Certified Feed Management Planners
This website features resources of interest to certified feed management planners, including:
- Dairy Management Newsletter
- Tools & Publications
Dairy Management Newsletter:
The Dairy Feed Management Newsletter is a monthly publication for certified feed management planners produced by Penn State Dairy Alliance with support provided by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and the National Resources Conservation Service. Click on the links below to access archived copies.
- January 2009 edition: Dairy Management Newsletter
- February 2009 edition: Dairy Management Newsletter
- March 2009 edition: Dairy Management Newsletter
- April 2009 edition: Dairy Management Newsletter
- May 2009 edition: Dairy Management Newsletter
- June 2009 edition: Dairy Management Newsletter
- July 2009 edition: Dairy Management Newsletter
- August 2009 edition: Dairy Management Newsletter
- September 2009 edition: Dairy Management Newsletter
- October 2009 edition: Dairy Management Newsletter
- November 2009 edition: Dairy Management Newsletter
Online Tools:
- Phosphorous monitoring tools: Instructions and background (pdf)
- Phosphorous Monitoring Tools for Milking Cows (spreadsheet)
- Spreadsheet with tools for heifers and dry cows
- Interpretation of milk urea nitrogen values
- Resources for sampling and evaluating forages and total mixed rations
- Manure production and characteristics
- Manure sampling instructions for Pennsylvania feed management planners
Documents for Writing a Feed Management Plan:
1. Opportunity Checklist (pdf): This will help in determining opportunities on the farm when developing a plan.
2. Feed Management Plan Checklist (pdf): This will help evaluate what is currently being done on the farm, what changes are possible and which ones are not feasible nor economical.
3. Feed Management Plan Template (pdf); Feed Management Plan Template (doc): This template provides the guidelines for putting a plan together.
Podcasts:
What's new for 2009? <January 2009 Podcast>
