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Dairy Essentials Nutrition and Feeding
28 TheBabcock Institute
To use Table 1, first estimate which of the
three columns with the title "Milk
production when forage quality is" (First
three columns on the left side of the Table)
most nearly fits the quality of the forage
available. Go down this column to the
amount of milk produced by the cow.
Then, follow the horizontal row of numbers
across the table to the right until you reach
the column with the proper body weight
and milk fat percentage. The number
found at this intersection is the amount of
concentrate to feed per day. For example, a
600 kg cow fed a high quality forage and
producing 23 kg of milk with 4% fat should
receive 3.2 kg of concentrate per day. Table
1 also indicates that if forage changes from
a high to a medium quality and the amount
of concentrate fed is not changed, milk
production would drop to 14 kg/day.
However, milk production of 23 kg/day,
can be obtained with a medium quality
forage if the amount of concentrate fed is
increased from 3.2 kg to 7.0 kg.
INGREDIENTS AND PERCENTAGES OF
PROTEIN IN THE CONCENTRATE MIX
Knowing how to determine the amount of
concentrate to feed is important. However,
determining the percentage of crude
protein in the concentrate mix is equally
important. Table 2 is a guide for the
desired protein percentage in the
concentrate mix when cows are fed
different type of forage. The top part of
Table 2 gives examples of concentrates
categorized in five groups depending on
crude protein concentration
1
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When the forage is a legume at an early
stage of maturity, a well fertilized grass at
an early stage of maturity or a mixture of
both, a crude protein in the concentrate mix
may vary from 12 to 14%. However, as the
stage of maturity of the forage advances
and crude protein declines, the crude
protein of the concentrate mix needs to be
increased between 15 to 18%. Finally, for
diets based on low quality forage, crop
residues and corn [maize] silage, the crude
protein of the concentrate mix should be in
the range of 18 to 23% (see the shaded
column to the right of the Table). The
bottom half of Table 2 presents examples of
the amounts of ingredient from the five
categories to mix to obtain 1,000 kg of
concentrate mix with the desired crude
protein concentration. For example, a 14%
crude protein mix can be prepared by
mixing 600, 200 and 200 kg of a concentrate
from the low, low-medium, and medium-
high categories, respectively (Table 2).
1
For a list of additional concentrates grouped in the same
way, see the Babcock Institute publication: "Nutrition and
Feeding Technical Dairy Guide.