Strategies for producing those extra litres of milk

Compact feeding was one of the topics discussed at a series of farmer events organised by Kite Consulting looking at driving an extra 10% of milk production

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Strategies for producing those extra litres of milk

You do not destroy the cows' ration by overmixing the ration, but you are certainly wasting the cows' time by not mixing enough, according Niels Kristensen, of Aarhus University. Professor Kristensen...

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