Volume
45
Issue
3
Abstract
Dairy nutritionists historically balanced milk cow rations for phosphorus at .45 to .5 % DM of the total ration. New studies have shown a high producing milk cow only requires a diet at .38% DM. Thirty-seven farms were studied to determine and compare P feeding levels in Oregon. The results of the project were then incorporated into educational programs. The average farm studied was over feeding by 18%. Eighty-nine percent of producers surveyed indicated this project increased their understanding of the problem we face as an industry. Approximately 50% of producers participating reduced P feeding on their farm.
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Recommended Citation
Downing, T., French, P., Peters, A., & Higgs, K. (2007). Convincing Oregon's Dairy Industry They Have a Problem with Phosphorus. The Journal of Extension, 45(3), Article 12. https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/joe/vol45/iss3/12
