Software Help

• Tutorials - Flash Movie tutorials to help get you on track quickly!
• Issues and Updates - This page lists reported outstanding issues with the functioning of Formulate2 and current update information.
• Installing Formulate2 on a Network - This topic discusses important guidelines for installing Formulate2 on a network such as a university computer lab.
• Limited Privilege User Accounts - This page illustrates how to set folder permissions in order to run Formulate2 on Windows under a user account without administrator privileges. If the program will be running under an account with administrative privileges (this is normally the default status for single user machines), it is not necessary to set folder permissions.

Nutritional Information

Relevant Studies dealing with NRC 2001 and Balancing MP and AA

• Schwab et. al - Amino Acid Balancing in the Context of MP and RUP (Florida Nutrition Conference, 2004)
• Schwab et. al - Methionine Supplementation Options (Four State Nutrition Conference, 2003)
• Schwab et. al - The Latest On Amino Acid Feeding (Soutwest Nutrition & Management Conference, 2003)
• NRC 2001 Mineral Absorbability Coefficients
• NRC 2001 NFC and NDF Recommendations
• Roger Epley Ph.D - Optimizing the Use of Distillers's Grains in Rations

  Follow up email from Dr. Epley:

  "There is an error in Table 4 in the paper. Under the column "No Minimum Lysine", the "Total feed cost, $/day" should be $4.91. And, the "Net after feed cost, $/day" should be $8.11. This gives us a 55 cent per cow advantage for the ration with the metabolizable lysine set at 6.3.% (of MP).

  Also, it may be interesting to note that we actually do feed the ration with the metabolizable lysine set at 6.3% (of MP) to a herd of real live cows. And, we do get close to 100 lbs of milk with a 3.75% milk fat and 3.05% milk protein."

• Mixed Feeds and NRC 2001 Issues and Approaches

Other Items

• Calving Interval and Profitability

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