Hoard's Column Archive
Jun 2024 - How Will Cows Recover From Avian Influenza
May 2024 - Smart strategies for forage changes
Mar 2024 - The cost of high-ash forages-
Jan 2024 - Could sorghum be a fit for your farm?
Oct 2023 - A deeper dive into cud chewing
Aug 2023 - Master the co-product puzzle to lower ration costs
May 2023 - What’s the plan for feeding feed refusals?
Mar 2023 - Handle silage pile changes with finesse
Jan 2023 - Can we overcome the escalation in feed costs
Oct 2022 - From protein to carbohydrates and back
Aug 2022 - Reimagining corn's role in dairy rations
May 2022 - What is my ration balanced for
Mar 2022 - Is there a perfect cow pie?
Feb 2022 - Shadow prices can help shape rations
Sep 2021 - Teaming up to improve transition heifer health
Aug 2021 - Cows need both digestible and indigestible fiber
March 2021 - "String samples can help manage feed cost"
January 2021 - "Ration formulation has come a long way"
November 2020 - "Develop a well-thought-out plan to sample feeds"
September 2020 - "Finding the feeding balance"
July 2020 - "Don't forget to learn something."
March 2020 - "Verification pays transition cow dividends."
January 2020 - "Do we help cows finish well?"
December 2019 - "The crossroads of nutrition and health."
November 2019 - "Fresh cow concerns compound."
October 2019 - "You can't fix mature forages with more corn."
September 2019 – “Correctly consider ingredient costs.”
August 2019 - "Walking pens provides different perspectives."
July 2019 - "TMRs and human nutrition."
June 2019 - "The next ration starts now."
May 2019 - "Teamwork is the way"
April 2019 - "Energy Levels in Heifer Diets"
March 2019- "On-the-fly ration tweaks"
February 2019 – “Picking up trash”
December 2018 – “Achieving the right TMR moisture Part 2”
November 2018 – “Achieving the right TMR moisture Part 1”
October 2018 – “Pen management is part of feeding”
September 2018 - "Sorting out forage quality: NDFd and uNDF"
August 2018 - "Understanding feed fiber measures"
July 2018 - "Ration building and implementation Part 2"
June 2018 - "Ration building and implementation Part 1"
May 2018 - "Managing feed costs during tight margin times"
April 2018 - "The value of hard work"
March 2018 - "Has alfalfa lost its seat at the table?"
February 2018 - "Why make a fuss over ration reports?"
January 2018 - "Heat stress as a New Year’s resolution?"
November 2017 - "What is my ration balanced for?"
October 2017 - The "shadow price" principle
September 2017 - How to train your nutritionist
August 2017 - The dangers of anecdotal nutrition
July 2017 - How much do your cows weigh?
June 2017 - Feeding pounds and percentages
May 2017 - Back to the future for dairy records?
April 2017 - Polishing hooves and clipping tail heads
March 2017 - Risks and rewards of adjusting MUNs
February 2017 - Is there a sweet spot for milk urea nitrogen?
January 2017 - Sustainability – cooking oil, beer and cows.
December 2016 - Byproducts, sustainability, and the perfect ration.
November 2016 - Do body condition scores tell the whole story?
October 2016 - Transition success: formulating, working, hoping
September 2016 - Is quality forage the key to high production?
August 2016 - The lab, the computer and the cows all disagree. Now what?
July 2016 - Build a chart for your heifers
June 2016 - Percentages or amounts?
May 2016 - Finding the sweet spot
April 2016 - Are we feeding what we formulate? (part 2)
March 2016 - Are we feeding what we formulate? (part 1)
February 2016 - Premixes – love 'em or hate 'em
January 2016 - Building solid forage testing protocols (part 2)
December 2015 - Building solid forage testing protocols
November 2015 - What to do with feed refusals
October 2015 - Today’s milk was yesterday’s feed
September 2015 - Feeding and breeding
August 2015 - Good kernel processing pays off
July 2015 - Cottonseed meets manure screen
May 2015 - Hulls: Turning waste into milk
April 2015 - Teaching is part of the job
March. 2015 - Who is smarter, me or my computer?
Feb. 2015 - The fun in feeding heifers
Jan. 2015 - Constantly on the coaching hot seat
Dec. 2014 - My love-hate relationship with the shaker box
Nov. 2014 - What’s in your mineral formulation?
Oct. 2014 - Are you envelopes or binders?
Sept. 2014 - CP was then, MP is now
Aug. 2014 - Are you addicted to alfalfa?
