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If this issue’s contents have two underlying themes, they relate to planning ahead to avoid common herd health challenges on your dairies and the transfer of your business to the next generation. I’d encourage ...
In the second quarter of 2014, the number of export markets reached and the volume of product Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) assisted its member cooperatives to sell expanded dramatically. The countries ...
There’s always some anxiety when helping a cow deliver twin calves, especially when the first one is breached. Try doing it on a day when there are nearly 3,000 visitors at your dairy farm for an open-house ...
More than 300 attendees from more than a dozen countries gathered in Brookfield, Wisconsin, for the Hoof Trimmers Association’s Hoof Health Conference on July 16-19.
The four-day event brought in the ...
Would your state welcome a new dairy processing plant? Would it encourage you to expand your operation by adding cows or new facilities? Do you currently have easy access to the inputs and services you ...
You’re headed out to the state fair on a beautiful day, weather-wise. What do you carry with you? Your wallet? Keys? Those fit easily into your pocket. A water bottle in case it gets really hot? Maybe. ...
Dairies, farmers and rural populations receive lines of credit to help run their operations from institutions such as the Farm Credit System, Farmer Mac, Farm Service Agency, as well as local banks. The ...
The 2012 Census of Agriculture is this country’s 28th agriculture census. The first agriculture census was taken in 1840. President George Washington is given credit for seeing the need for an agriculture ...
No matter where you are, there are some things on a dairy farm that stay the same: the daily routine, caring for calves, farm chores and understanding milk payouts.
It is the difference in location, ...
If you are making milk these days, then you are making money. It definitely feels good for a change, and optimism that these prices may be around for a while is everywhere.
So now that there is some extra ...
With each new generation, every family farm is going to grow in a different direction.
The question is: How? It’s natural for a son to want to grow a farm in a different direction than his father or grandfather ...
At Pagel’s Ponderosa, a newly built barn keeps cows comfortable and healthy during their dry period while allowing individualized care upon freshening.
“We believe we will be able to do an even better ...
Foot-and-mouth disease, salmonellosis, E. coli – these are but a few of the zoonotic pathogens that have frightened consumers and plagued livestock producers in recent years.
As threats ebb and surge, ...
The 12th International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis (ICP) was held June 22-27, 2014, in Parma, Italy. It was also a celebration of the 25th anniversary of the founding of the International Association ...
Long-term trends suggest the dairy industry has a mixed record when it comes to maintaining the health of our cows. On the one hand, we have seen a substantial decline in somatic cell counts.
Improved ...
Respiratory disease is not a threat exclusive to the calf barn. It can occur in adult cows, too.
In fact, pneumonia is to blame for 11 percent of adult cow deaths, according to a USDA dairy producer survey. ...
Dairy farm families have historically called on their veterinarian consultants for prevention and treatment of diseases on the farm. Traditionally, their role has been to look for problems associated with ...
Vets have always been in the vanguard and served as the front lines for the detection and reporting of foreign animal diseases. We have been exceedingly fortunate in the U.S. to have not experienced ...
Herd health is the result of multiple, interconnected factors. Nutrition, herd health protocols and vaccination programs often come to mind when looking for ways to improve health through all stages ...
Dairies that have mastered the art of the transition period have a handful of things in common – and surprisingly, good nutrition is not the only one.
Dr. Ken Nordlund from the University of Wisconsin ...
Managing mastitis begins with controlling the factors that make infection more probable. Cleanliness in both the barn and the milking parlor, and proper maintenance and use of milking equipment, are ...
Trace mineral nutrition and its application in dairy rations continues to receive significant attention through research and its implementation in the field.
Our nutrient requirement systems, such as ...
Feeding controlled-energy diets prior to calving can help increase feed efficiency and profitability, said Dr. Phil Cardoso, assistant professor, dairy researcher and extension at the University of Illinois. ...
As he tills and cultivates fields for his annual crop rotations, Richard Kratz also sows the seeds of innovation. It took four years to perfect his blend of peas and oats, but he is now literally reaping ...
Silage avalanches are real, and there is no way to predict when and where they will occur. It only takes a fraction of a second for part of a silage feedout face to silently break off and fall, and the ...
On-farm sieving tests on dry and high-moisture corn provide dairy producers and nutritionists with helpful feed management suggestions for dairy rations.
Particle-size assessments, like a grain sieve, ...
If you Google “five ways to,” you get a laundry list of how-to articles – five ways to channel your inner millionaire (it’s a joke, right?), five ways to kick the cable TV habit (does 26 hours a day constitute ...
I had a great plan for the summer.Each day, the kids and I would tackle a project. It might be working in the yard or deep-cleaning a room. Maybe I’d get all the old family photos organized. The kids ...
A year ago this summer, supporters of a 75-year-old Indiana farmer received disappointing news. The Supreme Court ruled against Vernon Bowman and his fight against Monsanto.
Many are already familiar ...
Recently, I wrote an article where I cited Hernán Cortés’ conquest and success when he and 600 men conquered an Aztec city. His strategy was simple: “Burn the boats,” not giving himself or his army a path ...
Today’s antifreeze solutions are a sophisticated blend of chemicals specifically designed to provide not only freeze protection and enhanced cooling but protection from other dangers inherent in modern, ...
• The Wisconsin Holstein Association awarded 18 scholarships to young members studying agriculture or a related field at a two-year or four-year university. The outstanding members will be recognized at ...
Man against beast is a theme in many a story, from days of yore to 21st-century wolves ravaging baby calves.It normally takes a hero to slay the dragon or sue the EPA. Heroes are often battling with giants ...
The legalization of marijuana in Colorado has brought to a head a common point of contention that has happened in state after state. It is a generational change, a population shift that is the result of ...
I am working with a 71-year-old landowner. He raises horses and beef cattle on a small farm with perennial grass hay and grazing land. The farm equipment is for hay harvested as round bales. He has one ...
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