Post on 12-Jan-2017
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SMART FeedingHow smart feeding can affect cow behaviour
Timo JoostenSenior Product Manager Dairy
Lely International NV
Farming; Insight in farm management, animal welfare & health
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What is the relation between cow behavior and availability of feed?
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More frequent (smaller) meals, results in less variation in rumen pH and therefore a healthier rumen
Dohme et al. 2008. J. Dairy Sci 91: 3554-3567
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Journal of Dairy Science (2005) DeVries et al.
Less sorting when cows are fed multiple times
With 10x feeding
24/7 the same
ration!
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Less peak visits at feed fence with 24 hours feed available(multiple times feeding)
Once a day
Multiple times (Automatic Feeding System)
Source: Lely International, 2013
AvailabilityMultiple times feeding gives more milkings!
Oberschatzl, Bayerische Landesanstalt fur Landwirtschaft (LfL); Institute for Landtechnik und Tierhaltung, 2013
Source: Lely International, 2013. 17 farms during 2 year.
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Dynamic feeding
When feed is 24/7 available where can we optimize?How wrong are we currently feeding our cows??
Economic optimization
• Economically most optimal milk yieldNOT maximal milk yield
Based on: Cost of concentrates Cost of roughage Profit of milk, fat and protein
• Individual optimization
Maximizing profit
Concentrate intake (kg/cow/day)
Milk price minus
feed cost (euro/day)
Maximizing profit
Individual efficiency (%)
Input constant
Input related to efficiencyIncrease of profit
Decrease of loss
Margin (euro)
The dynamic model is developed in cooperation with the Animal Sciences Group, Wageningen UR.
Change your way of thinking!
1. Fixed feeding: subjective based on farmers perception
2. Feeding by feed table: static calculation based on herd average
3. Dynamic feeding: individual calculation and optimisation (kg milk + % fat and protein)
Dare to Dairy individualy!
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