First webinar in canola meal series with Daniel Scothorn
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
Mr. Daniel Scothorn completed his degrees in animal science at Dalhousie University and The University of Saskatchewan. He further gained extensive dairy feed management experience while working for three Canadian feed companies before starting his consulting practice, Scothorn Nutrition in 2007. In a relatively short period of time, Mr. Scothorn became internationally known for his knowledge in dairy management and diet formulation. Some of the countries where Daniel consults include Canada, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Kenya.
Mr. Scothorn is known in these countries and elsewhere for his practical approach to problem solving which he shares freely on LinkedIn. He has willingly shared his advice with respect to formulating practical diets that provide results, and these often contain canola meal.