Third webinar in canola meal series with Dr. Chaouki Benchaar
In conjunction with AMTS’ “The Nutritionist” webinar series, the Canola Council of Canada presents canola meal webinar series, three webinars demonstrating the use and versatility of canola meal as a protein source for lactating dairy cows.
- The inaugural presentation “An Interview with Daniel Scothorn” provided in depth views on a variety of subjects related to Mr. Scothorn’s philosophical approach to consulting, consulting goals and formulation techniques. and balancing diets for amino acids. Daniel Scothorn, Scothorn Nutrition, is an internationally recognized dairy on-farm consultant and nutritional mentor with a practical approach to nutritional management.
- The second presentation” “Comparing Canola Meal to Soybean Meal” was presented by Dr. Antonio Faciola, University of Florida. Dr. Faciola will review his extensive recent research findings comparing canola meal with soybean meal and put forth suggestions for formulating diets with canola meal.
- The final webinar showcased Dr. Kenneth Kalscheur of the Dairy Forage Research Center in Madison WI. Dr Kalscheur reviewed his early lactation protein feeding studies and discussed amino acid profiles in his presentation “Examining the Role Of Canola Meal in the Diets of early lactation cows.”
More about Our Speaker
Dr. Benchaar is a research scientist at the Sherbrooke Research and Development Centre (Quebec) of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC). An internationally recognized researcher, he received his Ph.D. from Institut National Polytechnique of Toulouse in France. Since joining AAFC in 2000, Dr. Benchaar has made numerous notable contributions to the dairy and the livestock feed industry.
His research efforts focus on three key areas of importance to the dairy feeding industry.
- Mitigation of methane emissions from enteric fermentation and manure;
- Optimization of nitrogen utilization in dairy cows to improve nitrogen efficiency and reduce its excretion; and
- Use of plant components and feed ingredients as rumen fermentation modifiers in dairy cow nutrition
Dr. Benchaar will be sharing research findings completed through the Canola AgriScience Cluster, with funding provided through Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Canadian Agricultural Partnership, the Canola Council of Canada, Alberta Canola, SaskCanola and the Manitoba Canola Growers.