Free Online Course

High Feed Costs: How to Manage Them on Your Dairy Production

A comprehensive course with practical solutions to optimize feed efficiency and reduce costs — taught by industry expert Dr. Mike Hutjens.

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Free Course
5 Focused Lessons
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About the Course

Smarter Feeding, Higher Profitability

Looking for ways to improve profitability in the dairy industry? This course offers proven strategies for managing feed inventories, reducing waste, and optimizing herd nutrition — so you can maximize milk production while minimizing costs.

  • Practical strategies for managing feed inventories
  • Reduce waste and improve feed efficiency
  • Optimize herd nutrition to boost milk production
Built forDairy FarmersNutritionistsProducers & Managers
The Question

Can you cut feed costs without sacrificing milk production?

Dr. Hutjens will share decades of expertise to help you answer exactly that — with strategies you can apply on your operation today.

Why This Course

What You'll Learn

Reduce Feed Costs

Field-tested approaches to lower input costs without hurting performance.

Optimize Nutrition

Balance rations to fuel high milk production with maximum efficiency.

Science-Backed

Decades of research distilled into actionable on-farm protocols.

World-Class Expert

Learn from Dr. Mike Hutjens, renowned dairy nutrition authority.

Dr. Mike Hutjens
40+
Years of Experience
Meet Your Instructor

Dr. Mike Hutjens

Professor Emeritus · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Dr. Mike Hutjens is a globally recognized expert in dairy nutrition and Extension Dairy Specialist Emeritus at the University of Illinois. With more than four decades of teaching, research and on-farm consulting, he is one of the most trusted voices in the dairy industry.

  • Globally recognized authority in dairy nutrition
  • Extension Dairy Specialist at the University of Illinois
  • Trusted by producers, nutritionists and veterinarians worldwide
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