Forage Quality & Management

Dr. Ferreira’s extension program focuses heavily on forage quality and management. For this program, Dr. Ferreira delivers educational on-farm workshops and produces diverse extension fact-sheets and educational videos. He also writes popular press articles in several magazines, such as Hoard’s Dairyman, Hay & Forage Grower, and Dairy Herd Management among others.

Observations in Dairy Cattle

Limit these Feeds in Rations for Dairy Cattle

Strategies to reduce nitrogen and phosphorus in dairy rations
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Nutrition Changes Milk Composition

Virginia Tech Feed and Nutritional Management Cow Colleges and Dairy Conferences

Nutrient Requirements of Dairy Cattle: Seventh Revised Edition, 2001 (Ordering information and software)

Find more spreadsheet/cost analysis resources on the
Tools and Resources page

The dairy extension group is committed to the land-grant philosophy on which Virginia Tech was founded. Our goal is to deliver timely, scientifically based, useful and applicable information to the dairy industry and public at-large within these program areas.