Description
Although necessary to maintain milk production in late lactation when grass is scarce, dependency on imported concentrate has negative environmental credentials; diversifying native feeds i.e., perennial ryegrass, using biorefinery, to produce high quality by-products may be a solution (Sanders et al., 2020). To validate these suggestions, a study was undertaken on dairy cows during the winter period; 60% of a perennial ryegrass silage diet was replaced with perennial ryegrass (PRG) press cake in treatment cows (GSPC; n=20), while a perennial ryegrass silage diet was offered to control cows (GS; n=20). Cows substituted with press cake produced 9.1 and 10.5 % more milk solids (kg), and fat and protein corrected milk (kg), respectively, compared to their GS herd mates (P < 0.05). The GSPC cows also produced 6.5% more methane than GS cows (P
DOI
https://doi.org/10.13023/psze-n565
Citation
Costigan, H.; Lahart, B.; Kennedy, M.; Rumley, T.; and Shalloo, L., "The Partial Replacement of Perennial Ryegrass Silage with Ensiled Biorefined Perennial Ryegrass Press Cake, and its Impact on Productivity of Late Lactation Dairy Cows" (2024). IGC Proceedings (1993-2023). 11.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/XXV_IGC_2023/Livestock/11
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The Partial Replacement of Perennial Ryegrass Silage with Ensiled Biorefined Perennial Ryegrass Press Cake, and its Impact on Productivity of Late Lactation Dairy Cows
Although necessary to maintain milk production in late lactation when grass is scarce, dependency on imported concentrate has negative environmental credentials; diversifying native feeds i.e., perennial ryegrass, using biorefinery, to produce high quality by-products may be a solution (Sanders et al., 2020). To validate these suggestions, a study was undertaken on dairy cows during the winter period; 60% of a perennial ryegrass silage diet was replaced with perennial ryegrass (PRG) press cake in treatment cows (GSPC; n=20), while a perennial ryegrass silage diet was offered to control cows (GS; n=20). Cows substituted with press cake produced 9.1 and 10.5 % more milk solids (kg), and fat and protein corrected milk (kg), respectively, compared to their GS herd mates (P < 0.05). The GSPC cows also produced 6.5% more methane than GS cows (P
