Feed efficiency: Finding ways to improve profitability

Dairy farmers are continually striving to find ways to improve profitability, as they are permanently facing ?challenges like changes in feed and milk prices. Consequently, increasing income by means of feed costs has become a popular benchmark within the dairy industry. Efficiency of nutrient utilisation represents a major tool affecting profitability in modern dairy farms. The fact that feed costs account for 70-80% of the variable costs of milk production, show yet again the importance of en