Nutritionists Hub
Resources for Dairy Nutritionists
Dairy Conservation Navigator resources help dairy nutritionists connect ration decisions, feed efficiency, nitrogen utilization, and herd performance with broader environmental outcomes.
The resources can support conversations about enteric emissions, nutrient excretion, and how nutrition strategies contribute to more efficient milk production.
Key Learning Hub Courses
These short courses include downloadable slide decks and handouts to help Dairy Nutritionists learn about and communicate how animal nutrition affects a farm's environmental footprint.
‣ The connection between animal health and sustainability
‣ The impacts of key diseases of dairy cattle
‣ Understanding the opportunities
Animal Health and Management
‣ Reducing excreted nutrients through feed management
‣ Reducing methane emissions through feed management
Rations and Diet Formulation
Key Models Tools & Guides
Evaluation Tool for Enteric Methane-Mitigating Feed Additives
This tool was developed to assist dairy farmers, their trusted advisors and other stakeholders in the dairy value chain discover if an anti-methanogenic feed additive (AMFA) meets the three criteria of safety, efficacy and trade-offs / benefits when fed to dairy cattle according to the “conditions of use” stated by the manufacturer for the “intended use” of enteric methane mitigation.
Key Practices and Technologies
These featured practices are meant to help users get started, but there are many more options available in the full Practice and Technology Library.
Feed Efficiency and Diet Optimization
Diet Reformulation Strategies: Protein Balancing
Enteric Methane and Feed Innovation
Forage Quality and Feed Management
Feed Bins
Rotational Grazing
Cow Health, Productivity and Lifetime Efficiency
Nutrient Excretion and Manure Impacts
Nutrient Management: Accounting For Nitrogen Credits from Legumes and Manure
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Explore resources designed to help dairy professionals understand conservation opportunities, compare options, and support practical on-farm decision-making.
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