The I-29 Moo University Dairy Webinar Series continues Tuesday, September 16 from 12 noon to 1 p.m. CDT, focusing on manure scoring with Dr. Mary Beth Hall.
Dr. Hall, owner of The Cows Are Always Right dairy consulting business, she counsels with producers to improve feeding and profitability. She was formerly with the USDA-ARS U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center in Wisconsin.
Her program on Tuesday, September 16, “Manure Evaluation for Reading Your Cows: It Doesn’t Just Happen” will focus on what we see when we walk herds, we see manure. Did you ever consider that the way manure looks and what is in it could tell you about how the cows are working with their diets? In this presentation She’ll discuss how rumen and gut function can change manure characteristics, what those changes look like, and how evaluation of manure, feeds, diets, cow performance, and management can be brought together to look for ways to improve herd performance.
There is no fee to participate in the webinar; however, registration is required at least one hour prior to the webinar. Register online at:
https://go.iastate.edu/EVALUATINGMANURE
For more information, contact: in Iowa, Fred M. Hall, 712-737-4230; in Minnesota, Jim Salfer, 320-203-6093; or in South Dakota, Maristela Rovai, 605-688-5488.