# A prescription for profitability: Amino acids can boost milk checks – AgriNews

> A University of Illinois researcher told a dairy summit that methionine and lysine are the two limiting amino acids for milk production. He recommended formulating rations to meet metabolizable protein needs rather than focusing on crude protein.

- Date: 2020-03-13 · published 2020-03-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/54455-a-prescription-for-profitability-amino-acids-can-boost-milk-checks-agrinews
- Commodities: [Methionine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/METH.md)

## Why it matters

This is a nutrition management recommendation with no new supply or demand shift. It has little direct effect on feed commodity prices.

## Sources

- agrinews-pubs.com: https://www.agrinews-pubs.com/2020/03/13/a-prescription-for-profitability-amino-acids-can-boost-milk-checks/aafh0jb/

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