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Balancing mineral supplementation in dairy diets

Ensuring an optimal mineral status across all life stages and lactations is key to reducing the risk of over supplementation in housed herds

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Total mixed rations are one way minerals get into the diet, but do not forget about licks, blocks and boluses.
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Total mixed rations are one way minerals get into the diet, but do not forget about licks, blocks and boluses.

The over supplementation of minerals is common among many of the UK's dairy herds, particularly within all year round housed herds. With effects on cow performance, profitability and the environment,...

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