Alfalfa

Forage

-Legume

Alfalfa Hay

Structural CHO/Fiber

Forage

Alfalfa Haylage

Rumen Degradable Protein

Structural CHO/Fiber

Forage

Alfalfa

Forage

-legume

Amino Acid Bypass Protein with Bloodmeal

• Protein source
• rumen bypass or undegradable
• methionine = white "sprinkles"

Beet Pulp

• Non-forage fiber
• Structural CHO/fiber
• derived from sugar beets, sugar extracted and pulp remains

Bloodmeal

• rumen bypass protein/rumen undegradable protein

Bloodmeal and methionine pellets

• rumen bypass protein
• methionine "sprinkles"
• amino acid supplement

Commercial Mineral Mix

• mixed minerals

Corn Silage

• structural CHO/fiber
• forage
• not as moist as haylage, has thicker looking hay strips than ryelage

Cottonseed Hulls

• structural CHO/fiber
• non-forage fiber
• fuzzy and darker than whole cottonseed
• cottonseed oil is extracted

Cracked Ground Corn

• non-structural CHO/soluble CHO
• energy

Crushed Limestone

• calcium
• looks like tiny rocks

Dicalcium Phosphate

• calcium
• phosphorus
• gray and granular, more granular than limestone

Dry Distiller's Grains

• rumen bypass protein/undegradable protein
• rumen bypass fat/undegradable fat
• energy
• golden color

Dry Distiller's Grains

• rumen bypass protein and fat
• non-structural CHO/soluble CHO
• energy
• dark brown color

Grass Hay

• structural CHO/fiber
• forage

High-Moisture Corn

• energy
• non-structural CHO/soluble CHO
• procesed and ground
• fermented to make starch more available to rumen microbes

L-Lysine

• lysine
• amino acid supplemnt
• fine grain and a gray/tan color

Megalac

• rumen bypass fat
• enegry
• more energy dense than CHO

Mineral Supplement

• mixed minerals
• energy (corn is carrier)
• looks like a mixture of feeds

Molasses

• energy
• enhanced palatability
• non-structural carb

Molasses on Corn Cob as Carrier

• nonstructural CHO
• enhanced palatability

Oat Hay

• forage
• structural CHO/fiber

Orchard Grass

• forage (grass)

Orchard Grass Hay

• structural CHO/fiber
• forage

Orchard Grass

• forage (grass)

Potassium Carbonate

• potassium
• looks like large grains of salt, has more white color than Rumen Bypass fat
• important because lactating cows require more cations

Protein Blend

• protein source: white cirles are lysine, white sprinkles are methionine
• brown cocoa-like appearance with white speckles

Roasted Soybeans

• rumen bypass protein
• energy

Rumen Bypass Fat

• rumen bypass fat
• energy
• pale, off-white color, grain like appearance

Ryelage

• structural CHO/fiber
• forage
• looksl ike dry, flat strips of hay (smaller than corn silage)

Salt (Sodium Chloride)

• sodium

Shelled Whole Corn

• undegradable source
• shelled whole corn passes through GI tract poorly, unless chewed well by the cow

Smooth Bromegrass

• forage (grass)

Smooth Bromegrass Hay

• structural CHO/fiber
• forage

Smooth Bromegrass

• Forage (grass)

Sodium Selenite

• selenium
• plays role in immunity
• limited to 0.3 ppm due to concern about environmental contamination
• reddish color

Sofat Meal

• rumen bypass fat
• energy
• note extra white flakes of fat within mixutre

Soybean Hulls

• structural CHO/fiber
• non-forage fiber
• looks like sawdust

Soybean Meal

• rumen degradable protein
• heavier than Soybean Hulls
• processed to remove oil

Soybeans in Pods

• undegradable source

Timothy Grass

• forage (grass)

Timothy Grass Hay

• structural CHO/fiber
• forage

Timothy Grass

• forage (grass)

Total Mixed Ration (TMR)

• complete ration
• look for different components of feeds

Urea

• non-protein nitrogen
• more granular than salt, has a yellow color

Wheat Straw

• structural CHO/fiber
• poor quality forage
• effetive fiber length = 1/5"

Whole Cottonseed

• structural CHO/fiber
• non-forage fiber
• rumen bypass fat
• rumen bypass protein
• fluffy

Whole Soybeans

• undegradable source