STtalks #390 - Eco$ Performance at Cottonwood Dairy with James Bailey and Eric Zwiefelhofer
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James Bailey discusses the impact of genetics on dairy efficiency and profitability at Cottonwood Dairy.
“It starts with the feed…but it really helps to be working with good genetics to maximize that,” states James Bailey in this STtalks! James, a co-founder of ProAgtive Dairy Nutrition, joins STgenetics® Eric Zwiefelhofer to share about the on-farm trial they put together at Cottonwood Dairy in South Wayne, Wisconsin, to prove the impact of selecting for STgenetics®’ Eco$ Index. After splitting first lactation heifers into two separate pens based on their Eco$ value, there was an easy difference noticed in the data that supports that good genetics make more efficient, profitable cows.
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