Dairy Digital Media Resources

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This digital media kit was created to help make your job easier by offering timely story ideas and background information on key topics in dairy nutrition.

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Story Starters

Keeping Cows Longer Starts With Watching Their Feet – Rising replacement heifer costs and the beef-on-dairy trend means dairies are keeping cows in the herd longer. Hoof health can provide important insight into whether a cow is positioned for long-term performance. Looking beyond visible lameness and tracking hoof health trends over time can help producers identify recurring challenges earlier and make nutrition and management decisions that support productivity and longevity.

Not All Early-Lactation Weight Loss Is the Same – Weight loss after freshening is expected, but how a cow mobilizes body reserves can tell us more about how well she’s adapting to the metabolic demands of early lactation. Looking more closely at the balance between muscle and fat mobilization, and the nutrition strategies that support overall energy efficiency, can help producers rethink what a successful transition really looks like.

A Broader Role for Chromium Is Emerging in Dairy Nutrition – Chromium has traditionally been viewed as a nutritional tool for helping dairy cows through periods of stress, but the industry’s understanding of its role is evolving. As we learn more about chromium’s involvement in glucose metabolism, nutritionists have an opportunity to think beyond stress and consider its year-round role in milk production and reproduction.

Processor Expectations Are Raising the Bar for Milk Quality – As processors place greater emphasis on milk quality, including lower SCC and higher-value milk components, the health and performance of the herd can have an increasingly direct connection to a dairy’s market opportunities and profitability. Optimizing trace mineral nutrition can support the biological functions behind udder health, immunity and production, giving producers a strategy to consistently produce the high-quality milk processors are looking for.