formulation of least-cost dairy ration for small-scale dairy farms using ‘solver add-ins’ in microsoft excel

Formulation of Least-Cost Dairy Ration for Small-Scale Dairy Farms Using ‘Solver Add-Ins’ in Microsoft Excel

Small-scale dairy farming in Bangladesh is constrained mostly due to acute shortage, high price and seasonal fluctuation of energy and protein supplements. Poor economic conditions of dairy farmers do not allow them to purchase adequate conventional energy and protein supplements. Locally available non-conventional energy and protein sources can be used as alternatives, cheaper than conventiona...

Using Distillers Grains in the Dairy Ration

The feeding of distillers grains to dairy cattle is nothing new; such products have been fed cattle for more than a century. The research article by Loosli et al. (1952) referenced an 1895 Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin that reported on the feeding of distillers grains to lactating cows. In many respects, one might say that responses to feeding distillers grains today should b...

Economic Opportunity Survey of Small Dairy Farms in the Southwest Part of Iran

In this study 495 smallholder dairy farms in 52 villages of different township in southwestern province of Iran (Chaharmohal and Bakhtiari province) included 1321 lactating cows and 2811 total mature cows (lactating and dry) during winter 2009 to summer 2010 were used to estimate economic opportunities insmallholder dairy farms. Questionnaire survey was used to collect data from last year infor...

An economic study of dairy farms : a case study of dairy farms around shiraz

Economics of Fertility Management of Small Holding Dairy Farms in Bangladesh

Considering different fertility traits 411 cows from 73 farms used for economic analyses. From these, 202 lactating cows were selected for evaluating the fertility status. Pre-tested data sheets were used to record the socioeconomic status of the farms including their assets, cost and return and productive and reproductive performance of the dairy cows. Targets were set considering the situatio...

Ration Balancing : New Advances in Dairy Research

As advances in dairy cattle nutrition research are now becoming available to the dairy industry, it is sometimes difficult to understand how these differ ent advances and improvements in our understanding of dairy nutrition with the different approaches taken by different companies and their associated “jargon”. This brochure is meant as a general overview of the different ration balancing syst...