NIR Affiliates

Utilize any of Dairyland's tools for cleaner data handling at no additional cost including:

In-field apps for order creation
In-lab software for:
- Recording sample weights
- Logging in individual or large groups of samples
- Connecting NIR spectra to other sample information
- Publishing and delivering reports including standardized XML for automated import into formulation software, customized PDF and CSV formats.
End-user tools to turn information into decisions including:
- Detecting trends
- Identifying outliers
- Multi-sample formulation specs

Current sample types supported include:

Legume, grass, and mixed hay
Legume, grass, and mixed silage
Corn silage
Small grain silages including sorghum, triticale, rye, oats, wheat, barley, and mixes
Corn grain, earlage, and snaplage
Cereal grains, distiller’s grains, wheat midds, corn gluten feed, brewer’s grains, canola meal, soybean meal, soy hulls, beet pulp
TMR, manure, blood meal, meat & bone meal

Not seeing what you need? Let us know what you are looking for and we can make a custom development plan.

The reliability of a lab depends more on its people than its equipment. As a leader in feed and forage testing since 1959, Dairyland has developed the training and support systems required to routinely produce high-quality analyses through:

Onboarding standardization and validation processes
Daily QC/QA checks
Quarterly quality audits
Training and retraining of new staff
Third-party proficiency testing, including NFTA and AAFCO

Multiple time point uNDFom and NDFD's
- CNCPS forages: 12, 30, 120, 240
- CNCPS non-forages: 12, 72, 120
- NASEM Complete: 12, 24, 30, 48, 240
Starch digestibility
Ross undigested protein
VFAs
Fatty acids
Amino acids

As part of a network of more than 75 laboratories, you'll benefit from ongoing investments that aren't feasible for individual labs including:

Continuous NIR updates to expand the feed types and nutrients supported
End-user software tools at no additional cost
Brand recognition and loyalty
A robust, global database of samples from around the world

For on-site Dairyland testing you'll need:

NIR Instrument

Dairyland's systems are compatible with the following instruments:

Foss

- DS3, DS3F

- DS2500, DS2500F

- XDS

- 6500, 5000

BlueSun

- Phoenix 5000

- Phoenix 5000 Forage

- ITG M5

Blue Sun Scientific FOSS Analytical

Grinding mill

Most feeds need to be ground prior to analysis.

Grinding samples increases accuracy by:

- Reducing the variation in sub-samples
- Exposing the contents of grain kernels to NIR detection
- Enabling analysis of pellets, grains, and meals from a single NIR database

Dairyland's systems require a cyclone type mill with a 1mm screen.

Drying Oven

Drying improves the accuracy of NIR systems and is required for most feed types. Dairyland has experience with a variety of drying systems and will work with you to help select what works best for your situation.

Dedication to Quality

The advantage of a branded network depends on each individual of the network living up to the standards of quality.

Why Choose Dairyland?

We have 65+ years of experience in laboratory analysis. We offer marketing and consulting support for our partners.

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Feed types supported

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Nutritional parameters available

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Labs in Network

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Samples tested

Sarah Fessenden, MS, MBA

Product Manager - Feed Manufacturing

mailsfessenden@dairylandlabs.com