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1 Cornell Cooperative Extension of Delaware County, Hamden, NY 13782
2 Department of Animal Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
Corresponding author: P. E. Cerosaletti; e-mail: pec6{at}cornell.edu.
A study was conducted on 4 dairy farms in the Cannonsville Reservoir Basin (Delaware County, NY) to identify feeding strategies in commercial dairy herds that will reduce manure phosphorus and mass farm phosphorus balance. Lactating cow diets on all 4 farms were evaluated monthly for 28 mo using the Cornell Net Carbohydrate and Protein System. Milk production and herd reproductive performance were measured monthly. Manure phosphorus content was measured every 6 mo. Reduced phosphorus diets (precision feeding) were implemented in 2 of the herds. Mean herd phosphorus intakes in the 4 herds ranged from 107 to 165% of requirement. Dietary phosphorus intakes in the 2 herds where diets were modified were reduced from 153% of requirement to 111%, an average reduction of 25%. Predicted phosphorus intakes and manure excretions were reduced 11.8 kg/yr per cow. After dietary adjustments in the 2 herds, fecal phosphorus concentrations decreased 33%. Milk production was not adversely affected by reduced phosphorus diets. Whole farm mass phosphorus balances (amount of phosphorus remaining on the farm) on the 2 farms were reduced 49%, with the percentage of imported phosphorus remaining on the farm reduced to less than 45%. Achieving feed phosphorus reductions similar to those of this study on all of the estimated 7000 to 8000 mature dairy cattle in the Cannonsville Basin could reduce feed phosphorus imports and manure phosphorus excretions more than 64,000 kg/yr. This would slow the rate of phosphorus accumulation in agricultural soils in the Cannonsville Basin, which over time could reduce the 50,000 kg/yr average total phosphorus loading of the Cannonsville Reservoir.
Key Words: phosphorus • precision feeding • nutrient management
Abbreviation key: ADICP = acid detergent insoluble crude protein, CNCPS = Cornell Net Carbohydrate and Protein System, NDICP = neutral detergent insoluble crude protein
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