- 2.7.19 - Additional sample drop locations on New York Convenience Route
- 1.16.19 - New Data Distillations combine our robust database and expert insights to stay ahead of the nutrition curve
- 8.6.18 - Submit fresh chopped corn samples and reap the rewards of this community-based tool for harvest planning!
- 5.17.18 - Rock River Laboratory’s whey analysis can provide a leg up on understanding this co-product’s contribution to rations
4.4.18 - FeedScan: New Functionality is Just a Click Away
- 3.29.18 - Regional Nutritive Quality Trends Now Available
- 2.28.18 - Spring 2018 Mill Quality Assurance Mixer Evaluation Promotion
- 1.22.18 - Rock River Laboratory Northeast expands into agronomic analysis
- 1.17.18 - Ocker Joins Rock River Laboratory as Director of Sales and Client Relations
- 1.15.18 - Regional Nutritive Quality Trends Now Available
- 12.12.17 - Conditions Perfect for Toxin Takeover as Harvest Delays
- 9.8.17 - KPS analysis now available at Rock River Laboratory locations across the US
- 7.21.17 - Summer heat and declining milk components has put fatty acid nutrition and fat tests in focus
- 7.11.17 - Tips for in-season management offer growers and their agronomists time and money savings
- 6.21.17 - New commodity analysis by NIR offers accurate results in a fraction of the time
- 6.21.17 - Forage crop quality trends vary across the US
- 7.5.17 - Nathan Hrnicek and Megan Kelly join our consultant team
- 6.15.17 - Rock River Laboratory Closed Tuesday, July 4th for Independence Day
- 5.16.17 - New Technical Bulletin Details Rock River Laboratory’s Researched Laboratory Drying Techniques
- 2.15.17 - The new Comprehensive Nutrition Analysis can paint a more complete ration picture
- 12.13.16 - Feed analysis trends and depleted animal health are highlighting detrimental feed quality;
Rock River Laboratory is here to help
- 12.12.16 - Rock River Laboratory Northeast offers new sample pickup route
11.23.16 - Mycotoxin distribution reaches concerning levels this fall 2016
- 11.14.16 - Rock River Laboratory’s overseas brand presence grows as calibrations stay consistent
- 11.7.16 - There are soil sampling options - make sure to identify and utilize the right one for your farm operation
- 10.25.16 - Recommendations to optimize quality, stability and cleanliness of this year’s challenging corn crop
- Rock River Laboratory offers new total anti-nutritional package for this challenging 2016 harvest
- Dial in your horses’ non-structural carb needs and avoid clinical illnesses like obesity, laminitis and insulin resistance
- New particle size research emerges through collaborative effort between UW Madison Dairy Science Department and Rock River Laboratory
- Breakthrough research regarding in vitro and in situ starch digestibility assays published
- New Rock River Laboratory-Chile offers dairies abroad access to same accurate, research-founded analysis results
- New to NIR: Starch in legumes & grasses
- Feed analysis reports’ 60-Day Averages now regionally specific
ANIMAL NUTRITION ANALYSIS
Offering a comprehensive analysis portfolio for animal nutrition success
Explore Rock River Laboratory's vast advanced feed and forage analyses and analysis packages below. For a complete list, visit our Nutrition Pricing page.
