Often, rations can change seasonally. In fact, it’s common for producers to experience lower butterfat tests and higher numbers of butterfat inversions this time of year.
With all of today’s technology, data is readily available. Too many producers adapt the technology – but don’t utilize the data. But that data can offer valuable insight into cow performance.
With the numerous advances in the dairy industry over the last couple of decades, lactating dairy cows are producing more high-quality milk then ever before. Fat supplementation and fatty acids which make up the fat are the main factors to high-quality milk.
Technology has become an intregal part to dairy operations throughout the United States. With this amount of information available it can be difficult to decide what to focus on. Unfortunately, this amount of data is all to common with the milking center of dairy operations. It can be quite difficult to figure out which milk flow parameters are the most useful.
