delegates from 60 countries have gathered for “What If?” the 30th Annual Alltech International Symposium, which is taking place in downtown Lexington, Ky., USA today until May 21. The Symposium opened with a welcome address from Alltech founder and president Dr. Pearse Lyons who posed the question of “what would you do with $10,000”
A survey of feed produced in Southeast Asia and within that in Indonesia, found that one hundred percent of samples tested are contaminated with multiple mycotoxins. Experts revealed the striking data during the 1st Alltech Indonesia Mycotoxin Summit. Over one hundred representatives of Indonesian feed companies and animal
