SMassie

About Steve Massie

Steve Massie has over 30 years’ of experience in the dairy nutrition and management field. He grew up on a small, family farm with a diverse livestock operation including 120 dairy cows. He graduated from the Ohio State University with a Bachelors in Nutrition and a MS in Dairy Science with a nutrition emphasis. He is currently head of the Nutrition and Marketing Departments and covers the Midwest and Far-West supporting the Renaissance consultants in that geography.

Options for handling forage shortages

By Steve Massie|2020-06-05T14:05:24-04:00February 28th, 2013|

"The drought of 2012 left most farms, in a large part of the county,

Dry cows: Don’t forget them

By Steve Massie|2020-06-05T14:06:27-04:00October 29th, 2012|

"It never ceases to amaze me how some dairy farmers treat their dry cows.

The Jellybean Test by Steve Massie and David Lloyd

By Steve Massie|2020-06-05T14:08:29-04:00September 29th, 2012|

"Whether you’re feeding for optimal milk production or focusing on increasing rates of gain,

The cheapest sources of bypass amino acids found

By Steve Massie|2020-07-23T15:00:30-04:00July 29th, 2012|

"Steve, you gotta take that expensive blood meal out of my mix. That stuff

Why the 18-percent-crude-protein diet is dead

By Steve Massie|2020-06-05T14:16:03-04:00April 29th, 2012|

"Back in 1990, I worked with my first 90-pound dairy herd. It was a

Rumen fermentation of starch: Where the money is

By Steve Massie|2020-06-05T14:42:24-04:00April 29th, 2011|

"The starch content of a dairy ration, how fermentable this starch is in the