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A good heat detection program is needed.
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“You can die of good intentions” That is the best summary I can give of an editorial I read recently about the bill to ban horse slaughter that was passed last year.
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As I write this column, Memorial Day is two days away. We honor those countrymen and women serving around the world, including those wounded, injured and killed in action.
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Unless you haven’t noticed, there is a new driver of the bus that leads to your milk check.
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Before I get started into the report I would like to make on a recent conference I attended, I would first like to offer my sincere prayers and best wishes to those producers who are dealing with the aftermath of one of the largest flood events in decades...
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Dairy producers in California have the opportunity to review the information submitted on December 2007 to prepare a new Dairy Facility Assessment to comply with the Waste Discharge Requirements (Order No. R5-2007-0035). The next reporting requirements in...
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With the increased cost of commercial fertilizer and the ever-increasing pressure on producers to protect and preserve water quality, University of Wisconsin (UW) – Discovery Farms staff get a lot of questions on how farmers can reduce their losses of m...
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Dedicated to Charles Fulhage, University of Missouri Extension, an excellent agricultural engineer and advocate of environmentally sustainable and profitable agricultural production.
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Removing manure from freestall alleys
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A simple definition of surviving is “the ability to continue to exist.” Many dairies are struggling to exist because they failed to understand or choose to ignore the importance of integrating the management of the dairy and manure operations. Integra...
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Making brown the new green is the goal of brothers Matthew and Ben Freund of Colebrook, Connecticut, with their successful new invention, CowPots. The biodegradable plant pots are made from manure solids generated from the Freunds’ methane digester, whi...
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Farmers have used livestock waste as fertilizer for many years. Currently, producers strive to optimize the use of dairy waste as an economical source of fertilizer while minimizing the potential for surface run-off, leading to environmental contamination...
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Dairy barns are thought to emit large amounts of ammonia. The nitrogen contained in cow urine is the major source of ammonia nitrogen. Only approximately 20 to 35 percent of the nitrogen (crude protein) fed to dairy cows is converted into milk. The rest i...
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The last six months of 2008 have been one of the greatest shows on earth! No movie, Superbowl, Olympics, Brad and Angelina, Brittany Spears or Royal Birth can compare to the spectacular, outrageous, full-blown television advertising windfall officially re...
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A recent economic analysis estimated that each clinically lame cow costs the dairy producer approximately $400. These costs include decreased milk production and fertility and increased treatment costs, labor requirements and risk of culling. Surveys indi...
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Do you sometimes bale hay a little tough due to high humidity or frequent rains? If so, your hay could mold, spoil or suffer heat damage.
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Like most of farming, mowing, baling and transporting bales have some of the usual hazards – working with and around machinery – and some that are unique.
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With rising hay prices, growers look to management practices to achieve a high-quality crop.
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Machinery fires Checking for fire hazards before starting work each day will reduce the chance of costly fire to expensive equipment.
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When rain occurs in windrowed alfalfa fields, problems often develop. Sometimes referred to as “windrow disease,” these problems can be noted by stripes in the field where alfalfa windrows remained so long that some smothering occurred underneath the ...
Re: Analaine’s Home Cooking: Copper pennies
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Re: A look into compost bedded pack barns
Posted on Monday, 21 January 2013 by Koos Vis.Dr.Bewley and Dr.Taraba, Great to read this research. Out of hoof...
Re: Hello . .. from your past!
Posted on Sunday, 20 January 2013 by Deborah Tucker.John Deere is one of my clients .. . and I was 'playing' around on...