Josh Devos

Dairy Nutritionist with Wallenstein Feed. Helping dairy producers achieve what success means to them.

1 Corinthians 10:31

[Josh Devos @JoshuaDevos]

DFO has released a pricing policy update beginning June 1! How should Ontario dairy producers react? What should you do with your ration, if anything? See below for a handy decision tree to help maximize your revenue per kg of quota and feel free to reach out! #OntDairy

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Ontario Dairy Farmers: Will your ration be ready for April 1st? #OntDairy @WallensteinFeed @OntarioDairy

[Wallenstein Feed & Supply Ltd. @WallensteinFeed]

CDX is (almost) here, and we’re ready to go!🐄🌷

Join us at the Stratford Rotary Complex tomorrow & Thursday—find us in Hall 2, Booth 70/71 PS. 👋 Stop by to connect with our experienced and insightful dairy specialists.

See you at #CDX2025!

[Josh Devos @JoshuaDevos]

Early look at fresh corn silage for this year. Chopping dates look well timed so far. (Range = 1SD)

Takeaways:
1. Bit higher starch due to timely grain-filling rains
2. Bit less energy and eating potential from the fibre portion (agronomic stressors)

#precisiondairy #ontdairy

[Josh Devos @JoshuaDevos]

going to be a very spread out silage season this year! #precisiondairy #ontdairy

[Keith Schweitzer @keithschweitzer]

Things are happening in silage fields around the countryside…silage season will be here before we know it! 🐄🐄🐄🌽🌽🌽🐄🐄🐄

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[Wallenstein Feed & Supply Ltd. @WallensteinFeed]

What a great evening for a summer forage meeting! Thank you to everyone who joined us tonight, Twents Farms for hosting, and our speakers for coming all the way up from the United States!
#ontag #ontdairy

[Keith Schweitzer @keithschweitzer]

Corn silage is just around the corner … big thanks to .@billmahanna for providing some great tips to make this years crop into high quality #cowchow

Check it out wherever you get your podcasts #DFDpodcast #foragefriday

🐄🌽🐄🌽🐄🌽🐄🌽

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[Wallenstein Feed & Supply Ltd. @WallensteinFeed]

It’s a great day for a dairy barn open house!
Come see @519cows and @JoshuaDevos at Vandermolen Farms Inc.

[Josh Devos @JoshuaDevos]

Corn silage season is approaching fast, even if some fields look quite a ways off yet! We hear of two common sense practices every year: optimize starch content and process kernels well. What is the payback on doing that this year? See my thoughts below. #precisiondairy #ontdairy

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@RichJim7 Thanks! I will call you.

[Josh Devos @JoshuaDevos]

The hidden challenge on dairies amidst summer busyness is often the repro program. As we are dealing with a blast of pre-summer heat, what exactly is happening in the body of the cow, and what are our best ROI tools to respond? See below! #precisiondairy #ontdairy #dairynutrition

[Keith Schweitzer @keithschweitzer]

Just like that, #cowchow23 begins! #triticale #rye 🐄🐄🐄

[Josh Devos @JoshuaDevos]

@moofan Thanks John, good points! Lot's of tools available for timing determination. I would agree NDF is more useful when the % grass content is well known in a stand. And actually sampling stands via NIR would be very valuable info of course.

[Josh Devos @JoshuaDevos]

"Correctly time first cut haylage!" Advice we've heard a million times, but the advice seems dull and vague. What does it actually mean for our bottom lines? Can we put any real numbers to it? See my thoughts below. #precisiondairy #ontariodairy #dairynutrition

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And just like that it's April! This year especially, do you and your nutritionist have a plan to prevent summer milk-fat depression in light of new DFO Tier 2 payment policies? Why am I bringing this up in April already? See below! #precisiondairy #ontariodairy #dairynutrition

[Josh Devos @JoshuaDevos]

@TheEconomist Wrong. You are not accounting for carbon capture of pasture grass on beef operations. The world needs more high quality protein, not amino acid deficient plant based sources only.

[Keith Schweitzer @keithschweitzer]

Two producer meetings today with some great info from Tony Hall about feeding cover crops, forage analysis metrics and feeding cost. Big shout out to our host Backx Dairy Farm and Hillmanor Holsteins! @LallemandAnimal @WallensteinFeed

[Wallenstein Feed & Supply Ltd. @WallensteinFeed]

Coffee’s on at Sunor Holsteins @PerthHolstein Car Tour.

@JoshuadeVos @FeedsDairyCows

[Josh Devos @JoshuaDevos]

My thoughts on what to make of the recent DFO announcement re: Tier 2 SNF pricing using their scenario's component prices. What does it mean, how do we react? #ontariodairy #precisionfeeding #dairyprofitability

[Josh Devos @JoshuaDevos]

Two little lines I heard one day,
Traveling along life’s busy way;
Bringing conviction to my heart,
And from my mind would not depart;
Only one life, ’twill soon be past,
Only what’s done for Christ will last.
C.T. Studd (1860-1931)