Thursday, March 29, 2012

Got (more) milk? Cows fed new alfalfa might - Holy Kaw!

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A new highly digestible alfalfa variety could boost milk production by more than three pounds a day, new research shows.

With less fiber taking up space in all those stomachs, cows can eat more of the high-quality alfalfa and produce more milk, say the Cornell University developers of N-R-Gee variety.

Full story at Futurity.

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