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What are the factors affecting variation in the nutrient content of feeds and rations?

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Feeds vary as a result of differences in soil fertility and growing conditions, harvesting, processing, and storage. Feed nutrient variation can also be a result of sampling technique and laboratory differences. Feeds that have a lot of variation in dry matter and nutrient content should be analyzed frequently and limited in diets in order to reduce nutrient variation and unbalanced rations.

Charles Stallings, Dairy Science, Virginia Tech

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