Aug. 26 2024
Strategies to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions have been widely sought after by many industry sectors
Aug. 5 2024
When a disease organism hitches a ride on an object, feed particle, another animal, bodily fluid, or the air to find and infect a new host, dairy farmers pay the price for that journey
July 18 2024
With an improved All-Milk price and lower commodity prices compared to much of last year, dairy farmers’ pocketbooks are feeling less squeezed so far in 2024
June 20 2024
In the 8th edition of Nutrient Requirements of Dairy Cattle, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (also known as NASEM) put more emphasis on forage neutral detergent fiber (NDF)...
June 13 2024
Feeding cows in a way that maximizes production and income over feed costs starts with a healthy rumen
May 27 2024
The detergent system of forage analysis, which was developed by Peter Van Soest at Cornell University, involves boiling forages in neutral or acid detergents
May 13 2024
If I told you there’s a dietary additive available that university data supports an 11:1 return on investment for, would that get your attention?
April 22 2024
In a previous article, I mentioned that undegraded neutral detergent fiber (uNDF) describes the potential utilization of NDF
April 15 2024
Can we assume that cows within a pen use all their resources uniformly?
March 28 2024
Bill Weiss, a professor emeritus from The Ohio State University, calls it the “sampling dilemma.”
Feb. 29 2024
The lack of price-supportive grain news means that feed prices have settled into a weaker pattern in recent months and are set to continue their declines
Feb. 19 2024
An effective feeding program must be an area of focus
Feb. 12 2024
Gearheads like myself understand that horsepower and torque measure two different things
Feb. 9 2024
Not long ago I opened a cupboard to grab a coffee mug and noticed a blue-green tint to a bread loaf on the middle shelf above the mugs
Jan. 15 2024
There is no question which ration on a dairy receives the least attention. Often overlooked is the diet for the far off dry cows
Jan. 4 2024
Efficiency is the name of the game on dairies no matter what resource you’re talking about
Dec. 29 2023
Over the years, I have come to believe that the efficiency of converting feed to milk is perhaps the key indicator of dairy profitability
Oct. 16 2023
Today’s political climate seems to feature one surprise after another. Congress shocked the country late last month by voting in an overwhelmingly bipartisan fashion to avert a government shutdown...
Oct. 9 2023
Transition cows face one of the most difficult turnabouts. As soon as the calf is born, they naturally move from no milk production to a significant ramp up both in quantity of milk and the energy required...