Dairy Feed

Confluence Genetics' FortaVIA™ High Oleic soybean varieties meet the needs of the dairy industry. By incorporating FortaVIA™ soybeans into dairy cow rations, producers can deliver a performance feed that increases milk fat production while reducing costs.

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Better Beans

Confluence Genetics offers a portfolio of FortaVIA™ high-oleic, low-linoleic, and low-linolenic soybean varieties, with options that also deliver higher protein levels and more simple sugars. Upcoming herbicide-tolerant FortaVIA™ varieties will further enhance on-farm flexibility without compromising oil quality.

Better Outcomes

Confluence Genetics' High Oleic FortaVIA™ soybeans create more value for dairy farmers compared to conventional soybeans.

Feeding full-fat ground high oleic soybeans to dairy cattle has been shown to increase milk fat levels by an average of 6% compared to conventional soybeans.²

By substituting 5% of dairy ration dry matter with high oleic soybeans (ground or roasted), producers can increase milk income by up to $0.27 per cow per day.⁴

Dairy cows fed FortaVIA™ High Oleic soybean oil have significant increase in body condition score.⁵

Resource Links

United States Soybean Quality Annual Report 2024, Univ. of MN (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O6fFSOcuCtlKuHhwvXAXB25SBYOm6wd2/view)
Weld and Armentano, 2018, J. Dairy Sci 101:9768-9776 (https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2018-14498)
Plenish® High Oleic Soybeans for On-farm Feeding, 2024 (https://www.pioneer.com/us/agronomy/plenish-soybeans-on-farm-feeding.html)
Nicholson et al, 2024, J. Dairy Sci 107:3642-3650 (https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2023-23738)
Hanno et al, 2024, JDS Commun 5:287-292 (https://doi.org/10.3168/jdsc.2023-0411)

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