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1. 0109 PD: Happy heifers: (Calves & Heifers); Pasture-based heifer-raising systems are common in many parts of the country, especially where seasonal temperatures and rainfall allow year-round grazing with no artificial shelter.These systems have ...; Created on 29 December 2008
2. 0109 PD: Think green when you go green: (Manure); For anyone involved in dairy these days, there are an increasing number of options to “go green.” There are more manure digesters across the country, new equipment and processes that consider electricity ...; Created on 29 December 2008
3. 0109 PD: Tips for healthy calves in cold weather: (Calves & Heifers); Cold weather is quickly approaching and the challenge of keeping calves growing and healthy has begun.Keeping calves warm in their first few weeks is critical for accurate health and growth. A newborn ...; Created on 29 December 2008
4. 0109 PD: Editorial: Luxury milk may be our greatest ally: (From the Editor); I recently finished reading Buyology, a fascinating (and sometimes frightening) new book about neuromarketing – how marketing influences our brains and purchasing decisions.No, I’m not getting paid for ...; Created on 23 December 2008
5. 0109 PD: DMI's high-impact watchlist: Environment: (Manure); The following update is provided by Dairy Management Inc. (DMI), which manages the national dairy checkoff program, is a producer-funded, nonprofit domestic and international planning and management organization ...; Created on 23 December 2008
6. Clock winner is ‘proud to dairy’ in Gettysburg, PA: (People); The last time Josie and Jocelyn Riser traveled to World Dairy Expo, Jocelyn was only four years old. The mother-daughter duo had the opportunity to return to Madison, Wisconsin, for the event when they ...; Created on 23 December 2008
7. 0109 PD: Keep in the safe harbor, follow no-match letter regulations: (Management); Last August, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued regulations regarding “No-Match Letters” from the Social Security Administration (SSA). The regulations said that for an employer to maintain ...; Created on 23 December 2008
8. 0109 PD: Maximize the value of your market dairy cows: (Management); While milk production is still the most important aspect of the dairy business, there are other considerations. Maximizing the value of a dairy cow includes making sure that when its usefulness for milk ...; Created on 23 December 2008
9. 0109 PD: Can dairy production be both economically and environmentally sustainable?: (Management); It’s not often you see the words sustainability and profitability in the same sentence. The most commonly heard view is that sustainable agriculture refers to low input-low output systems that are less ...; Created on 23 December 2008
10. 0109 PD: 3 open minutes with David Pelzer & Richard Naczi: (Manure); Q. What is the level of consumer interest in sustainability or carbon footprinting?PELZER: I would be the first one to say that we need to do more research in that area, but from what we’ve observed and ...; Created on 23 December 2008
11. 0109 PD: Water: The key production nutrient: (Feed & Nutrition); Dairy producers have long recognized that bovine growth, reproduction and milk production depend on adequate feed intake. However, feed is only one component of proper nutrition. The fluid intake demands ...; Created on 23 December 2008
12. 0109 PD: Sustain the milking parlor with water and energy savings: (Barns & Equipment); Have you ever calculated the amount of water and energy used to maintain your milking facility and each of the practices you have decided to employ? Water and energy are required for a myriad of daily ...; Created on 23 December 2008
13. 0109 PD: Could you save $15,000 in energy costs?: (Management); A dairy producer’s work is never done. Whether it’s feeding the heifers, fertilizing the field or registering new calves, there is always something that needs to get done. In today’s fast-paced, high-tech ...; Created on 23 December 2008
14. 0109 PD: Livestock contribution to U.S. greenhouse gas emissions: (Manure); There are conflicting reports on the contribution of ruminants to greenhouse gas emissions (GGE). In these environmentally sensitive times it will help to put things in prospective. A November 2006 Food ...; Created on 23 December 2008
15. 0109 PD: Well-executed colostrum BMPs may still not prevent all FTPs: (Calves & Heifers); Everyone who raises calves has a major stake in how well calves obtain passive immunity from a dam during the first 24 hours of life. Calves receive passive immunity via intake of colostrum during the ...; Created on 23 December 2008
16. 0109 PD: Manage calves for maximum adulthood production: (Calves & Heifers); The last year in agriculture has been a volatile one. We have seen rapid inflation of all commodities followed by rapid deflation. It has left me and many of my clients wondering how we can sustain food ...; Created on 23 December 2008
17. 0109 PD: Help dairy calves win the battle against cold weather: (Calves & Heifers); Nothing quite stirs up an appetite like time outside on a cold winter day. And just as people need more energy when battling the cold, so do dairy calves. That means extra effort is needed to meet their ...; Created on 23 December 2008
18. Just dropping by... Silver threads among the gold: (Yevet Tenney); This morning I climbed in my van and caught a glimpse of a silver thread of hair mingled with the normally brownish-gold ones. I wasn’t horrified or even sad. I deserve those sliver threads; after all ...; Created on 23 December 2008
19. Letters to the editor: Animal wellbeing, questions for DFA: (From the Editor); Dear Editor, On the day that I recently hosted a Dairy Beef Quality Assurance program at my auction market facility, I was struck by the fact that on the front page of USA Today was an item that showed ...; Created on 23 December 2008
20. 0109 PD: On the Edge of Common Sense: Taking a fall: (Baxter Black); One of the secrets of life is knowing how to take a fall; physical, financial or emotional. When you drop something, it breaks.Be it a bank, a bone or a heart. I’ve experienced all three kinds of falls. ...; Created on 23 December 2008
21. 0109 PD: Value-added processes of interest to the socially-conscious consumer: (Management); A growing number of today’s consumers of dairy products are not your father’s consumers. Today’s consumer is increasingly socially-conscious and willing to pay more money for products that they believe ...; Created on 23 December 2008
22. 0109 PD: Going ‘green’ with dairy: (Manure); Going “green” is the “in thing” for our world today. But just what does that mean? What is a carbon footprint?More importantly, what does it have to do with you and your dairy operation? Going “green” ...; Created on 23 December 2008
23. 0109 PD: Early life management and long-term productivity of dairy calves: (Calves & Heifers); The topic of “intensified feeding or accelerated growth” has garnered a great deal of discussion, and the concept has been applied in both research and on-farm trials in various ways. Much of this discussion ...; Created on 23 December 2008
24. 0109 PD: On the Edge of Common Sense: Cowboyness test: (Baxter Black); One of the hazards of being a colorful duck in the flock is that you are an easy target! In my travels, my “cowboyness” is routinely tested.If I’m speaking at a rodeo they will graciously invite me to ...; Created on 23 December 2008
25. 0109 PD: The View from Here: Tears for two: (Guest Blog); We cry for many reasons. I found two reasons today, November 5, 2008. I write about them in this article. I am driving in to work this morning. I am listening to the radio. And I am listening to history ...; Created on 23 December 2008
26. 0109 PD: Dairy carbon footprint dropping: (Manure); Improved efficiency in the production of milk has resulted in a huge reduction in the dairy industry’s carbon footprint, making it very “green,” said a University of Illinois Extension dairy specialist. ...; Created on 23 December 2008