Dairy Herd Management
Calf scours treatment review
I recently taught a herd-health course to local dairy producers and employees. We spent a considerable amount of time reviewing treatment protocols for common disease, with participants sharing their opinions and actions.
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Speak my language - June 2009
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A fly on the wall
Hi, my name is Stomoxys calcitrans. If you don’t speak scientific, my common name is Stable Fly.
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Ease their pain
Veterinarians and physicians often discuss pain management when treating their patients.
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New approach to anionic rations
Decreasing the dietary cation-anion difference (DCAD) in pre-fresh rations is a successful strategy to reduce the incidence of subclinical and clinical milk fever (hypocalcemia) in fresh cows.
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Energy saving fact sheets in Spanish
Focus on Energy has translated four fact sheets about energy efficient dairy equipment and processes into Spanish and made them available on its Web site.
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Syringeology
I recently asked a farm crew to vaccinate a group of calves. After some observation, I stopped them and took a look at the syringe; it was filthy.
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Responsibility required
In my experience, dairy farmers are hard-working, honest people who place great value on personal responsibility. It is unfortunate that we have seen news reports lately that criticize all of animal agriculture.
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Practice prudent antibiotic use
The use of antibiotics in animal agriculture is under more scrutiny than ever.
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- 4 rules for growing a business or industry
- Corn planting pace turns from record slow to record fast
- Ag markets seemed to follow gold higher Monday afternoon
- Online systems keeps exporters abreast of market regulations
- April milk production up 0.3 percent
- New crop cottonseed market rallies in face of tight supplies
