by GVFMarketing | Feb 28, 2023 | Dairy Grist
By Tom Bowman Dairy & Beef Specialists, Grand Valley Fortifiers It is no question that dairy producers are always looking for ways to increase production and revenue while also looking to cut costs where they can, whether it be through adopting new technologies,...
by GVFMarketing | Feb 28, 2023 | Dairy Grist
By Nikki Campbell Ruminant Nutritionist, Grand Valley Fortifiers, Nutrition Direct Performing routine Penn State Shaker Audit (PSPS) on your TMR is an excellent, efficient, and cost-effective bunk management tool. The goal of evaluating your feed program is to ensure...
by GVFMarketing | Aug 31, 2022 | Dairy Grist
By Kathleen Shore Ruminant Nutritionist, Grand Valley Fortifiers, Nutrition Direct Warm summer days and nights that are not much cooler means cows standing and perching in stalls longer than they would when temperatures are more comfortable. That time spent standing...
by GVFMarketing | Aug 31, 2022 | Dairy Grist
By Dave Harwood Technical Services Manager, Corteva Agriscience Good spring planting conditions and plenty of early season heat have helped corn plants grow well across many parts of the province. Most fields of corn were tasseled in mid-late July and thus harvest...
by GVFMarketing | May 27, 2022 | Dairy Grist
By Michelle Durnin, BSC., AGR, CAA Agri-Solve Inc. Fertilizing Hay Crops Nitrogen deficiency in a corn crop is obvious. We have all seen the bottom leaves of a corn plant turn yellow prematurely and cringe knowing we just left 20-30+ bu/ac on the table. Most people...
by GVFMarketing | May 27, 2022 | Dairy Grist
By Jeremy PlesmanRuminant Sales CoachGrand Valley Fortifiers Over the last number of years, our summers in western Canada seem to be extending longer in term and more extreme in range. Everything from record breaking heat to long stretches of drought we seem to...
