Randy D. Shaver Professor 280 Animal Sciences Building 1675 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706-1284 Phone: (608) 263-3491 Fax: (608) 263-9412 rdshaver@wisc.edu

Biographical Information

Welcome to Dairy Cattle Nutrition UW-Extension

The Dairy Cattle Nutrition UW-Extension site is designed to provide research-based information for the public seeking resources on applied aspects of the nutrition of dairy cattle.

Highlights

• Dairy Team News from the University of Wisconsin

• 2008 Four-State Dairy Nutrition & Management Conference Proceedings (118 pages, 2.99 MB) Cooperative Extension for: Iowa State University, University of Illinois, University of Minnesota, and University of Wisconsin

Spreadsheets

• Impact of feed prices on cost of simulated diets of varying starch content (R. D. Shaver)
• MILK2006 Corn Silage: Calculates TDN-1x, NEL-3x, Milk per ton, and Milk per acre (Shaver, Lauer, Coors and Hoffman)

Publications

• Benchmarking forage nutrient composition and digestibility R.D. Shaver, 2008 AABP Conference, Charlotte, NC
• Coping with High Corn Prices: Low Starch Diets and Lactation Performance by Dairy Cows R.D. Shaver, 2008 Mid-Atlantic Nutrition Conference, Timonium, MD
• Feeding Programs in High Producing Dairy Herds (29 pages, 190 KB) Randy Shaver and Robert Kaiser

Presentations

• Benchmarking forage nutrient composition and digestibility R.D. Shaver, 2008 AABP Conference, Charlotte, NC
• Coping with High Corn Prices: Low Starch Diets and Lactation Performance by Dairy Cows R.D. Shaver, 2008 Mid-Atlantic Nutrition Conference, Timonium, MD
• Coping with High Corn Prices: Improving Starch Utilization by Dairy Cows R.D. Shaver, Originally presented at March, 2008 Nutrition Seminar, East Earl, PA
• Diets fed in selected WI high-producing dairy herds (21 pages, 767 KB; presented at 2008 UWEX Outagamie, Shawano, & Waupaca County Cow College) Randy Shaver, Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, UWEX; Tom Anderson, Shawano County Extension; Greg Blonde, Waupaca County Extension; Zen Miller, Outagamie County Extension