Cornell offers only U.S. salmonella dublin test for cattle
A test for the cattle disease salmonella dublin that is cheaper, quicker, safer and more sensitive than traditional bacteriological tests is now available for the first time in the United States.
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Dairy producers – Get your water tested!
Water is the single most important nutrient for dairy cows.
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Antibiotic Residue Prevention Manual available to dairy producers
The National Milk Producers Federation has released a revised version of its Milk and Dairy Beef Drug Residue Prevention Manual for 2013.
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Advice on feeding corn stalks to lactating cows
Corn stalks can be used sparingly in lactation diets, but you need to use caution.
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Track transition cow performance
This upcoming webinar will teach you how to track performance of transition and early-lactation cows and use that information to diagnose problems in your nutrition program.
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5 mycotoxin management tips
Due to this year’s ominous drought, many producers are now faced with the challenge of how to feed the 2012 corn and soybean crops to their livestock.
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Help for teat-condition problems
An installment in an udder health weekly series from the University of Wisconsin looks at effective treatments for teat-condition problems in commercial herds.
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Change needles for good BQA
Use this advice to maintain Beef Quality Assurance principles when vaccinating dairy cows and heifers.
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Lower milking cow feed costs
At the 2012 American Association of Bovine Practitioners’ conference in Montreal in September, Greg Bethard, PhD, spoke to bovine veterinarians about dairy economics, including ways to lower milking cow feed costs.
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Precision nutrition: Choline & its impact on subclinical ketosis
In this free webinar, you will learn that subclinical ketosis is a costly problem than affects up to 60 percent of cows in early lactation, robbing profits throughout the lactation.
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Annual repro meeting on tap
The 2012 Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council Annual Meeting is coming up. Make plans to attend Nov. 8-9 in Sacramento, Calif. The latest in dairy reproductive technology will be showcased and discussed.
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- Vilsack: Taking time to remember the fallen
- Ag markets diverge just before the long holiday weekend
- Study suggests dairy herd water quality linked to milk production
- Wis. lawmakers question challenges to large wells
- Traders evening up positions ahead of the weekend Friday
- Bio-Vet and Keller break ground on new facility
- Seven jobs more dangerous than farming
- White House urges Senate to cut crop insurance in farm bill
- Class III futures close out quietly last week
- 4 rules for growing a business or industry
- Drop in U.S. underground water levels has accelerated
- Ongoing wave of Calif. metal theft prompts further legislation
