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After visiting and analyzing data from thousands of dairies in her career, Pamela Ruegg, DVM, MPVM, Dipl. ABVP (Dairy Practice), can attest that there is no better way to deal with mastitis than through accurate records of detection and treatment.
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Today’s milk price environment has everyone looking to reduce expenditures and improve efficiency. We’re constantly challenged to offer suggestions for calf and heifer nutrition programs.
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Over the past few months I’ve heard producers asking, “Where can I make cuts in the parlor to lower my cost of production?”
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Feed cost evaluation is an important part of managing your dairy business, especially in these economic times of low milk prices and high input costs. Of these input costs, feed expenditures represent the single greatest expense, accounting for approximat...
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The answer to the question “Why artificially inseminate heifers?” is quite simple: to increase the number of genetically superior heifers available for herd replacement and sale.
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As dairies look to become more efficient in all aspects of their operation, the industry’s major breed organizations have answered the call by providing online cattle registration.
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Crossbreeding has recently gained a lot of attention in popular press articles; however, in 2008, the amount of semen from non-traditional breeds (Swedish Red [SR], Montbeliarde [MO], etc.) imported into the U.S. was reportedly down from previous years.
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Anyone who has spent time breeding dairy cows over the years has seen the reproductive changes that have occurred. Cows no longer exhibit signs of heat like they did just a couple of decades ago.
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The doubling of milk production per cow in the U.S. in the last 50 years did not happen by chance. Research data since the use of A.I. in dairy herds enrolled in the Dairy Herd Improvement (DHI) program clearly shows that selection for genetic merit for m...
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Cows are known for their big, beautiful dark eyes. But University of Guelph researchers have discovered it’s actually the whites of their eyes that are important when it comes to determining their temperament.
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World Wide Sires 2009 With the release of the April 2009 genetic evaluations, World Wide Sires adds 15 new Holstein bulls to our line-up, sired by 10 different sire fathers.
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Rachel KaehlerDairy Cattle Show Coordinator at World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin
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Approximately 75 dairy owners, managers and employees, as well as some feedlot managers and hospital crews, attended the Arizona Calf and Cattle College 301 event put on by Pfizer Animal Health.
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PDPW elects 2009 officers The Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin (PDPW) have a new slate of officers to lead its 1,500-plus members.
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Penn State Dairy Extension is offering a new online tool to help dairy producers better manage feed costs during the current economic downturn. The Penn State Income Over Feed Costs Tool, in spreadsheet format, is available online, free of charge, at http...
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The Common Thread Award was presented to five women in the San Joaquin Valley, California area.
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Electric door openerShur-Co. introduces the ProTrap Electric Hopper Door Opener. The cleaner, faster way to unload grain from your trailer, the hopper doors open while the operator stands back out of the dust. When the grain is unloaded, another push of t...
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Achieving a high, accurate heat-detection rate (HDR) is a major challenge to dairy producers. There are management issues affecting HDR such as labor constraints, commitment to effective heat detection and inaccurate submission of cows for insemination. F...
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Synchronization and artificial insemination (A.I.) are effective tools to build a better herd. However they are only as effective as the planning and implementation put into both of those programs.
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As we move into the hottest time of the year, it is important to reevaluate the effectiveness of your cooling system. Research from the University of Florida has shown 15 to 22 percent reductions in milk yield from summer heat stress as well as poor repro...
Re: Two dairymen are making profits with sprout fodder systems
Posted on Friday, 22 March 2013 by Kyle.This is the future of feed!
Re: Why conserve nutrients?
Posted on Friday, 22 March 2013 by Jan Sloot.good and informative article. Crops need the nutrients available and on...
Re: Two dairymen are making profits with sprout fodder systems
Posted on Thursday, 21 March 2013 by Rebecca.What about the water it took to produce the barley seed? Balancing a...