This forage will need to be spiked with some additional energy. A small amount of a good-quality alfalfa could fit the need. Estimating daily feed intake of your cow herd is the first step in determining the amount of forage that needs to be on hand for the winter feeding program. When forage availability is tight, like it is during drought, being able to determine how much inventory is needed will help enhance the profit potential of the cow-calf enterprise.
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As the forage quality increases, indicated as an increase in TDN content of the forage, the amount of the forage that the cow can consume also increases. As forage quality increases, there is more leaf as compared to stem.
When quality is low, there is more stem, therefore more cell wall contents that are not as easily digested - the forage does not pass through the rumen very fast. In addition, as forages increase in maturity, there is an increase in lignin content. Lignin is not digested by the rumen microbes. A good example of how forage quality impacts the amount a cow can consume daily is wheat straw.
Wheat straw is low in protein and energy, 4. When cows have full access to wheat straw, they don't quit eating wheat straw because they don't like it, they quit eating it because they can't stuff anymore into their rumen. Being underweight most of my life, I had meet with a nutritionist several times who advised me to eat simple carbohydrates for energy and weight gain.
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