Dairy study gives canola meal high marks in Canada

Published Oct 14, 2021

Tridge summary

The Canola Council of Canada is conducting research into the potential of canola meal to reduce methane emissions from dairy cattle while increasing milk production. The study found that feeding dairy cows diets containing higher percentages of canola meal led to increased milk production and lower methane emissions. Canola meal's higher fat content is believed to contribute to the reduction in methane emissions, and the research suggests that there is no need to restrict canola meal in dairy diets. The study's findings are expected to be beneficial for the dairy industry, as canola meal is more locally available and less expensive than soybean meal.
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Original content

The Canola Council of Canada is conducting research on how canola meal could lower methane emissions of dairy cattle while increasing milk production. “And what we found, which is consistent with other research projects, is that when you feed canola meal to dairy cows, the milk production increases, and typically milk quality as well,” said Brittany Dyck, a senior manager with the Canola Council of Canada. “That was observed in this study. And what we also observed was that… methane emissions were reduced as the amount of canola meal on the diet was increased.” A Canola Council of Canada news release stated that the diets fed to the cattle consisted of 52 percent forage and 48 percent concentrate, balanced with 16 percent crude protein. For canola meal, the cattle were fed eight, 16 or 24 percent canola meal in their rations. “There’s no kind of magic number for how much canola meal to include in a diet, or there’s certainly no reason to restrict the amount of canola meal in a ...

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