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1. Carbon footprint study tells dairy stewardship’s story: (Industry News); Dairy producers have a long history of being sustainable. We care about the environment and our cows, and we are constantly working to become more productive and efficient. In short, we know that sustainability ...; Created on 23 September 2010
2. 3 open minutes with Gatz Riddell: (Industry News); The use of antibiotics in food animal production and its possible tie to antibiotic resistance in humans has been in the news recently. Congress received testimony about the issue, and several new laws ...; Created on 21 September 2010
3. Canada, here we come!: (Organizations); Progressive Publishing is excited to announce it is taking its flagship publication, Progressive Dairyman, to the Great White North beginning in 2011. We felt there was no better place to make this ...; Created on 21 September 2010
4. National animal care program marks first anniversary: (Organizations); Hitting the headlines at World Dairy Expo last year was the launch of the National Dairy FARM Program: Farmers Assuring Responsible Management. This voluntary, nationwide program, administered by the National ...; Created on 21 September 2010
5. Skid steer attachments put to work on World Dairy Expo show grounds: (Event Coverage); Each year World Dairy Expo invites companies to display their best and newest products in its trade show. Many of the 750 companies exhibit year after year, while some new ones join the pack each year. ...; Created on 21 September 2010
6. World Dairy Expo: Grilled cheese by the numbers: (Event Coverage); The most talked-about food at World Dairy Expo is Badger Dairy Club’s grilled cheese sandwiches. The club’s 139 members are students at the University of Wisconsin – Madison with a passion for dairy. Each ...; Created on 21 September 2010
7. World Dairy Expo: Which state has the most dairy pride?: (Event Coverage); Every year World Dairy Expo serves as the meeting ground for more than 65,000 producers, exhibitors and industry representatives. And if you're proud to be one of those 65,000, we want to get to know ...; Created on 21 September 2010
8. Common questions from new risk management seminar road tour: (Event Coverage); Producers across the country are voicing questions about risk management at a series of workshops offered by commodity marketing consultant Stewart-Peterson. The seminar road tour has previously stopped ...; Created on 21 September 2010
9. Do you plan ahead for success?: (Management); Is your dairy gearing for success, or does it look like an episode of Jersey Shore – a TV show that has been poked fun at by everyone from Jay Leno to Fox News because its cast of characters collectively ...; Created on 21 September 2010
10. Five key factors to create a culture of excellence at your dairy: (Management); As a dairy veterinarian and nutritionist that has been training dairy employees for more than 12 years, I have been interested in identifying what makes a group of dairy employees better than another. ...; Created on 21 September 2010
11. How replaceable are you?: (Management); It’s just another harsh reality of life: We’re all replaceable. Sooner or later, someone or something comes along and ends your reign at the top. Okay, maybe you’re not at the top quite yet. Nonetheless, ...; Created on 21 September 2010
12. Help where you find it; don’t move it to the table: (Management); Years ago in a Red Cross CPR class I took, we were exposed to a number of educational approaches – movies, booklets, lectures, demonstrations and drills. CPR is a life-saving skill gained by doing, not ...; Created on 21 September 2010
13. Proactive diagnostics: Real-time, money-saving results: (Herd Health); Have you been at the end of your rope when dealing with a respiratory outbreak, a nutritional meltdown or a series of fatal calf scours, and then, as a last resort, decide to run some diagnostic tests? ...; Created on 21 September 2010
14. Tail docking: Why some love it and many more do not: (Herd Health); Tail docking is still a common practice – the recent NAHMS survey of U.S. dairy farms shows that about 50 percent of dairy cows in the U.S. are docked. Of course this means that about 50 percent are not ...; Created on 21 September 2010
15. Questions remain for national animal welfare: (From the Editor); Thanks to all those who continue to share their opinions about what you believe is necessary to create true dairy reform. Although our summer-long poll about support for front-running plans has closed, ...; Created on 21 September 2010
16. Mr. Chairman, Dairy Price Forum: (Guest Blog); The following are comments from the Dairy Price Forum that took place Aug. 18 in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. The event, sponsored by Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation and the Professional Dairy Producers ...; Created on 21 September 2010
17. New Product: ColoQuick: (Products & Services); Contact: Andy Beckel, president/owner of Golden Calf Company www.goldencalfcompany.com Developed in Denmark, ColoQuick is making its debut across the ocean this year through its North American distributor ...; Created on 20 September 2010
