May 18 2024 38 mins 1
All plants would be green slime growing sideways along the ground if it wasn’t for lignin– True! Find out more in our latest podcast covering everything from the good, the bad and the ugly about lignin. Learn how lignin impacts overall quality of ruminant feeds, and how feed management decisions change how animals process and digest lignin in their day-to-day diets. Find out how the lignin content of feeds changes with feed type and feed management, and what you can do to reduce intake of lignin in the diet of your sheep, cattle, deer or goats to improve animal productivity.
Here’s where to find the key sections in this our latest podcast talking all things ruminant nutrition.
0.51 Defining lignin
2.00 Just what does lignin mean for sheep, beef, deer and goats?
4.55 Lignin and plant cell walls – holding hands
7.10 If it weren’t for lignin, where would plants be?
7.30 How lignin messes with feed quality for animals
9.50 Plant cell contents aren’t bothered by lignin – why not?
10.35 Lignin, feed digestibility and MJME
12.45 How high is high? Interpreting lignin results as part of feed test results
13.55 Lignin alongside NDF, NDFd, and ADF
15.10 “Book value” lignin results for common New Zealand feeds
17.00 Do zero lignin feeds exist?
17.30 Lignin content of some common “dry” byproduct feeds
20.25 Lignin and NZ pastures
23.30 Plant maturity influences lignin content
26.15 Weather, pasture and forage crops and lignin
31.20 Managing pastures for reduced lignin content
34.05 Plant breeding and lignin, including BMR forages
