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Felicia and Kenny sat down with Henry Akins, Rickson Gracie Black belt. Henry discusses his move from Oklahoma without a job to go train with Rickson and within a couple weeks, "witnesses/particpates" in his first dojo storm. There may have been a few power rangers who stopped by to test their skills via challenge matches.

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Guests: Dr. Bill Weiss, The Ohio State University; Dr. Matt Akins, University of Wisconsin Co-host: Dr. Clay Zimmerman, BalchemAir date – April 26, 20222203-045Today’s podcast is the latest installment of the Journal Club where we take a closer look at some of the newest research published around the world. Today we are focused on research centered around dietary energy and genomic residual feed intake in bred heifers. Dr. Akins explained RFI is residual feed intake, and is the difference between the actual energy intake and the expected intake based on equations. If it’s negative, the animal ate less than predicted and a positive RFI means they ate more and were less efficient. (7:38)Dr. Akins also said that diet, high versus low energy, had about a 9-10% reduction in intake, which is about two to two and a half pounds, which was right where predictions were. (19:00)Dr. Akins compared strategies for bred heifers to limit feedings and said both are good options. Limit feeding takes a lot to manage dry matter, animal intakes and body measurements as underfeeding or overfeeding can have major effects and is less forgiving than a high fiber forage system. (32:15) Dr. Akins mentioned a big take-home for producers from this study would be that diet energy and fiber can be useful to control body weight. Use NDF and the diet as a control measure for dry matter intake and make sure you’re balancing the energy content to meet the needs of the heifer. (57:29) To read the article referenced in this podcast click here: https://www.journalofdairyscience.org/article/S0022-0302(21)01092-4/fulltextYou can contact Dr. Akins for more information or questions at msakins@wisc.edu. If you want one of our new Real Science Exchange t-shirts, make sure to screenshot your rating, review, or subscription, and email a picture to anh.marketing@balchem.com. Include your size and mailing address, and we’ll get a shirt in the mail to you. Please subscribe and share with your industry friends to bring more people to join us around the Real Science Exchange virtual pub table.  This podcast is sponsored by Balchem Animal Nutrition and Health. This podcast is sponsored by Balchem. All views expressed by the guests are the opinions of those individuals and are not the views of the Balchem, its affiliates or employees. 

Wally Akins, Assistant Chief of Wildlife, joins us this week to catch up on what is happening in the world of wildlife and we will also learn about his recent promotion. From ducks and bucks to quail and grouse, Wally and the folks in the wildlife division have been busy. There are some exciting new projects coming down the pike! Don’t miss this episode of Tennessee WildCast! #tnwildlife #itswhatwedo #GoOutdoors www.tnwildlife.org