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July 5 2019
Even though the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the European Chemicals Agency have declared that glyphosate
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July 3 2019
If you’ve got money in your bank account, does that mean your farm is profitable? If your farm is profitable, does that mean you must have enough cash to pay all your bills?
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July 1 2019
Despite last year’s dismal dairy economics, a few farms in Michigan managed to eke out positive cash flows
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July 1 2019
Reproductive herd health visits by veterinarians have changed tremendously with the use of ultrasound technology
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July 1 2019
If lower milk prices are the new normal, then it’s time to find ways to evaluate each dollar spent on feed
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July 1 2019
Quality calf care is a must, but in reality, a calf’s needs are fairly simple
190701_ph1
July 1 2019
My education about the dairy industry started from scratch, because as a non-ag person I literally knew nothing about cows
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June 24 2019
“The dairy industry has led the agri-genomic revolution with the implementation of genome-enabled genetic predictions,” wrote the 23 authors in a recent paper published in Frontiers in Genetics
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June 24 2019
The concept is simple. If you are one of those farms that harvested less than ideal quality forages this spring because of muddy fields or any number of other factors, you might still be able to feed it...
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June 24 2019
Overall, robotic milking systems tend to boost milk production
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June 24 2019
Going rates for agricultural cropland dropped in both Wisconsin and Michigan over the past year
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June 24 2019
A new bill was introduced in Congress earlier this month with the intention of helping young people who want to farm pay off student loans
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June 17 2019
What a fantastic story and tribute you wrote about my very first 4-H leader
190617_ph5
June 17 2019
There are bad apples in every industry’s barrel, including dairying. In an age of instantly sharing images, backlash to a single bad apple can spoil an industry’s reputation overnight
190617_ph4
June 17 2019
When considering forage fermentation as a measure of forage crop quality, we need to compare it against expected values
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June 17 2019
“People, you have to look at the numbers if you’re going to survive.” Those were the introductory words of Vita Plus’s Gary Sipiorski at the recent Four-State Dairy Nutrition and...
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June 17 2019
For much of the Midwest and Northeast, it started raining last fall. Wet harvests gave way to saturated soils during the winter and flooding this spring
190617_ph1
June 17 2019
With USDA initiating sign-ups for its cornerstone dairy safety net program on June 17, the federal agency simultaneously updated a major component in the feed cost margin calculator — hay prices
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June 14 2019
Synchronization strategies for heifers. Heifers do not provide a return on investment until after entering the milking string
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June 10 2019
June officially kicks off summer vacation for most students, giving them a break from the school setting. However, once school is no longer in session, millions of children across the country who depend...