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Dec. 10 2024
We can sell more dairy through online grocery shopping
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Dec. 9 2024
A few weeks ago, at the Penn State Dairy Nutrition Workshop, I asked the audience what their choice would be between Forage A containing a “fiber degradation rate” (Kd) equal to 2.6% per hour...
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Dec. 9 2024
USDA announced on Friday that it will begin the national milk testing program for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) that it first announced at the end of October
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Dec. 5 2024
Double ovsynch has remained one of the best tools to submit cows to first insemination for full timed artificial insemination (FTAI) since its inception
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Nov. 29 2024
Proper management during a calf’s early days lays the foundation for lifetime success and helps unlock its full potential. Using herd management software to record calf and heifer data can pro
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Nov. 27 2024
Everyone has their own opinions on how they like their cheese. The Dairy Checkoff has been doing some hot takes when it comes to different ways to incorporate cheese in our everyday lives!
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Nov. 26 2024
Exploring first insemination requires some trial and error as we aim to discover the best time to provide a first service to our cows
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Nov. 25 2024
If you go to five dairies, you may get five different definitions of metritis
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Nov. 25 2024
Consumers all over the world have been craving more and more butter
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Nov. 21 2024
“Employee performance is the Achille’s heel of our industry,” said Robert Hagevoort during the Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council Annual Meeting held last week in Arlington, Texas
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Nov. 20 2024
A number of years ago, there was a couple that moved from the city of Philadelphia to our farm-centric neighborhood
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Nov. 18 2024
Many farms utilizing monitoring technologies on an individual cow basis have historically used them primarily for heat detection
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Nov. 15 2024
When Chad Abbas, herdsman at Van Voorst Dairy, set out to improve reproductive efficiency a few years ago, he found the answer by combining targeted estrus synchronization with SenseHub® Dairy cow...
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Nov. 14 2024
With the year’s end upon us, it’s time to gather your records and evaluate your tax situation
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Nov. 14 2024
When I was about 12, a school friend of mine showed me something revolutionary that his father had been given for his work: one of the first calculators
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Nov. 12 2024
Louisville, Ky., was host to the North American International Livestock Exposition Dairy Judging Contest this past weekend
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Nov. 11 2024
Fifteen teams competed in the National 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl contest in Louisville, Ky.,Wisconsin 4-H wins championship
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Nov. 11 2024
Taking a page out of Colorado’s book, USDA will start testing bulk raw milk around the country for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI)
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Nov. 7 2024
U.S. trade policy has changed significantly since the United States last passed a new free trade agreement (FTA), all the way back in 2011
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Oct. 25 2024
FFA teams traveled to Indianapolis, Ind., this week to compete in the National FFA Career Development Event (CDE) for Dairy Cattle Evaluation and Management. On Wednesday, each participant took a writ