Special Sections
Steps to reduce lameness
Create a lameness-management program to help you find and treat lame cows faster.
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Minimize the manure mess
Find out how to better manage the amount of manure that leaves the farm.
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Virginia Tech takes top honors
Virginia Tech took home top honors, winning the overall team title at the 88th Intercollegiate Dairy Cattle Judging Contest.
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Vreba Hoff Dairy 2 wins Forage Super bowl
More than 240 entries from 24 states competed for top honors in the 25th annual World’s Forage Analysis Super Bowl held in conjunction with World Dairy Expo.
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Develop dehorning protocols
Researchers at the University of Guelph suggest the following when it comes to dehorning calves.
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Biosecurity a growth opportunity
According to the National Animal Health Monitoring System’s Dairy 2007 study, only 23 percent of dairies required any disease testing prior to introducing new cattle to the operation.
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Better stall management decreases lameness
Lameness can be a tricky issue to make progress on because it often requires multiple solutions, says Dan Weary, animal welfare expert at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.
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Keep air out of silage
Limin Kung, silage expert at the University of Delaware, reminded AABP audiences that air is the enemy of good silage.
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Case study: waste-milk protocols needed
Non-saleable waste milk can be an economical feed for calves, as a growing number of dairies and calf ranches have learned.
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Veterinarians urged to become advocates for animal ag
The entire food system is different than it’s ever been, Charlie Arnot, president of CMA Consulting, LLC, a Kansas City, Mo.-based consulting firm that manages the Center for Food Integrity, told AABP audiences last week.
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Focus On: Fresh Cows
Dairy Herd Management magazine provides valuable information and links on fresh cows.
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- NMPF: TPP must open Canadian dairy market to U.S. exports
- World Dairy Expo supports Alliant Energy Center project
- Global food: waste not, want not
- Heat stress in dairy calves
- AFBF president issues statement on U.S.-EU trade negotiations
- Buckle your seatbelt for the House consideration of the farm bill
