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Sept. 16 2019
Calf Care is an easy-to-read book includes best practices for calving, feeding, and housing young dairy animals
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Article
Sept. 16 2019
Take control. That’s a message I echoed in a recent webinar to dairy forage growers. Get out, scout your fields with your agronomist and assess your corn’s current growth stage
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Article
Sept. 14 2019
One of the beautiful benefits of working on the farm is having an unfiltered view of the sky
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Blog
Sept. 13 2019
The tide has changed, and cheese is riding high on the waves. Once considered unhealthy for containing too much saturated fat, cheese has found redemption in new studies
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Blog
Sept. 10 2019
Our son started Kindergarten a few weeks ago, and this transition has been an exciting time in our home. There are some aspects that have made our daily routines simplified (hello uniforms!) and
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Article
Sept. 9 2019
Calcium status surrounding calving is not only important, but it also varies significantly depending on the cow
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Article
Sept. 6 2019
To ensure the correct product is used on the proper day, we use a color-coding system for our reproductive synchronization program
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Article
Sept. 5 2019
Overseeing the health and well-being of the highly valued animals of the world’s most famous dairy cattle show is a hefty task
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Sept. 2 2019
When humans are hot or uncomfortable, they tend to want a little more personal space. For some reason, cows have the opposite reaction, which leads to a problem called bunching
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Sept. 2 2019
Despite a dismal corn planting season for the majority of the country, dairy producers could breathe a bit easier about previously projected shortages raising feed prices
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Sept. 2 2019
Many dairy producers who enrolled in the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program have already received checks for the first part of the year
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Blog
Aug. 30 2019
Ventilation is a key component of barn design. Natural ventilation and tunnel ventilation are two common options for dairy barns
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Article
Aug. 26 2019
This July, U.S. dairy farmers collectively sent 256,800 dairy cows to packing plants
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Article
Aug. 26 2019
When it comes to the breakfast table, beverage milk and breakfast cereal have been long hitched together as complementary food items
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Article
Aug. 26 2019
While most farmers in the South and West already have their corn silage safely stored away, many in the Midwest and Northeast are still wondering if their corn will reach maturity
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Article
Aug. 26 2019
Milking robots offer a number of advantages. An automatic milking system (AMS) tends to boost production, reduce labor, and provide valuable data to help with day-to-day herd management
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Article
Aug. 21 2019
To prevent vaccines from getting too warm when working in the sun, I came up with this simple idea. I took an icebox, in which I get my vaccines, and cut a hole with a hole saw the size of my syringes
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Aug. 21 2019
One of my most treasured childhood pastimes was to dress up the newest litter of kittens in baby clothes. I certainly did not need a collection of baby dolls when I had living, breathing, responsive kittens
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Blog
Aug. 20 2019
The same question has been raised time and again in conversations about the future of the dairy industry
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Blog
Aug. 19 2019
It has been said that you cannot manage what you cannot measure. To many, cow comfort is not something that is easy to evaluate