Guests: Dr. Mary Beth Hall, USDA; Dr. Mike Van Amburgh, Cornell University; Dr. David Mertens, Mertens Innovation & Research Today’s episode is a fan-favorite, the Legacy Series. In this series we celebrate the pioneers of the industry, take a look back at their research, their impact and their lives. Specifically today we are honoring and memorializing Dr. Peter J. Van Soest. Dr. Soest passed away in March of 2021, but his legacy will forever be felt in the animal nutrition world. In this e...
Mar 01, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 38
On this episode of the Real Science Exchange we are looking into 2022 and what is shaping up for agriculture around the globe. Brett Stewart thinks that with the expansion of the world-wide money supply, current prices won’t break lower, and especially not in commodity markets. (6:26) John Bedell spoke about the five headwinds, which are: increased demand, constrained supply, commodity price pressure, domestic logistics and international logistics. Of these, the only one that John expects to cha...
Feb 15, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 37
On this episode of the Real Science Exchange we focus on ways to improve protein utilization in dairy cows to reduce our overall environmental footprint. Dr. Chris Reynolds said that moving towards precision feeding and feeding animals closer to dietary requirements would reduce surplus nitrogen. (8:19) It was mentioned by Dr. Mark Hanigan that a small, internal survey was taken in which nutritionists said they were focusing on nitrogen efficiency, which shows the industry is evolving. (18:41) F...
Feb 01, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 36
Guests: Dr. Charlie Elrod, Natural Biologics and Dr. Josh Jackman, Tropical Innovations/Sungkyunkwan University Co-host: Dr. Ken Sanderson, Balchem Today’s podcast tackles a big topic in the global swine industry - African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV). This virus has recently been reported in Thailand and continues to spread throughout the globe. While North America looks for any sign of ASFV, it continues to struggle with other lipid-enveloped viruses as well. Dr. Josh Jackman states that over 80% ...
Jan 25, 2022•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 35
Guests: Dr. Bill Weiss, The Ohio State University; Dr. Jesse Goff, Iowa State University Co-host: Dr. Clay Zimmerman, Balchem Today’s podcast is our January installment of the Journal Club, styled after the traditional journal clubs at universities across the country and around the world. Today we’re a closer look at some of the newest research published in the Journal of Dairy Science. Article 1: https://bit.ly/3zCBdIA Dr. Jesse Goff, in summarizing a paper from the Netherlands, stated animals ...
Jan 11, 2022•57 min•Ep. 34
Guests: Drs. Clay Zimmerman, Glen Aines, Eric Altom, Jeff Elliott As we close out 2021 we want to take a few minutes to look back. The Real Science Exchange was started to have a more in-depth and intimate conversation with our guests from the Real Science Lecture Series. We began in the fall of 2020 and have modeled this podcast after the time spent around the pub table at scientific meetings. This is where you get out the cocktail napkin and solve all the research problems presented during the...
Dec 21, 2021•34 min•Ep. 33
Guests: Dr. Chad Paulk, Kansas State University and Dr. JT Pope, Nutritionist at House of Raeford Farms Co-host: Dr. Zack Lowman, Balchem Today’s podcast is part of a continuing conversation started during the Real Science Lecture Series, where we look deeper into the impact of thermal processing on protein quality and the forms of thermal processing in the industry. Dr. Chad Paulk mentioned there are two major categories of thermal processing, ingredients and complete diets. Complete diets in t...
Dec 07, 2021•53 min•Ep. 32
Guests: Dr. Jordan Gebhardt, Kansas State University and Dr. Chad Paulk, Kansas State University Co-host: Dr. Zack Lowman, Balchem Tonight we are talking feed supply biosecurity and the many challenges we face as we try to keep various animal diseases at bay. In late July, the USDA announced that African Swine Fever was detected in the Dominican Republic, inching dangerously close to the U.S. swine herd. Dr. Jordan Gebhardt explained that African Swine Fever (ASF) is caused by a virus. He discus...
Nov 23, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 31
Guests: Dr. Bill Weiss, The Ohio State University and Dr. Rich Erdman, University of Maryland Tonight we finish the conversation on the new NRC with two legends in the industry. We’ll first focus on macro minerals, trace minerals and vitamins, but then we’ll also put a bow on the NRC series and wrap it up for our listeners tonight. Dr. Bill Weiss says the new NRC defines “requirements” which was never done in past NRCs. They give a specific number for a specific population which is a large impro...
Nov 09, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 30
Guests: Dr. Mary Beth Hall with the USDA Dr. Paul Kononoff from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Co-host: Dr. Clay Zimmerman, Balchem We continue our discussions on the new 2021 dairy NRC, now known as NASEM. This is a follow-up to our Real Science Lecture series of five webinars that officially unveiled the content back in September. We’ll be breaking down the feed intake and carbohydrates sections during this episode. Dr. Mary Beth Hall discusses the changes in the dry matter intake equation...
