Feed conversion efficiency depends on knowing your fibre from your roughage

摘要

Fibre or roughage? Many of you may think that they are one and the same but knowing the difference can mean ￡50 per cow extra margin. If you do not know the difference already, take a look at the chart below. The practical difference is that when you need to balance your spring grass or high energy dairy cake with roughage to stop acidosis (or raise BF%), you will need twice as much soya hulls in a blend as lucerne or Nutritionally Improved Straw (NIS) to achieve the same effect.