Nutritional
The effects of adding a cane molasses based liquid feed to a TMR
| No liquid feed | +Molasses based liquid feed | The effect | |
| DMI (KG) | 27.7 | 29.1 | +1.4kg (+5%) |
| Milk Yield | 41.2 | 43.1 | +1.9lts (+4.6%) |
| Milk Fat (%) | 3.81 | 3.92 | +0.11 (+3%) |
| Milk protein (%) | 3.36 | 3.35 | No effect |
| Milk Fat Yield (g/d) | 1550 | 1680 | +130g (8.4%) |
| Milk protein Yield (g/d) | 1360 | 1450 | +90g (+6.6%) |
| Sorting | 25% less | 25% reduction |
– De Vries & Gill: Journal of Dairy Science 2012
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Effective Rations
Molasses the Multipurpose Cost-Effective Sugar Source