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WebCumberland Valley Analytical Services (CVAS) is an agricultural laboratory focused on providing feed and forage analysis services. Our technologies support animal production, …

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WebPlant Tissue Analysis is a tool that assists in understanding nutrients that crops are utilizing from the soil. When evaluating crops, there are many visual indicators to gauge the …

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WebA key approach to evaluating the correctness or “integrity” of a forage report is to consider to what degree the dry matter components sum to 100% of the dry matter. On CVAS forage …

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Energy in the 2001 Dairy NRC: Understanding the System

WebThe purpose of this paper is to review the energy system in the 7th Edition of the Nutrient Requirements of Dairy Cattle (NRC-2001). In evaluating the energy system, both animal …

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Fatty Acid Profile Analysis

WebNIR Fatty Acid Profile Analysis: When the Plus Option is added to the NIR results for hay, haylage, corn silage, corn grain or total mixed ration (TMR)

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PLANT TISSUE ANALYSIS

WebCompeting in today’s agricultural market requires precision crop production beginning with choosing the correct crop varieties and hybrids through proper harvest and storage.

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Relative Feed Value (RFV) vs. Relative Forage Quality (RFQ)

WebRFV is calculated as follows: RFV = (DMI, % of body weight) * (DDM, % of DM) / 1.29. Where: DMI = dry matter intake (% of body weight) = 120 / (NDF, %DM) …

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Clostridia Fermentation During Wet Weather with Elevated

WebIf the introduction of clostridia is coupled with a low level of dry matter (below 32%) at ensiling, there is an increased risk of the clostridia bacteria producing butyric acid during …

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FATTY ACID PROFILE ANALYSIS

WebChemistry Fatty Acid Profile: Choosing the fatty acid profile report by chemistry methods will provide an expanded panel of fatty acids. CVAS has the ability to test for 46 distinct fatty …

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WebKleinman, P., et al. Selection of a water extractable phosphorus test for manures and biosolids as an indicator of runoff loss potential. J. Environmental Quality. 36:1357-1367. …

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Dry Matter Determinations: On-farm versus laboratory

WebDM (initial on farm 41.7% As evidenced by the data summary above, the initial dry matter from the initial dry-down by the Koster Tester and oven method are comparable.

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WebDate. Conference. Location. Jan. 7-10. AFGC 2024 Conference. Mobile, AL. Jan. 15-16. Pacific Northwest Animal Nutrition Conference. Boise, ID. Jan. 17-18. 2024

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