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    • 2. Forage conservation
    • 3. Animal nutrition and feeding
    • 4. Water management and supply
    • 5. Fertility and breeding
    • 6. Calving, calf rearing & young stock management
    • 7. Milking and milk hygiene/ handling
    • 8. Animal housing
    • 9. Animal health
    • 10. Hoof Care
    • 11. Planning, starting or expansion of a dairy farm
    • 12. Communication & extension
    • 13. Mechanization of the dairy farm
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3.19

Monitoring of feeding management, use of key performance indicators (based on Rumen8) in feeding management

Level 2 - Lead Farmers
Introduction
1. You will learn about...
2. Background
3. Background cont'd...
4. Rumen8 measures of performance
5. Feed ingredient key performance indicators
6. Feed ingredient parameters
7. Dry matter composition of a feed ingredient
8. Metabolizable energy of a feed ingredient
9. Crude protein of a feed ingredient
10. Fat quantity of a feed ingredient
11. Neutral detergent fibre of feed ingredient
12. Starch content of a feed ingredient
13. Sugar content of a feed ingredient
14. Ash content of a feed ingredient
115. Ration formulation key performance indicators
16. Ration formulation key performance indicators cont'd...
17. Ration calculation indicators
18. Ration calculation cont'd: Dry matter intake
19. Ration calculation indicators cont'd...
20. The 'Diet detail' tab
21. Ration key performance indicators
22. Metabolizable energy
23. Metabolizable protein
24. RDP/UDP protein
25. Minerals
26. Feed cost key performance indicators
27. Cost of a feed ingredient
28. Feed cost
29. Milk income
30. Feed efficiency
31. Margin