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Blog
April 23 2019
How do you define strength? Does it mean you squat 300 pounds and do 30 unbroken pull ups? Is strength being a dairy producer, waking every morning to face yet another day of hardships — but doing...
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Article
April 22 2019
By many accounts, the U.S. economy has been doing well in recent years. Can we stay at this level of economic strength, or is a recession lurking in the shadows?
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Article
April 22 2019
The first formal step has been taken to end California’s 49-year-old Class I milk pool quota system
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Article
April 22 2019
“A calf is a ball at the top of a hill. Depending how you manage that calf, how you feed that calf and what happens to that calf, will affect its future direction,” said Michael Steele from...
ACE 2019
Blog
April 17 2019
The Ag Career Exploration (ACE) experience had a new look this year! With the help of a few more organizations, the ACE event took on the goal of preparing for the future by investing in today
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Article
April 15 2019
Milking evaluation reveals costly problemspresented by Phil Durst and Stan Moore, Michigan State University Extension Milking is so routine that we sometimes fail to adequately analyze it. Usin
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Article
April 12 2019
There is a fight underway in the biggest U.S. dairy state — one that is pitting family members against each other, breaking friendships, and is likely to leave deep scars
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Article
April 12 2019
A syringe cooler keeps a vaccine at the right temperature, protects the vaccine from UV radiation, and keeps syringes safe
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Article
April 12 2019
There is something about working together on a farm that helps families get along, work through differences, and respect each other at the end of the day, even when life goes a little sideways
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Article
April 12 2019
Cows avoid lying on wet surfaces, disrupting their time budgets, behavior, and welfare
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Article
April 12 2019
Jouni Pitkäranta and Virpi Kurkela with 4d Barn Consulting shared features that can improve cow health and welfare in robotic milking facilities during a presentation at the Professional Dairy Producers...
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Article
April 12 2019
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Article
April 12 2019
It’s safe to say that “Master of the Cognates” is the greatest name given to a heavy metal band
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Blog
April 11 2019
National Siblings Day happens to coincide with the passing of my brother, Pat. He was killed in a car accident on April 10, 1996, at the age 29
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Article
April 10 2019
2019 Hoard's Dairyman Cow Judging Contest - Brown Swiss Class
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Article
April 10 2019
2019 Hoard's Dairyman Cow Judging Contest - Guernsey Class
2019-HO-NN
Article
April 10 2019
2019 Hoard's Dairyman Cow Judging Contest - Holstein Class
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April 10 2019
2019 Hoard's Dairyman Cow Judging Contest - Jersey Class
2019-MS-A
Article
April 10 2019
2019 Hoard's Dairyman Cow Judging Contest - Milking Shorthorn Class
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Article
April 8 2019
Today, the most critical issue for dairy farmers to think about is signing up for the new Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program