Feeding cows cottonseed significantly boosts milk fat production

A new study from Penn State shows that adding 15% whole cottonseed to dairy cow feed can help to boost the production of milk fat. Whole cottonseed, a byproduct of processing cotton for fibre, is high in unsaturated fatty acid and the protein that cows need to produce milk fat. In a recent study published in the Journal of Dairy Science researchers found that cows fed a diet containing 15% whole cottonseed produced milk with 0.2% more fat and produced 5% more milk fat per day than cows not re