A YEAR OF COW CORNER – WHAT HAVE I LEARNED?

Earlier this week I listened to an episode of the Real Science Exchange podcast titled Lessons Learned in Research on Nutritional Management of Robotic Milked Cows. The hosts shared a lot of good information based on research and practical experience. I was amazed at how many times they used the phrase, “non-nutritional factors” in a podcast with “Nutritional Management” in the title. The phrase “non-nutritional factor” was new to me. The concept was not. Most what I have learned and done in the past year involved feed management, barn workflows, and system settings – the “non-nutritional factors” that make robotic barns move.