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1. Zero events lead to repro success: (A.I. & Breeding); Creating a pregnancy requires your keen attention to animal health and welfare through a cow’s entire lactation. The road to creating a pregnancy begins long before you actually inseminate the cow. It ...; Created on 26 February 2020
2. ‘Fear-setting’ for an exit without regret: (From the Editor); Kobe Bryant’s accidental death in a helicopter crash earlier this year shocked everyone. For days, the news of his passing consumed media cycles. That scene played out before. Remember Princess Diana ...; Created on 22 February 2020
3. Dairy Strong 2020: (Event Coverage); Dairy farmers and industry professionals gathered to hear updates, outlooks and trends in the industry during the 2020 Dairy Strong Conference. Innovation and inspiration filled the two-day event, ...; Created on 22 February 2020
4. Housing hassles on the farm: (Management); A distraught, middle-aged farmwoman recently asked me for advice on buying her daughter a farmhouse just down the road. This is a loaded question. When farm founders are considering how long they want ...; Created on 22 February 2020
5. What Happened? What's Next? Spring cleaning my dairy news files: (Industry News); You’re busy milking cows, checking to see where the tillage equipment is parked and eagerly counting the days until Super Tuesday (it’s March 3). With that in mind, Progressive Dairy looks at issues in ...; Created on 22 February 2020
6. Producer price differentials and why they may be negative: (Management); Most of the nation’s dairy farmers are paid for their milk production based on multiple component pricing. All federal order multiple component pricing plans pay producers based on pounds of butterfat, ...; Created on 22 February 2020
7. Lesser-known change in Trump tax cuts is a consequential tax-avoidance opportunity: (Management); As a CPA who survived last year’s difficult tax season due to implementing the expansive changes that were enacted by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCGA), I have taken a step back and revisited some of the ...; Created on 22 February 2020
8. Maximize herd potential while overcrowding: Transition cows and heifers: (Herd Health); In our previous article, we discussed altering nutrition and management during overcrowding of lactating cows. Due to competition for resources, overcrowded cows spend less time lying, show increased ...; Created on 22 February 2020
9. Monitoring strategies to promote healthy, productive fresh cows: (Herd Health); Fresh cows present one of the biggest opportunities for increased performance on dairy farms. However, fresh cows deal with many stressors and challenges – and if they are not properly set up for success, ...; Created on 22 February 2020
10. Calcium supplementation: Not all options are created equal: (Herd Health); Calving sets off a series of events in a cow’s body that impacts her entire system. One stressor is a significant spike in calcium demand due to the onset of colostrum production. Most second- and ...; Created on 22 February 2020
11. Vitamin D and calcium management in transition cows: (Herd Health); The National Research Council (NRC) lists requirements for vitamins A, D and E in their seventh revision of “Nutrient Requirements of Dairy Cattle,” published in 2001. Supplemental D is listed as 21,000 ...; Created on 22 February 2020
12. The importance of fat-soluble vitamins: (Herd Health); It requires more than just energy to achieve peak performance and overall health of your milking herd. Vitamins are organic compounds required in small quantities and essential for the maintenance of life. ...; Created on 22 February 2020
13. Benefits of feeding fully acidified high-calcium prepartum diets: (Herd Health); In dairy cows, the transition from gestation to lactation results in a sudden large demand for calcium due to the production and secretion of colostrum and milk. Inadequate blood calcium concentrations ...; Created on 18 February 2020
14. How to manage footbaths in a robot milking facility: (Herd Health); Walking cows through a footbath containing an antibacterial agent, such as copper sulfate or formalin, has become an industry standard practice to aid in the control of infectious hoof disease. In conventional ...; Created on 18 February 2020
15. Herds with excellent hoof health have these 5 things in common: (Herd Health); Every dairy producer knows the health of the herd is invaluable when working to achieve the highest production and profit. The old adage “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” certainly goes ...; Created on 18 February 2020
16. How to calculate the hidden costs of footbaths: (Herd Health); When it comes to your footbath costs, there’s more to it than just the sticker price. Many dairy producers are looking for ways to cut back on costs, and hoof care products are no exception. More ...; Created on 18 February 2020
17. The basics of A2 milk: (A.I. & Breeding); Beta-casein gene influences production of milk protein casein which has A1 & A2 variants.; Created on 18 February 2020
18. Just dropping by ... Matters of the mind: (Yevet Tenney); Sometimes our mind is subject to the whims of chance. Thoughts can come into our mind randomly, causing us to react emotionally. We are nudged to smile or lose our temper. We think other people have ...; Created on 18 February 2020
19. Equipment Hub: Looking for trouble: (Barns & Equipment); Looking for trouble can be a bad thing. Actually, it can be a terrible thing if you are out looking for trouble and actually find it. That said, looking for trouble that may be coming down the road ...; Created on 18 February 2020
20. The Milk House: Throwing down cards: (Ryan Dennis); I walked gingerly up to the table with my registration slip. The eight men sitting there turned toward me. They looked me up and down, making calculations. Rural poker sharks do not look like the Vegas ...; Created on 18 February 2020
21. HERd Management: Let’s get real with real-time marketing: (Guest Blog); The best part about watching The Bachelor (stay with me, everyone) is to follow along with the conversation people are having on Twitter about it. During the first episode, a contestant showed up with ...; Created on 18 February 2020
22. The Manure Spreader: AMSCOT loan: (Tim Moffett); There is an old saying, “Don’t lend money to a friend – it causes amnesia.” And there’s the other saying … Where am I? Why is there a computer in front of me? Oh, that’s right, I’m writing an article for ...; Created on 18 February 2020
23. Using pain mitigation when disbudding calves: (Calves & Heifers); Disbudding without pain control is painful! All methods work by removing or damaging horn-producing tissue, and all methods have been shown to cause pain when done without appropriate pain control. New ...; Created on 24 January 2020
24. Six reasons your timed A.I. program is failing: (A.I. & Breeding); Timed A.I. can enhance pregnancy rates and efficiency, but protocols are not bulletproof. If results seem subpar, take a whole dairy investigative approach. Reproduction drives everything on a dairy. And ...; Created on 20 January 2020
25. How we started making gelato: A look back on 2019: (Guest Blog); January will mark our first six months of business with gelato, an Italian dessert much like ice cream. We’ve learned a lot and accomplished some things we didn’t anticipate. Our ultimate goal was to see ...; Created on 14 January 2020
26. Managing thin soles and over trimming: They go hand in hand: (Herd Health); The sole on a cow’s claw protects it from outside harm, similar to the sole of a shoe on a human foot. Having thin soles is similar to wearing thin or worn shoe soles in that the feet are more vulnerable ...; Created on 14 November 2019