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Feb. 26 2018
This is the 25th year that the National Mastitis Council’s National Dairy Quality Awards program has been recognizing the very best milk quality producing herds in the United States
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Feb. 21 2018
This homework may include you spending a little money on blood samples or feed samples, but spending a little money now before spending a lot of money later may actually save you money and time in the...
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Feb. 14 2018
Even at a very early age, Bert Stewart was a consummate student — he studied those who did well at their trade
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Feb. 7 2018
A great employer learns to speak the language of their employees
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Jan. 24 2018
Many of us have grown up working side by side with a grandparent, parent, or mentor that has directly affected our lives in one way or another. It is thanks to these people that we are who we are today
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Jan. 10 2018
The single most important time in a cow’s life that could almost forecast her entire lactation is the transition period
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Jan. 2 2018
I’ll be the first to admit that my husband and I are “genetics junkies.”
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Dec. 29 2017
In life, there are moments that shape who you are. Sometimes those moments are happy and sometimes they are not. Today I lost a cow. It was not just any cow
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Dec. 15 2017
Cornell University’s Paul Virkler, D.V.M., presented the December webinar, “Troubleshooting mastitis and milk quality programs.” While we often focus on the people and cows involved in...
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Dec. 13 2017
As a farmer, you put your heart and soul into what you do. You live, eat, and breathe the work you do. It is not a job but a lifestyle. It can bring you great joy one moment and heartache the next
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Nov. 29 2017
We as an industry, not just dairy but all of agriculture, need to start standing up for each other in unison
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Nov. 27 2017
Udder Milk, a New Jersey home delivery company, broke state law according to the New Jersey Department of Health. A cease and desist order
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Nov. 15 2017
The California landscape has always been evolving but recently the change has expedited dramatically
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Nov. 1 2017
Every letter of the alphabet is represented on the farm
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Oct. 17 2017
It is determination that is woven into the fabric of some of the best dairymen and women I know. It is this characteristic that gets us all through the toughest times and sets the best apart from the rest
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Oct. 6 2017
Harry Papageorge of Ogden, Utah, was named the 76th winner of the Klussendorf Award, the highest recognition given to a dairy cattle showman in the United States during the 51st World Dairy Expo
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Sept. 28 2017
The use of tile drainage varies across the Midwest
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Sept. 20 2017
There are a lot of things robots can do better and more consistently than humans, but there are still some aspects of the dairy that require a human touch
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Sept. 6 2017
As dairy farmers, we must not only know how to solve problems, but we must also know why
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Aug. 15 2017
“We need more farmers, not fewer.” That was one of the comments made two weeks ago at the Farm Bill Listening Session held by the United States House Agriculture Committee at Farm Fest in...