Nov 02, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 29
Guests: Dr. Jim Drackley, University of Illinois Dr. Bill Weiss, The Ohio State University Dr. Mike VandeHaar, Michigan State University Tonight, we continue our discussions with the authors of each chapter of the new NASEM, formerly the dairy NRC. We’re focusing on dry cows, calves and heifers for our conversation and it should be a lively one. Here is a link to the webinar on the new report: https://bit.ly/3B5z2MZ . Also, we've got a new co-host tonight with Dr. Jeff Elliott joining us. Dr. Bi...
Oct 26, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 28
Guests: Dr. Mark Hanigan, Virginia Tech Dr. Jeff Firkins, The Ohio State Dr. Hélène Lapierre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Our Dairy NRC series of Real Science webinars was very well received and tonight we are talking about the chapter on protein and amino acids. Dr. Mark Hanigan discussed the sections his team worked on in the new NRC. First thing was updating the feed library. After the feed library was updated they identified other updates like the microbial equations and RUP equations, ...
Oct 19, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 27
Guests: Dr. Lou Armentano, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Dr. Mike Vandehaar, Michigan State University. Co-host: Dr. Glen Aines, Balchem We are just coming off a very successful Real Science Lecture Series set of five webinars where we unveiled the new 2021 dairy NRC, a chapter at a time, and we can’t wait to have these sit-down conversations with each of our presenters and their guest. Dr. Lou Armentano summarizes the biggest changes from the 2001 edition to the 2021 edition within the en...
Oct 12, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 26
Guests: Jim Ostrom, MilkSource, with locations in Wisconsin, Michigan and Missouri Pat Maddox, RuAnn Genetics and Maddox Dairy in California Jonathan Lamb, Oakfield Corners Dairy and Lamb Farms in New York & Ohio Co-host: Brian Garrison, Balchem Animal Nutrition & Health We are so excited to come to you from the World Dairy Expo today. We are happy to be back at World Dairy Expo in Madison in 2021. We are also doing things a little different today and are welcoming three icons in the dai...
Oct 05, 2021•52 min•Ep. 25
Guests: Dr. Paul Kononoff, University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Dr. Logan Morris, Perdue AgriBusiness. Co-host is Dr. Clay Zimmerman. As we move into the fall and new silage is going into the bunkers, we wanted to take a closer look at energy metabolism and the mechanics of feed efficiency. Let’s talk about heat production and metabolism. Dr. Paul Kononoff joined us for a webinar on August 4th, 2021, to review the basics of energetics and new science that will help feed cows better. If you want to...
Sep 21, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 24
Guests: Dr. Bill Weiss, The Ohio State University; Dr. Paul Kononoff, University of Nebraska, and Journal of Dairy Science Editor-In-Chief. Co-host: Dr. Clay Zimmerman, Balchem We’re excited to introduce a new segment into our podcast rotation; The Journal Club. Styled after the traditional journal clubs convened at universities across the US, we’ll take a closer look at some of the newest research being published. Once a month we will welcome Dr. Bill Weiss, Emeritus Professor from The Ohio Sta...
Sep 07, 2021•58 min•Ep. 23
Guests: Dr. Frank Mitloehner, University of California, Davis; Dr. Jim Wallace, Dairy Management, Inc.; Dr. Juan Tricarico, Dairy Management, Inc. and Caleb Harper, Dairy Scale for Good In May 2021 the Florida Ruminant Nutrition Conference’s Preconference Symposium titled, “Your Practical Guide to Achieving Net Zero Carbon Emissions” welcomed five speakers and a Q&A session to follow. This was sponsored by Balchem Animal Nutrition & Health. What you’re about to hear is that Q&A sessi...
Aug 24, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 22
Guests: Dr. Bob James, Down Home Heifer Solutions and Dr. Ed Kreykes, GPS Dairy Consulting. Calves are the future of every operation and represent a huge investment in both time and money before they make it to the milking string. But those first two years are the foundation for the rest of their productive lives. Tonight, we get to talk all things calves. From colostrum processes to feeding protocols. We are joined by Dr. Glen Aines as this week's co-host. Dr. Bob James discusses the importance...
Aug 10, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 21
Guests: Dr. Ric Grummer, Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Dr. Jesse Goff, Iowa State University; Dr. Heather White, University of Wisconsin-Madison Tonight is our second installment of what we call our legacy series. The legacy series honor those individuals that have a profound impact on our industry. For this conversation, we're going to zero in on the history of transition cow management. We are joined by Dr. Ric Grummer and Dr. Heather White from University of Wisconsin-M...
Jul 27, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 20
Guests: Dr. Chris Ashwell, North Carolina State University Chandler Keck, Graduate Student, North Carolina State University Tonight, we're going to switch it up a little bit and address some issues within the monogastric realm, but the ideas are ones that are generating a lot of interest across all segments of animal agriculture. And that topic is transgenerational inheritance. Dr. Chris Ashwell discusses different research studies supplementing nutrients inside of the egg. He described a study ...
