When you don't know the quality of feed on an operation, maintaining animal health and welfare can become significantly more difficult.
Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC)
Visual assessment of feedstuffs is not accurate enough to access quality and may lead to cows being underfed and losing body condition or wasting money on expensive supplements that aren't necessary.
Two new decision-making tools developed by the Alberta Beef, Forage and Grazing Centre, will help you use feed test results to flag potential nutritional problems, and identify the comparative economic value of different feeds based on their quality.