Newsletter Articles
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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Conduct a physical exam on your milking system
Just because you perform regular maintenance on your milking system, such as rebuilding pulsators, it does not mean that a routine system evaluation is unnecessary.
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Develop a pre-harvest checklist for corn silage
From equipment and storage maintenance to planning for moisture testing, many harvest factors contribute to silage quality, yield, overall animal health and productivity throughout the year.
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Keep track of lame cows
One of the keys to good data collection is to make recordkeeping as simple as possible.
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Damaged electrical panels can be dangerous
Reports of copper thefts across the country are increasing. Weimer Ranch in Modesto, Calif., was recently faced with the task of repairing some pumps that were vandalized during a copper theft.
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A license for nutrition
Is your nutritionist certified by the American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists? Similar to taking the bar exam to practice law, ARPAS is a species-specific examination that certifies professionalanimal scientists. There are currently more than 1,500 members in the U.S.
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Hiring non-skilled dairy farm personnel
The number of workers available with farm backgrounds continues to decrease. Many producers are looking at workers with non-farm backgrounds to meet their needs.
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Net Farm Income, a tool for transition
There are many facets to the farm transition discussion. How do you bring a new person into the farm business? Will the farm need to milk more cows? How many more cows?
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Dairy workers’ skills training modules available
Dairy farms need to hire employees who can provide skills to complete the many tasks associated with the various aspects of the dairy operation.
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Bilingual non-ambulatory cattle management training program now online
Beef and dairy producers, veterinarians and other people involved with animal agriculture condemn willful acts of animal abuse.
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