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The focus of much of my current research program is to develop evidence-based guidelines that help farmers and their veterinarians understand when antibiotic usage is both cost effective and beneficial to the animals.

Three dairy producers, each operating with more than a dozen milking robots, said using robots was a big transition for their farm. They’ve been closely analyzing the data to see how it’s paying off and setting goals for the future.

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Dairy producers and industry came together in Denver, Colorado, June 6-8 for the Global Dairy Experience.

Each summer, dairy producers and their employees work through days of extreme heat and humidity. In recent years, the “dog days” of summer with high heat and humidity levels have started earlier, and dangerous conditions are occurring with a greater frequency in many dairy regions of the country.

Labor continues to be one of the greatest challenges facing dairy producers across the nation, and recent legislation is adding more pressure. An increasing number of state legislatures have passed agriculture overtime laws in the last few years reducing the overtime threshold to 40 hours, including California, New York, Washington and Oregon.