Management
This provides highly digestible
nutrients for skeletal and muscle
growth at the tissue level.
However, the rumen must begin
developing soon so that solid
foods can be digested there.
When lactating cows are
maintained on a limit fed diet in
confinement, producers should
consider developing a pen
area only accessible to calves
by removing bottom bars from
a cross fence into an adjacent
pen so the calves can access
a feed bunk only available to
them, providing a creep feeder,
or allowing creep grazing
of highly digestible forage.
Highly digestible feeds such as
high quality forages and by-
products have a rapid passage
rate through the rumen, which
encourages dry matter intake
and helps develop the small
rumen of the nursing calf.
Calves will likely continue to
approach the bunk with their
mothers when feed is delivered
to the cows, but they may not
be able to access enough of
this feed to support the growth
and development of their
grazing counterparts without
additional feed resources
unavailable to the cows.
Water is also a very important
nutrient for the young nursing
calf providing hydration as
well as promoting rumen
development. A common
misconception is that the
water in milk will provide all
the hydration a calf needs.
This is incorrect, particularly in
the summer. Calves raised in
confinement will need access
to a water source they can
reach and that refills quickly
if cows drink the tank to a
level below the calf’s ability to
reach. Observe calves at the
tank and modify the tank or
provide a water source away
from the cows if necessary
Function, Muscle and Quality at
MAGS
ANN MARGARET
Black • Polled • 50% Lim-Flex
S: EXAR Upshot 0562B
D: MAGS Seventeen
A striking look, backed by one of the most prolific EPD profiles in the breed.
Ann Margaret is living up to our expectations.
A BIG THANKS...
To Boggs Farms, Tyler Jackson and Gene Burga and Sons for their
support of our program with their purchases of our consignments
at the Ohio Valley Spring Sale.
Chad, Melissa, Isabella & Robert Glauser
1652 Stone Church Rd. • Wheeling, West Virginia 26003
304.780.0161 • [email protected]
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out a powerful set of
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