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“Well Em, today is the first day in 48 years that I haven’t owned a dairy cow,” Dad said to me as we wrapped up our annual New Year’s Day dinner with the family. He said this with a hint of a smile and ...
Reuters, an international news agency headquartered in London, recently investigated the use of the antibiotic ceftiofur in the U.S. dairy industry, stating that “the frequency at which it’s used improperly ...
Hugh Byron, a retired dairy farmer from Kentucky, was recently interviewed by Reuters as part of a series investigating the use of antibiotics in the food supply.
The article included a section about ...
Generation Y, referring to the generation born between the 1980s and early 1990s, is full of questions about food animal production. Why are farmers using antibiotics? Why are cows housed inside rather ...
Two global trade analyses published in December foretell continued downward pressure on international commodity pricing through at least the first half of 2015. Supply and demand relief will come – but ...
Dec. 9-11, 2014, marked the 20th annual Vita Plus Dairy Summit. More than 200 producers and industry professionals were in attendance.
The event, held in Red Wing, Minnesota, kicked off with farm tours ...
I’m sure you may have heard a farmer say, “Someday this farm will be his,” or “Someday we will get to the lawyer’s office, but we have work to do.”
My sister, Barbara Edie, wrote the headline, “Someday ...
Over the past five years, Ruedinger Farms Inc. in Van Dyne, Wisconsin, has increased its herd size by 400 head. They now have 1,400 cows and 210 calves.On average, the farm is milking 1,200 cows each day ...
To get calves off to a fast start and achieve early growth goals, calf and heifer raisers invest in newborn and pre-weaned calf nutrition. Despite the extra attention on pre-weaned calf performance, it ...
It’s always exciting when new calves arrive. You want to do everything you can to help your newborns thrive and grow.
One of the critical first steps in ensuring overall health is to feed enough high-quality ...
“That depends,” you say. “Are you talking about comparing the two liquids or whether colostrum feeding affects future production?”
Both, I say. Comparing colostrum to milk components
Colostrum is notorious ...
Scouring is one of the common diseases that will affect a calf. It is well-known that keeping calves healthy can have a major impact on their future production.
Stellar calf-care protocols can help ...
When walking through calf barns and hutches during the winter, it is somewhat difficult to differentiate sickness behavior from cold-stress behavior.
Interestingly, calf behaviors are quite similar when ...
As any producer knows, a healthy calf grows into a healthy heifer. Healthy heifers will have fewer problems and are more likely to reach their genetic potential. Every little bit counts when it comes ...
So which came first, the chicken or the egg? In her presentation at the Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin’s Calf Care Connection event last October, Dr. Sandra Godden, a professor at the University ...
Iodine-based teat dips containing nonylphenol ethoxylates, or NPEs, were once the standard throughout the dairy industry. As possible side effects of NPEs have become known, use has gradually decreased ...
Highly contagious, both Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus agalactiae are considered major mastitis pathogens that can significantly impact dairy producers economically.
For the most part, these ...
In 2013, researchers from Michigan State University, Penn State, Mississippi State University and Florida A&M set out to formulate a quality milk assessment for the prevention of mastitis and reduction ...
Mastitis remains the most costly problem in the dairy industry after decades of research with intense focus on management practices and the introduction of modern equipment. Published research reveals ...
Memphis, Tennessee, will host the 54th annual National Mastitis Council meeting Feb. 1-3, 2015. Attendees will have the opportunity to see the famous Peabody ducks, as the meeting is being held at Memphis’s ...
When talking to Brett Feldpausch, manager and partner of his family’s dairy farms, Rich-Ro Dairy Farms in central Michigan, you can tell he takes his job seriously. “We have good employees, but we want ...
So often, I just let life happen; I go from one task to another, one phone call to the next, one meal at a time from the fridge to the table. No thought. No planning. Just living one minute to the next ...
Oftentimes we put the professional experts in this column – those with Ph.D.’s and other title acronyms behind their names. We appreciate them. We depend on them. They present instruction refined through ...
One of the biggest news stories last year was undoubtedly missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370. The Boeing 777 left Kuala Lampur International Airport on March 8 heading towards Beijing and in mid-flight ...
Lesson learned. If you think you can skip just one farm-related meeting, you are wrong. Whether it is a co-op, local FFA, fundraiser or church business meeting – you have to be there. I missed one last ...
Soil health is in the news. My agency, NRCS, is investing significant resources in soil health. I am pleased.The term soil health has multiple meanings, but we all can agree the term is rooted in the systems ...
According to a food scientist at the University of Arizona, more than 100,000 plant and animal varieties have become endangered over the last quarter-century. In addition, it is commonly believed that ...
Dairymen, veterinarians and nutritionists are increasingly asking for weighing solutions as a way to monitor their heifer growth and efficiency goals. University research suggests heifers should experience ...
Founded in 1996, the Dairy Calf and Heifer Association (DCHA) has been a supporting foundation and educational resource for dairy calf and heifer growers across the nation. The association welcomes custom ...
Three Midwestern dairy producers discussed the trial-and-error, cost analysis and strategic thinking that influenced their heifer-raising decisions at the recent Vita Plus Dairy Summit.
Attendees heard ...
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