Improving dietary nitrogen use in dairy cattle: reducing protein intake in growing heifers – can we maintain production performance?
Dr Ruth Wonfor: IBERS, Aberystwyth University
Take home messages:
- On average, 75% of total nitrogen consumed by cattle is lost through excretion.
- Nitrogen use efficiency can be improved (to maintain production) and emissions reduced when crude protein content in...
Preparing for Brexit top issue for 4000 farmers at roadshow events
Post-Brexit red meat trade to be a hot topic at farmer meetings
With the future of Welsh lamb and beef exports being a major talking point in discussions on the impact of Brexit, Farming Connect and HCC are working together in a drive to help the industry adjust to new trading realities...
Farming Connect Seminars at the 2017 Royal Welsh Spring Fair
Adopting best practice husbandry would avoid the need to use antibiotics, and where necessary, detecting early signs of illness would help Wales’ pig producers move away from a ‘just in case’ approach to antibiotic use, advises a vet with a special interest in pigs.
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Feed efficiency in ruminants: Impacts on production and the environment
Dr Ruth Wonfor: IBERS, Aberystwyth University
Take home messages:
- A feed efficient animal will eat less whilst maintaining production and health and emitting less methane.
- Feed efficiency in ruminants is linked to the microbial population in the rumen...