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What does DM stand for?

Dry Matter (weight of cattle feed excluding water)


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Samples in periodicals archive:
Your cow needs about 4% of her body weight in dry matter intake (see formula) daily.
With approximately 70% fibre as dry matter, PEA FIBER IG probably has the highest internal fibre content of any ingredient currently on the market.
The multiple effects resulting from allelopathic phenolics include decrease in plant growth, absorption of water, mineral nutrients, ion uptake, leaf water potential, shoot turgor pressure, osmotic potential, dry matter production, leaf area expansion, stomatal aperture size, stomata diffusive conductance, and photosynthesis (Chou & Lin, 1996).
The more successful you are in retaining the dry matter content of the slash, the higher its energy value becomes.
The winning silage was harvested in mid May last year with a dry matter content of 39.
It is the indigestible dry matter which causes the problem and if you reduce that then you should be OK.
MLC beef scientist, Dr Liz Genever said: "Kale, turnips, swedes, stubble turnips and forage rape typically cost less to produce per unit of dry matter than grass silage, and overall wintering costs tend to be far lower when the capital costs of the systems are included, providing they are grazed in situ rather than cut and carted.
Incorporating whey proteins into the casein matrix could increase the dry matter and water content of the final product.

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