Feature Articles
Heat detection around the clock
Heat detection was a big challenge for Four Henry Holsteins, says dairy partner Mark Henry, who farms with his brothers and several other family members near West Liberty, Ohio. So, several years ago the farm instituted an Ovsynch protocol in its reproductive program, and it worked well, with about 90 percent of cows bred off of that protocol.
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The era of grazing
Many experts feel that grazing could play a more important role in the dairy industry.
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Dairy industry honors leaders
This year’s World Dairy Expo Recognition Award winners have been named. The awards are intended to recognize outstanding leadership in the dairy industry.
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Precision feeding a win-win
It didn’t take much to get Bob Peifer involved with “precision feeding.”
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Don't leave money on the table this summer
Milkfat depression is an age-old problem and there’s plenty of research to explain why it occurs. Despite this knowledge, milkfat levels have been on the decline across the country. For example, in the Mideast Federal Order, most months in 2010 were well below the 10-year average for milkfat percentage.
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Money-makers in difficult times
Dairy Herd Management asked dairy farmers from across the U.S. to share the top five things they have turned to in recent years to add value to their operations. Here is what they had to say.
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Don't miss lame cows
Visual observation for lameness is a good practice, and one that you should employ often on your dairy. However, farmers often only identify about 25 percent of lame cows, says Nuria Chapinal, animal-welfare researcher at the University of British Columbia and the University of Guelph’s Ontario Veterinary College. Some of the challenges are that visual assessments are subjective, time-consuming and training is necessary.
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Lameness: The 'big No. 1' animal-welfare problem
As soon as Caledonia, N.Y., dairy producer Mark Callan got a hint of a lameness problem, he took action. It was a few days before Christmas. Callan recalls it well, because his son, Ryan, had just arrived home from college for the holidays. And, far from having a relaxing time ahead of him, Ryan was assigned the task of removing the brisket boards in the free-stalls.
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Enhance milk quality through breeding
Genetic discoveries suggest you can lower mastitis incidence through improved cow immunity.
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Will someone catch the ball and run with it?
They punted. There is really no other way to describe what happened on May 4 when the National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments turned down a proposal to improve the somatic cell standard for milk in the United States.
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Knock, knock, it's OSHA
Is your farm safety program ready for an OSHA inspection?
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