Sugars in The Dairy Cow Diet

How much sugar is being delivered by your herd’s ration? Most UK winter diets are falling well below the target 6 to 8% sugar in the total diet dry matter, meaning there’s huge potential for farmers to improve rumen health, dry matter intakes and milk constituents.

This Dairy Insight explores recommended sugar levels in the dairy cow diet and what you can feed to achieve them.

Issued February 2024

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