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Foragecast Episode 7 - Nutritional Impacts of Alfalfa for Livestock

September 20, 2021 FGI
Foragecast
Foragecast Episode 7 - Nutritional Impacts of Alfalfa for Livestock
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Dr. David Weakley, Director of Forage Nutrition Research, joins this week to discuss how to best evaluate the nutritional impacts of alfalfa for livestock diets.

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- Alfalfa has the highest protein containing forage for dairy and beef cattle
- Alfalfa allows high-producing dairy cows to meet their genetic potential more quickly
- Alfalfa makes the animal more efficient in producing milk components

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