A study has shown that you should hold off on cutting your crops early in the season to use as feed in the winter for cows.
Greg Penner, associate professor at the University of Saskatchewan, is recommending a switch from soft dough, to hard dough.
When the original recommendation of soft dough was made, it was based on silage requirements.
The hard dough is tougher, making it more nutritious for cows to digest.
Four experiments for the study were done at the U of S, ultimately they fed the results to the cattle which received a positive response.
This study helps save money because winter feed is a huge cost for cattle producers. Penner wants to help the industry by developing or refining technologies to improve profitability.
