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| Avoid Empty Bunk
Syndrome One of the biggest management questions since the implementation of Total Mixed Rations has been how much to overfeed the cows. The concern with weigh-back is the economic impact that it has on the dairy. When it comes to efficiently managing weigh-back or clean-up, Feed Supervisor® Software becomes an invaluable tool. Feed Supervisor® Software provides the means of tracking clean-up versus dry matter intakes and milk production. This information allows the dairy to find the level of clean-up that will maximize milk production, while limiting the amount of wasted feed. Read more about feedbunk management from the December, 2002 issue of our newsletter, the Feed Supervisor Utilizer. Excerpt: Feed Management Software - What We Have Learned, Part 2 Excerpt: Scheps Dairy Producer Profile and Incentive Program |
 Check out these reports for feedbunk management: Herd Daily Clean Up Report Herd Evaluation Summary (Daily)  |
| Our Customers Say . . . | ||
 Almena, Wisconsin 600 Head Fed |
"Feed Supervisor® is a program that can help you as a dairy producer in many ways. One area that the program has helped our dairy in is clean-up. When we first started out with FSS, our clean-ups were around 10-12%. Now we're closer to 3%. We use Feed Supervisor Software daily to keep our clean-ups low. Each day we weigh the clean-up amounts. Twice a month we print off the Clean-Up Tracking Report and go over the data. The program has saved us over $30,000 this year, just by monitoring clean-up and making changes based on those numbers. By dropping clean-up, we have lowered our feed costs dramatically and our cows are actually milking more because we have a better grasp on how much to feed our cows. This program is easy to use and is an excellent tool for making decisions based on accurate information. I would not be without this program!" | |
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