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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of PD1411_SW
PD1411_SW
Serving Dairymen Nationwide | September 22, 2011 | Vol. 25 No. 14
Healthylth
What do all of those squiggly lines mean?
1. No Internal J Boxes
FROM THE
PD NEWS
a “hydration disadvantage”
In the news, cont’d from page 5
CALIFORNIA
MARKET WATCH FEED
CORN SILAGE DEEMED A BARGAIN
MARKET WATCHCATTLE
Issue 14 • September 22, 2011
MARKET WATCH
of extreme heat
MARKET WATCH
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MARKET WATCH
the most recent blogs posted to
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Simplifying the system to fi nd the money
production to reduce overhead cost
Simplifying the system to fi nd the money, cont’d from page 21
GREENFREESTALL
Workforce relationships are based on trust
Most employees spend much of their working time trying to fi gure out
Workforce relationships are based on trust, cont’d from page 25
Three overlooked but essential business plan elements
The value a calf returns to you over her productive lifetime is perhaps the most compelling reason to consider the value of using DRAXXIN®
Deb Reinhart and Dave Geiser
Are you better off now than you were before marketing?, cont’d from page 29
If it works for you to do nothing, that’s
Wandering worker eyes: Why it’s happening and how to fi x it
fi rst and most.” Get rid of the toys
U.S. milk production climbs back above the line
Healthy Nutrition
U.S. milk production climbs back above the line, cont’d from page 34
Rebuilding equity: Are you heading down the right path?
Rebuilding equity – Are you heading down the right path?, cont’d from page 37
Using appropriate accounting tools to harvest information
MicroFiber
Figure 2 Sample income statement
Scenarios of the future: The evolving veterinary practice
Figure 1
Scenarios of the future: The evolving veterinary practice, cont’d from page 43
in Scenario B, successful vet
PD Poll
INTRODUCING THE NEW AMPLI-CALF® GROWER
Are you in favor of the Foundation for the Future (FFTF) dairy policy plan?, cont’d from page 46
❑ No
Are you in favor of the Foundation for the Future (FFTF) dairy policy plan?, cont’d from page 49
Bunker Shaversby Royer Enterprises
World Dairy Expo is where the dairy industry meets. No other dairy event in
S.A.E. Afi kim USA
Which state has the most dairy pride?
The Insentec Galaxy Robot
Research
Research Research
3 Open Minutes with Dr. Catherine Woteki, cont’d from page 57
Agriculture … naturally!
60
Fad or future: Monitoring boluses make a comeback
Fad or future: Monitoring boluses make a comeback, cont’d from page 61
capital to invest in the system is only
Hoofsure Endurance
DAIRYMAN
The View from Here
Warming temperatures have
On the Edge of Common Sense
Vet studies calf-hood
Vet studies calf-hood pneumonia effects on milk production, cont’d from page 65
The only Traffic Tested® Genuity® Roundup Ready® alfalfa.
Dairy farmers, Hollywood using the same waterproof paper
YOUR RESULTS
Activity monitoring system researcher: ‘This is the right way’
be checked because they have been
New technology could capture ammonia from liquid manure
ABOVE: Dr. Saqib Mukhtar (foreground), an extension service engineer,
Lidar measures a dairy’s
Accurately
Salmonella can have a deeper impact than clinical cases
percent to 99 percent for cows and 0
CIP Challenge: The one that got away
cows don’t
©BIGFOOT 4X4 inc.
Healthy calves mean healthy profits!
PD NUTRITION
LYSINE FOR RUMINANTSLYSIPEARL™
Organic trace minerals promote reproduction, hoof health
Organic trace minerals promote reproduction, hoof health, cont’d from page 85
Supporting
Risk management – now and forevermore
given quantity of milk. You can sell
Risk management – now and forevermore, cont’d from page 89
Table 2
Risk management – now and forevermore, cont’d from page 91
Introducing Turner’s NEW INDIVIDUAL INDEXING Parallel!!!
Thinking about BMR?
1.5 to 2 pounds less grain corn per cow
Electrolytes: Dependent and independent variables
Figure 1
Minimizing stress, production effects when managing groups
We can easily have too many moves throughout lactation
“LIC has allowed us to have a future.”
Fall lameness can result from summer heat stress
Fall lameness can result from summer heat stress, cont’d from page 101
patterns and fl uctuations in intake
FINDbioPRYN®
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FRESH AND CLOSE UP
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Quality
Employment
Analaine’s Home Cooking
Tier 4 Interim technology solutions
Written and illustrated
YOUR COMPLETE SOURCE
The Milk House
PD INDUSTRY NEWS
listed challenges such as dairymen
Industry news, cont’d from page 117
MANURE HANDLING MADE EASY
PD NEW PRODUCTS
help control the spread of BVDV in
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Rachel Manning to represent American Guernsey Association
Michael D. Lairmore
Adrianne Martella
PD CALENDAR
A D V ERTIS ERS ’ IND E X
On the Edge of Common Sense
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