Feed Analysis Packages by NIR1 [Highlights only]
Comprehensive Nutrition Analysis: Comprehensive Nutrition Analysis Package Information Sheet
- The most inclusive Near-Infrared NIR analysis on the market
- Includes Total Fatty Acids (TFA) and individual fatty acids
- Includes Total Amino Acids (TAA) and individual amino acids
- Includes multi-time point starch digestion analysis (1, 3, 7 and 16-hour) and an improved starch Kd
- An easy-read results report incorporates 60-day and 4-year averages, and NDF and starch rumen digestion graphs:
NIR Analysis for Commodity Feeds and Grain Mixes
- Rapid and inexpensive options to capture commodity and grain mix variability
- Two packages include: Comprehensive Commodity, Commodity and Grain Mix by NIR
-The Comprehensive Commodity package includes core nutrients and NDF digestibility measures
-The Commodity and Grain Mix by NIR package includes core nutrient measurements
Dynamic CNCPS: Dynamic CNCPS Analysis Package Information Sheet
- Best utilized to describe forage analyses in CNCPS v6.55
- Offers all the information, in the format needed, to confidently and accurately balance diets
- Agrees with what the cows have to say
- Full integrates with all CNCPS v6.55-biology software via the Standard XML
Dynamic NDFD
NDF Digestibility
Corn Grain Digestibility
Distiller's Grains
Equine Nutrition
Fecal Starch
Fermentation Products Screen
NIR Package Components of Interest
Unique aspects to Rock River Laboratory NIR nutrition analysis
Rumen in situ starch digestion: included in Dynamic Carbohydrate, Dynamic CNCPS, and Corn Grain Digestibility Packages
- Research-backed and accurate rumen starch digestion measure
- Proven more reliable than in vitro starch digestion
- Best reflects how cows will respond to starch in corn grain, snaplage or earlage, and corn silage
TTNDFD: Included in all NIR dynamic packages
- A real-time fiber digestion assessment tool
- Reflects real cow digestion and performance by forecasting how high-producing cows will respond to a new forage, before actually feeding it
- Proven through university in vivo digestion trials
- Licensed from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Learn more about how nutritionists are utilizing TTNDFD in the field on a regular basis by downloading the TTNDFD Applications Information Sheet
Dynamic NDF Kd: Included in all NIR dynamic packages
- Demonstrates how quickly fiber can be digested in the rumen
- Works within all digestion rate and pool size-based ration computer models
Feed Analysis Packages by Wet Chemistry1 [Highlights only]
Rumen in situ Starch Digestibility
- Assesses starch digestion within the rumen of lactating dairy cattle
- TMR, corn silage, snaplage, and earlage samples (samples with more than 15% NDF) are ground coursely (6mm)
- High moisture and dry corn grains digested in form received
- Created to help quickly and efficiently identify and combat the detrimental effects of the broad spectrum of anti-nutritional factors (mycotoxins, nutrition, bacteria and stress) prevalent across the US.
- Includes mold, yeast, and Vomitoxin (DON) count
- Features mold identification
- Includes TMR Nutrient Analysis
- Incorporates wet chemistry Rumen Starch Digestion
Whey and Liquid Feed
- Includes protein and mineral measures, including Chloride
- Individual sugar analysis to accurately determine the sugar profile present
-Our most advanced sugar analysis
TMR Digestibility (TMR-D)
- Research-backed apparent digestion tool
- Determines digestion on dairy or beef herds
By-Product Core Nutrient and Energy Check
Simple Equine Analysis
Swine Energy
TMR Mixer Accuracy
Fecal Starch with Total Tract Starch Digestibility
- Analyzes the starch content of manure to provide a prediction of total tract starch digestion
- Results for this analysis are either beef or dairy animal specific
16h Rumen in situ Rumen Undegraded Protein (RUP) and RUP Intestinal Digestibility
- A protein rumen bypass and intestinal digestion measure for identifying high-quality feedstuffs
- Includes Crude Protein (CP), soluble/ washout protein, 16h rumen degraded protein (for lactating cows), intestinal protein digestibility, and dry matter disappearance
DCAD (Dietary Cation-Anion Difference)
UW Feed Grain Evaluation System 2.0
Additional Wet Chemistry Analysis Options1 [Highlights only; add-on to analysis packages]
Molybdenum
PSU TMR or Forage Particle Size Analysis
Feed/Grain Particle Size
- Reports the mean particle size, standard deviation, and surface area
- Relates to rumen starch digestion
Rumen in vitro NDF Digestion or uNDF
- Single or multiple time points available by request
Fermentation Products (VFA)
- Classic fermentation measurements to help assess fermentation or preservation efficiency
- Includes research-backed fermentation shrink measure
Advanced Fermentation Products
- Includes all advanced fermentation measure as well as additional alcohols to highlight unforeseen fermentation challenges
- Includes research-backed fermentation shrink measure
Corn Silage Kernel Processing Score (KPS)
Multi-step Protein Evaluation
Anti-Nutritional (Bacteria, Fungi, and Toxin) Analyses1 [Highlights only]
Yeast and Mold Count, or Count and Identification (five-day incubation)
Rapid Mold and Yeast Count: (two-day rapid incubation)
Clostridia perfringens Count
- Also identifies the combination of Enterococcus faecalis and Salmonella typhimurium, which are undesirable enterobacteria
Fusarium Mycotoxin Screen
- Identifies 13 toxins produced by Fusarium molds
Comprehensive Mycotoxin Screen
- Identifies 19 toxins produced by Fusarium and Aspergillus molds
1 For a complete list of analysis packages, their inclusions, time points, and pricing, reference the Feed and Forage Analysis Pricing Guide.