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May 16 2023
For the 93rd year, our office flooded with mail from around the country as dairy farmers, youth, companies, and enthusiasts sent in their placings in our annual Cow Judging Contest
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May 15 2023
Benefits of robotic milking systems often include lower labor needs, calmer cows, and greater milking frequency and yield
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May 15 2023
Dairy farmers’ cost to haul milk within the Upper Midwest jumped 21% when comparing May 2021 to May 2022
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May 11 2023
It doesn’t take much online searching these days to find someone or something proclaiming that our food system is “broken” and drastic changes are needed to fix it
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May 8 2023
During my time working as a county-based extension educator, one of the questions I was asked most often was the going rate for custom work
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May 8 2023
Number one rule of crisis planning: prepare for the crisis before it happens. You’ve likely seen the devastating headlines by now about the farm fire in Texas that took the lives of thousands of...
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May 8 2023
Managing for success with robotic milking systemsPresented by Trevor DeVries, University of GuelphSponsored by GalaxyThe use of automated (robotic) milking systems (AMS) brings several opportunities w
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May 4 2023
It seems no two dairies have the exact same plan of how to manage bunks and what to do with the feed refusals. With a likely new normal for feed cost levels, it is a good time to re-evaluate how feed refusals...
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May 4 2023
Dairy cattle need four sound feet to complete many of their daily tasks
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April 25 2023
It’s not a dairy farmer vacation until you get to take in the dairy scene, especially in another country
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April 24 2023
The United Nations expects India to surpass China as the most populous country on the planet by mid-2023
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April 24 2023
We all have the same 24 hours in every day to get work done, and farmers are experts at squeezing every second out of that time. Have you ever thought to yourself, “If I only I could be in two places...
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April 24 2023
This marks the eighth straight year that butterfat levels have set a new record. In 2022, federal order pools with multiple component pricing averaged 4.08% butterfat, reported Peter Fredericks, California’s...
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April 21 2023
Following a lifestyle that includes making decisions that are good for the planet continues to grow in importance to many consumers, especially those that fall in the demographic of Gen Z
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April 20 2023
“Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes” is an old George Jones song that discusses the future of country music
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April 20 2023
Just like for humans, transitions cause stress for animals. For dairy animals, these types of adjustments aren’t just limited to what we call “transition cows” — calves also go...
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April 20 2023
A dedicated team is one major key to success when it comes to raising young stock. During the Dairy Calf and Heifer Association’s annual conference, managers from two calf and heifer ranches shared...
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April 13 2023
“It’s not my job.” Those words just make you cringe, right? I’m guilty, though. Growing up on the farm, I started working at a very young age feeding calves and running around,...
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April 13 2023
Achieving excellent reproductive performance is a critical management goal that impacts milk production and therefore dairy farm profitability. The good news is that we have witnessed an unprecedented...
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April 12 2023
Merck Animal Health, known as MSD Animal Health outside of the United States and Canada, a division of Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, N.J., USA (NYSE:MRK), announced today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s...