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Dairy steals the spotlight in Al Roker broadcast
Celebrity meteorologist Al Roker may have visited a Tennessee dairy for a live broadcast, but between milking and feeding hungry calves, weather was overshadowed by life on a dairy farm.
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Mastitis monitoring starts with case definition
There are many ways to monitor disease on dairies; here’s one way to start with mastitis.
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Invention leads to high-tech animal vaccine, diagnostics company
Patented technology developed at Ohio State University's Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) has led to the creation of a startup company for the production of diagnostic tools and vaccines to combat poultry and livestock diseases.
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Calcium-rich diet may lower kidney stone risk
While calcium stones are one of the most common types of kidney stones, they aren’t caused by consuming more calcium. Instead, new research shows that a calcium-rich diet could actually prevent kidney stones.
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Alltech calls for farm photo contest entries
Alltech has announced its “Farms in Focus” photo contest, designed to bring farms to life and give new perspective to professions that feed the world.
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Dietary dry matter variation affects lactating dairy cows
Researchers at The Ohio State University determine if rebalancing diets for a short term (1-3 day) change in silage dry matter is necessary.
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More criticism of raw milk after Alaskan outbreak
Raw milk sickened at least 31 people in a recent Campylobacter outbreak in Kenai Peninsula, Alaska.
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Take that ‘carbon footprint’ down another shoe size
Thanks to funding from the USDA, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will study ways to reduce the dairy industry’s carbon footprint even further.
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17-year cicadas will drive people wild
When the soil temperature in regions of the eastern part of the U.S. reaches 64 degrees F., the 17-year cicadas will emerge by the billions from the earth. This year’s brood of the 17-year magicicadas, and different broods emerge on different years, is one of the biggest.
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Maximizing forage in winter injured and killed stands
An unusual amount of winter injury and winterkill of alfalfa stands occurred in south central and southern Minnesota.
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Lessons from the Family Cow: Raw milk always a risk
In January 2012, raw milk from a Pennsylvania dairy sickened 148 people across four states.
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