18. New Product: RCI Engineering: (Products & Services); Contact: Randy Clark, Founder www.rciengineering.com Specializing in hay and forage equipment, RCI Engineering LLC is looking forward to showing World Dairy Expo visitors its latest windrow merger that ...; Created on 20 September 2010
19. World Dairy Expo Preview [Updated September 21]: (Event Coverage); This year's World Dairy Expo, themed "Crowning Achievements - Golden Opportunities," will be held September 28 through October 2, 2010, in Madison, Wisconsin. In addition to highlighting some of the ...; Created on 20 September 2010
20. See World Dairy Expo live from your home or office: (Event Coverage); Have you always wanted to see what happens at World Dairy Expo? Or are you a regular attendee that just can’t make the trip this year? Thanks to today’s technology, you don’t have to miss out. For the ...; Created on 20 September 2010
21. ‘We’re not aggressive in our fresh pen, but we don’t have to be': (Herd Health); Unpredictable weather is the biggest enemy to herd health for Wes Fraze of Portales, New Mexico, especially for his two dairies’ transition and fresh cow management programs. However, he’s worked with ...; Created on 20 September 2010
22. Standard operating procedures: Managing the human variables: (Management); We can spend thousands or even millions of dollars building a milking parlor and milking equipment system that will perform every day exactly as we want. We can adjust the take-off settings, the pulsation ...; Created on 17 September 2010
23. Safety risk areas in the barn and milking parlor: (Barns & Equipment); Slips, trips and falls These are the most common source of injuries in the workplace and make up the greatest number of workers’ compensation claims. Serious injuries include sprains and strains. Water ...; Created on 17 September 2010
24. Managing the transition cow: (Herd Health); The transition dairy cow continues to be somewhat of an unsolved mystery. We continue to learn that how cows are fed, handled and managed during the three weeks before through three weeks after calving ...; Created on 17 September 2010
25. On the Edge of Common Sense: When you need a cowboy: (Baxter Black); There’s an old saying, “A mule is as good as a horse, till you need a horse.” Or, of course, the revorse! I saw a photo in the newspaper of a man standing in the surf trying to throw a rope around the ...; Created on 17 September 2010
26. Improving feed efficiency: Changes in feed intake, milk yield and manure production: (Feed & Nutrition); Feed efficiency can be defined as the amount of milk produced per unit of feed intake during a normal lactation, and will be affected by bodyweight changes and environmental factors (e.g. heat stress). ...; Created on 17 September 2010
27. The View from Here: The family farm and farm family: (Guest Blog); The oldest family farm in the U.S. will be sold. The Tuttle family has owned the farm in Dover, New Hampshire, for nearly 400 years. The news article appeared in many national press newspapers including ...; Created on 17 September 2010
28. Increase efficiency to reduce your carbon footprint: (Feed & Nutrition); You already know that managing your herd to produce more milk per cow can make you more money. But did you know that it is also an excellent way to decrease the carbon footprint of your dairy? The bottom ...; Created on 17 September 2010
29. Managing your dairy cows’ feed intake is under your control: (Feed & Nutrition); I have often made the statement, “the more feed an early lactation cow eats, the more milk she can produce and the more profit she can potentially make for her owner.” This statement emphasizes the importance ...; Created on 17 September 2010
30. New Technology: Pipe in natural sunlight to reduce electrical needs: (Barns & Equipment); Orion Energy Systems in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, has been selling the Apollo Solar Light Pipe commercially for more than four years to be used in warehouses, factories, supermarkets, etc. This summer it ...; Created on 16 September 2010
31. How to determine if a technology is right for your dairy: (Management); Dairies have been adopting new technologies for generations. Our grandparents or great-grandparents may have been among the first in the area to use a milking machine or A.I. Can you imagine dairying today ...; Created on 16 September 2010
32. Test-tube calf embryos more likely to survive summer heat: (A.I. & Breeding); Studies have shown that heat-stressed dairy cows suffer from damage to their ovarian follicles. Moreover, the eggs produced by the damaged follicles may also be damaged, says Dr. Todd Bilby, Texas AgriLife ...; Created on 16 September 2010
33. Nutrigenomics: Discovering dietary nutrients to benefit herd health: (Feed & Nutrition); For many decades, nutritional science has been focused on identifying nutrients, such as proteins, vitamins and minerals, and understanding their role in biological processes. Understanding how these nutrients ...; Created on 16 September 2010