Jul 13, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 19
Guests: Dr. Tom Overton, Cornell University Corwin Holtz, Holtz-Nelson Dairy Consultants The last 18 months have been challenging for the ag industry, and we've seen a rollercoaster of milk prices throughout the COVID pandemic. As the world begins to normalize, we can now shift our focus to impacting efficiency and profitability across the dairy operation. Tonight, we’re going to get really practical and dig into ways we can improve milk component production. Corwin describes that he monitors, o...
Jun 29, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 18
Guests: Dr. Tom Overton, Cornell University Corwin Holtz, Holtz-Nelson Dairy Consultants The last 18 months have been challenging for the ag industry, and we've seen a rollercoaster of milk prices throughout the COVID pandemic. As the world begins to normalize, we can now shift our focus to impacting efficiency and profitability across the dairy operation. Tonight, we’re going to get really practical and dig into ways we can improve milk component production. Corwin describes that he monitors, o...
Jun 29, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 18
Guests: Dr. Lance Baumgard, Iowa State University Dr. Rosemarie Zimbelman, Dairy Nutrition Services Dr. Bob Collier, University of Idaho Summer heat is at full strength and that means heat stress for your animals. Tonight, we have brought together a powerhouse roundtable of experts in the field of heat stress management to talk through the physiology and mechanisms for effectively managing the heat. Dr. Bob Collier discussed how we have changed our cows in the past 50 years to produce milk produ...
Jun 15, 2021•57 min•Ep. 17
Guests: Dr. Greg Aldrich, K-State University, Dr. Amanda Dainton, K-State University, Dr. Heather Acuff, K-State University, Krystina Lema Almeida, K-State University In this episode, you’ll feel like we're back on campus because we've gathered together some of the top minds in the Kansas State University pet food program for this week's pubcast. The discussion started at our very first research showcase webinar, which aired on March 16th. We'll feature other university programs going forward. A...
Jun 01, 2021•59 min•Ep. 16
Guests: Dr. Geoff Dahl, University of Florida Dr. Jimena Laporta, University of Wisconsin-Madison We are back at the Real Science Exchange and invite you to pull up a chair and join us to discuss the effects of heat stress on late gestation cows. Tonight’s guests, who have worked together on research in this area, Dr. Geoff Dahl with the University of Florida and Dr. Jimena Laporta with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, join Scott Sorrell and Dr. Clay Zimmerman. Dr. Dahl kicks off the discuss...
May 19, 2021•59 min•Ep. 15
Guests: Dr. Bill Weiss, The Ohio State University Dr. Mat Faulkner, Purina Welcome back to the Real Science Exchange. Before we get started tonight, we’d like to share how you can get our t-shirts. There are three steps, either subscribe, follow or like the Real Science Exchange podcast on your favorite podcast platform or on YouTube, take a screenshot and send it to [email protected]. Include your name, shirt size and mailing address. This week, our hosts are joined by Dr. Bill Weiss fr...
May 04, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 14
Guests: Dr. Tom Jenkins, Clemson University Dr. Don Palmquist, The Ohio State University Dr. Kevin Harvatine, Pennsylvania State University We gather around the Real Science Exchange virtual table for another pubcast with leading researchers to dive into this week’s topic of the history of feeding fat to dairy cattle. Scott Sorrell and Dr. Clay Zimmerman are joined by tonight’s guests who span the history of the topic with Dr. Don Palmquist being one of the founding fathers and Dr. Tom Jenkins a...
Apr 20, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 13
Guests: Dr. Kevin Harvatine, Pennsylvania State University Dr. Isaac Salfer, University of Minnesota We are back at the Real Science Exchange for another pubcast joined by dairy industry professionals. This week our hosts Scott Sorrell and Dr. Clay Zimmerman are joined by Dr. Kevin Harvatine from Penn State University and Dr. Isaac Salfer from the University of Minnesota. The discussion around the table is focused on understanding seasonal and daily rhythms on milk & component yield. Earlier...
Apr 06, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 12
Guests: Brett Stuart & Richard Fritz, co-founders of Global AgriTrends The pubcast table is filled with new guests as we jump into a global topic on the Real Science Exchange. This week we focus on ag trends worldwide and what we can learn from past indicators and future outlook. Our co-hosts Scott Sorrell and Jonathan Griffin, are joined by the co-founders of Global AgriTrends, Brett Stuart & Richard Fritz. In December, Brett first initiated this conversation for the Real Science Lectur...
Mar 23, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 11
Guests: Dr. Frank Mitloehner, University of California Davis CLEAR Center and Rethinking Methane Dr. Mike McCloskey, Co-Founder and CEO of Select Milk Producers & CEO of Fairlife The topic today is our carbon footprint, methane, and the dairy industry's environmental impact on dairy producers, the industry, consumers, and lawmakers. In this week's pubcast, a podcast from the pub, we dive into all of these topics and more with two experts. From the research perspective, Dr. Frank Mitloehner s...
Mar 10, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 10
