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Nebraska | I think is excels at answering some questions like I asked it. But learning how to phrase the question and choosing the correct question are keys. It doesn't "know" anything. Its not an expert in anything, but it can summarize and condense information in a way that is easy for anyone to begin to understand. It would take me hours to comb through the data, crunch numbers and plug them into my rationing programs, but AI can make the calculation in seconds.
I think people need to start understanding that their nutritionist is going to be doing this exact same thing, only he will pass along this information like they came up with the answer themselves on their own. Is your nutritionist actually giving you good advice? Or is he just a salesman?
I've certainly got some awful advice from one "nutritionist" when I first started with cattle. He clearly wanted to sell me the bagged protein cubes that he had in stock, and couldn't think outside of the box of spring calving, summer grazing cows. He couldn't even understand fall calving, winter grazing cornstalks with cows/calves. In order to make the protein supplement even remotely cost effective he lowered the lbs/day so low that it wasn't even close to enough for a lactating cow with a calf. After the cows lost so much body condition and the calves were small at weaning I realized that I had to learn it on my own. And there isn't much local help for anything other than the standard. So I started studying it on my own and got some rationing programs to help me. That was when I looked into how I could get DDG directly from and E-plant and actually give my cows what they needed for a fraction of the cost.
Anyways, it excels as some things, but will fail at others. It takes a while, and some experience to know what questions to ask, but I'd classify this tool similar to YouTube videos and tutorial websites for DIY projects. It will get you pointed in the right direction, and basic guidance on the approach, but time and experience is still going to carry you farther in the "real world". For instance, I've learned some AMAZING stuff from watching YouTube videos on how to wrap the chains to pull a calf without breaking its legs, or do a blood draw from the tail vein, the "Madigan Squeeze" technique for dummy calves, castration, how to skin & butcher a hog....etc. If you don't have a mentor to hold your hand and teach, you can learn things outside of your scope of understanding.
Its not going to be able to tell you which car you should buy, stock picks, or when to market. Those are intuition based decisions.
But anyhow, Grok gave me the answer I'd already realized on my own. I thought it did an excellent job on this question in summarizing the benefits/costs of this kind of decision in something easy to read and understand for anyone with a modest understanding of the topic. Any opinions beyond the research is getting into marketing and specific preferences. FWIW I have and use both protein sources | |
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Forget your nutritionist..... maybe you should ask Grok
