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Dr. Jorge Barrientos Blanco: Strategies to Improve Feeding Accuracy in Dairy Farms | Ep. 157

Season 2 | Episode 157

15m | Oct 15, 2026

Every productive dairy starts with the decisions farmers make each day. As we celebrate National Farmers Day this month, The Dairy Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast welcomes Dr. Jorge Barrientos Blanco, Dairy Nutritionist at Progressive Dairy Solutions, to explain how feeding accuracy, forage sampling, mixer performance, feed delivery, and cow grouping help match nutrient supply with cow requirements. Celebrate the work behind efficient, sustainable, and profitable dairy production. Listen now on all major platforms!

Click here to read the full research articles:

Improving nutritional accuracy and economics through a multiple ration-grouping strategy

Partitioning of nutrient variation in alfalfa and corn silage by source on New York dairy farms

Farm-specific estimates of forage variability result in larger optimal control limits for forage quality monitoring

“Greater feeding accuracy improves dairy efficiency, supports economic and environmental sustainability, and strengthens profitability by reducing differences between nutrient requirements and actual nutrient supply.”

Meet the guest: Dr. Jorge Barrientos Blanco is a Dairy Nutritionist and Nutrition Consultant at Progressive Dairy Solutions, Inc. He earned a PhD in Dairy Science from Cornell University and a master’s degree in Dairy Science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Learn more from Dr. Jorge Barrientos Blanco on The Dairy Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, available on all major platforms.

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