TRAIL · 138 EPISODES

Milk Components, Forage & Feed Strategy.

Milk fat, milk components, forage quality, starch, feed efficiency, and feed ingredient strategy.

Watch or listen to the episodes in order, then review the key takeaways and short companion posts.

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The Trail

DAIRYEP 91

01/08

Amino Acid Impact on Milk Production

Amino acid bypass technologies, milk fat, sustainability, and transition cow focus.

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DAIRYEP 98

02/08

Dietary Starch & Amino Acids

Starch, digestible amino acids, forage quality, and dairy productivity metrics.

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DAIRYEP 129

03/08

Methionine, Forage and Transition Cow Health

Forage quality, amino acid balancing, transition cows, and milk components.

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DAIRYEP 165

04/08

Understanding Milk Fat

Milk fat synthesis, nutritional physiology, and component strategy.

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DAIRYEP 38

05/08

Almond Hulls in Cattle Feed

Alternative ingredients, almond hulls, quality control, and inclusion strategy.

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DAIRYEP 42

06/08

Enhancing Milk Fat with Methionine

Methionine, enzyme regulation, amino acid research, and milk fat enhancement.

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DAIRYEP 62

07/08

α-Amylase in Corn Silage & Grain

Amylase-rich corn, lactation performance, starch digestibility, and grain processing.

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DAIRYEP 83

08/08

Managing Milk Fat Depression

Milk fat depression, isoacids, rumen microbial activity, and fiber digestion.

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

What you'll take away

3 takeaways · from 8 episodes

Milk components are nutrition outcomes

This trail connects amino acids, methionine, starch, forage quality, and milk fat response.

Forage and feed strategy are linked

Forage quality, almond hulls, starch digestibility, and grain processing all sit in the same decision chain.

Milk fat requires rumen context

Milk fat episodes point to rumen microbial activity, fatty acids, BCAAs, and component physiology.

COMPANION POSTS

Short reads on this trail

Short-form posts by Adisseo experts on the same themes as the episodes, for another angle in a few minutes.

Balance amino acids across the ration

DAIRY

Companion post1 min read

Amino acid supply is one part of ration formulation. This post introduces the relationship between methionine, total protein feeding, and milk-component goals, with attention to the broader diet and the animal's requirements.

Measure feeding decisions against milk income

DAIRY

Companion post1 min read

Ration cost is only one part of a feeding decision. This post introduces the relationship between feed analysis, milk-component response, and the economic measures needed to assess a change for an individual herd.

Review amino acid costs with component value

DAIRY

Companion post1 min read

The economic case for amino acid balancing depends on nutrient delivery, milk-component response, and the prices used in the calculation. This post introduces those inputs without promising profitability through every market condition.

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