The author is the managing editor and covers animal health, dairy housing and equipment, and nutrient management. She grew up on a dairy farm near Plymouth, Wis., and previously served as a University of Wisconsin agricultural extension agent. She received a master’s degree from North Carolina State University and a bachelor’s from University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Dec. 18 2017
Nutrient application often ends up in the hot seat being blamed for impairing water quality
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Dec. 11 2017
Those who are anti-animal agriculture would like us to believe a planet without livestock production would be a better place in terms of greenhouse gas emissions
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Dec. 11 2017
I am a huge fan of chocolate milk. White milk is good too, of course, but if I have a choice, I am going to pick chocolate nearly every time
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Dec. 4 2017
Veterinarian Cesar Narciso pointed to some advantages of IVF (in vitro fertilization), including accelerated genetic gain by using genomically superior donors, strategic reproduction management (like crossbreeding...
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Nov. 27 2017
Recent estimates show the world population could reach 10 billion people by the year 2050
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Nov. 20 2017
When dairy producers think about mastitis, they likely don’t automatically connect it to reproductive problems, but the two can go hand in hand
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Nov. 13 2017
Butter has become a hot commodity item in France as of late. A combination of several factors has tightened butter supplies
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Nov. 13 2017
Billionaire Thomas Tull owns a farm . . . and part of the Pittsburgh Steelers football team
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Nov. 6 2017
Science has unearthed another strike against dairy beverage alternatives
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Oct. 30 2017
Much like dairy farms, cheese processing plants come in all shapes and sizes. This is certainly true in Wisconsin, the nation’s top cheesemaking state
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Oct. 30 2017
Much like dairy farms, cheese processing plants come in all shapes and sizes. This is certainly true in Wisconsin, the nation’s top cheesemaking state
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Oct. 23 2017
The head of a business lobby group in Wisconsin suggested that “America’s Dairyland” be removed from the state’s license plates
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Oct. 23 2017
There will be seven different covers for the October 25, 2017, issue of Hoard’s Dairyman
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Oct. 16 2017
Ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s signed an agreement earlier this month with a farmworkers’ group that established labor standards for its supplying farms.
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Oct. 16 2017
Body condition scoring is an inexpensive tool that can benefit your herd in the long run
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Oct. 9 2017
During his World Dairy Expo seminar in Madison, Wis., Arthur Moessner, Vice President and Dairy Team Lead for American AgCredit, compared lending to marriage.
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Oct. 6 2017
Judge Chris Lahmers tapped Springhill Mentor Jazzy-ET as Grand Champion of the 2017 International Guernsey Show
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Oct. 5 2017
ExpoTV has been expanded to share even more aspects of the show
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Oct. 5 2017
There was a bit of déjà vu during the International Jersey Show at World Dairy Expo, as Musquie Iatola Martha-ET was named Grand Champion for the third year in a row
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Oct. 4 2017
The team from Wisconsin claimed victory at the 2017 National 4-H Dairy Cattle Judging Contest