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Daryl Paskewitz

Daryl Paskewitz

Supply Chain Manager at Rio Nutrition/Riomax; rancher in southwest Saskatchewan with expertise in forage efficiency and cattle production.

May 28, 2026

DwayneHOST
3:29
[laughs]
3:29
So one of the other things that's going along with that is if your cow's eating, uh, 10 to 20% less feed, you have a whole spin-off effect right there.
3:37
Whether you're using that extra grass to increase your stocking rate or, and increase your carrying capacity and bring in more cows or keep more cows or not, you still have the cow using less feed and not putting on miles walking around chasing feed.
3:50
They're laying down earlier in the day.
3:51
We hear this all the time, don't we? That they're conserving energy.
3:54
They're, uh, getting their needs met earlier in the day.
3:57
They're producing more milk and higher quality milk and getting better weight gain on those calves, but it's not at the expense of increased feed consumption, is it?
4:41
That, that efficiency number is the same, and whether you're wanting to increase your herd or, or just run more lean and mean, had an old guy tell me efficiency never goes out of style.

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