34. Surface and core temperature measurements of your forage – What do they tell you?: (Feed & Nutrition); Harvesting, storing and feeding high-quality forages can help your dairy survive a challenging dairy economy by increasing your margin of milk income over feed cost. If nature is forgiving and highly digestible ...; Created on 16 September 2010
35. How nutrients consumed impacts growth of neonatal calves: (Calves & Heifers); An analysis was made from 993 individual calves used in 20 trials published in two U.S. peer-reviewed journals. Results of this analysis were presented at the Joint Annual Meetings of ADSA and ASAS, held ...; Created on 16 September 2010
36. What happened to my milk fat levels?: (Feed & Nutrition); The question of why milk fat levels are on a fast decline – hitting some of the lowest points in almost two decades – has puzzled producers and nutritionists alike. The butterfat slump can wreak havoc ...; Created on 16 September 2010
37. Best management practices for auto calf feeders: (Calves & Heifers); Feeding calves to their potential is critical during the first 60 days. Research has shown that the nutrition a calf receives during its first 60 days of life has a lasting impact by affecting both her ...; Created on 16 September 2010
38. Maintain corn silage quality from harvest to feedout: (Feed & Nutrition); Obtaining and maintaining high corn quality silage requires good management in the areas of forage management harvest, storage and feedout. For this article’s discussion, it is assumed that proper genetics ...; Created on 16 September 2010
39. In your own words... What is the vet’s role in animal welfare?: (Herd Health); “I think in the dairy business we are doing a very good job, but we still have a lot of room to improve cleanness, especially in small and mid-sized dairies. I’m not talking about the well-established ...; Created on 16 September 2010
40. Time to change the inflations... again: (Herd Health); Anyone remember the old Dunkin’ Donut commercials, “Time to make doughnuts”? The commercial dramatized the constant attention and long hours required to bake fresh doughnuts every morning. We received ...; Created on 16 September 2010
41. Strategies for dealing with new somatic cell count requirements: (Herd Health); TRENDING TOPIC ARTICLE: HERD HEALTH Published: September 22, 2010 print issue In this article, University of Kentucky’s Jeffrey Bewley outlines several ways producers can achieve and maintain low somatic ...; Created on 16 September 2010
42. Management – The key for fertility success: (A.I. & Breeding); Management and environmental factors account for about 96 percent of fertility variation in a dairy operation. Our challenge is what are those factors affecting fertility, and how do we help improve them? ...; Created on 16 September 2010
43. Just dropping by... Gettysburg Address today: (Yevet Tenney); During the Dark Ages, when I was in seventh grade at Heber School, I was required to memorize the Gettysburg Address. I puzzled over the meanings and archaic mentions of time. I didn’t know what “four ...; Created on 16 September 2010
44. Mechanics Corner: Parts that are often neglected: (Barns & Equipment); Last issue I tested your knowledge to see if you could identify the parts of an engine that were circled. Now I would like to point out what some of the lesser-known or often-neglected parts do and how ...; Created on 16 September 2010
45. Letter to the Editor: The most important decision our industry has had to make in 50 years: (From the Editor); Dear Editor & Fellow Dairymen, We will soon be facing the most important decision our industry has had to make in the last 50 years. I ask that you give the following thoughts some very careful consideration. ...; Created on 16 September 2010
46. On the Edge of Common Sense: Rodeo stock contractors: (Baxter Black); Bennie Beutler got inducted into the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame this summer. One of a good handful of stock contractors that have been so honored. Stock contractors are an odd lot. They’re not smilers. They’re ...; Created on 16 September 2010
47. A practical guide to worker productivity: (Management); Getting and keeping good help is a key attribute for any successful business, but things do not always go as smoothly as they could or should. “When we are not satisfied with the work of one of our employees, ...; Created on 15 September 2010
48. Impact of flooring on claw health and lameness: (Herd Health); Larger dairy units and the introduction of automatic milking systems will increasingly emphasize the importance of reducing risks for lameness, since immobile animals will not fit into a system with low ...; Created on 27 August 2010
49. Solving water feeding issues: (Calves & Heifers); When I first feed water to my calves, they drink the water and then won’t drink their milk. This is a very common observation. Some farms do not feed water to calves until they are several weeks old or ...; Created on 11 August 2010
50. Bulk tank milk quality: (Herd Health); Who is responsible for the safety and quality of dairy products? Dairy producers? Processors? Retailers? Consumers? In fact, all of these parties – from farm to fork – share in this responsibility. What ...; Created on 23 June 2010