¿Cómo podemos mejorar la comunicación en la lechería?
He escrito varios artículos en los que explico diferencias en estilos de comunicación entre dueños y trabajadores de lecherías. La mayoría de estos artículos explican estas diferencias a dueños de lecherías y proveen consejos para cruzar brechas de comunicación potenciales. Esta vez me gustaría ofrecer sugerencias a los trabajadores para comunicarse más eficientemente con sus supervisores.
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The intersection of the dairy industry and education
There are two major concerns voiced by both faculty working at land grant universities and industry folks regarding the intersection of agriculture and higher education. First, we don’t have enough people graduating with degrees in agricultural fields, especially those with any agricultural experience. Second, the average age of a farm/ranch operator in the United States is 57.0 years old (www.nass.usda.gov). We must do something to address the need for professionals educated in agriculture before the professionals currently involved retire. If the need is not addressed soon there will not be enough people trained to produce, secure, research, or inspect our food supply.
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Gold Standards now in Spanish
The Dairy Calf and Heifer Association introduces a Spanish conversion of the Gold Standards I and II. The Gold Standards program sets attainable benchmarks for the dairy industry, enabling producers to achieve profitable goals for their operations.
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La mala higiene y el estres: Combinacion fatal
Spanish resource on hygiene
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Alívieles el dolor
This month, the Health column has been translated into Spanish. The column appears in the April issue of Dairy Herd Management.
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Herramientas para obtener ganancias
This month, the Tools-for-Profit article, “It’s not what you said ...,” has been translated into Spanish. The feature appears in this month’s issue of Dairy Herd Management.
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Condicione sus becerras en transición
This month, the feature, “Precondition your transition calves,” has been translated into Spanish. The feature appears in this month’s issue of Dairy Herd Management.
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Como evitar sobrecarga de endotoxinas en las becerras
This month the article “How to avoid endotoxin overload in calves” has been translated into Spanish. All gram-negative vaccines contain endotoxin. And while the vaccines are very safe, external factors such as management, nutrition, health and even the environment, all play a part in how each calf responds to the endotoxin in the vaccine. This article gives you five steps to prevent the problem. It originally appeared in the September issue of Dairy Herd Management.
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Haga que sea una estadía corta
This month the article, “Make it a short stay” has been translated into Spanish. The article explains the latest research from the University of Wisconsin that shows too much time in a daily-entry, group-calving pen derails fresh-cow health. The article originally appeared in the August issue of Dairy Herd Management.
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Revise sus becerras de la cabeza a la cola
This month the article "Check calves from head to tail" has been translated into Spanish. Recent research has shown that the early signs of respiratory disease are commonly missed. That's why experts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison developed this nose-to-tail protocol to help you identify respiratory disease in pre-weaned calves before spontaneous coughing and other symptoms appear.
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Déles calorías…si paga
This month the article “Pour on the calories … it pays” has been translated into Spanish. The article looks at the latest research on calf nutrition in young calves and explains how changing how you feed calves from birth can result in healthier calves that calve sooner and produce more milk when they enter the milking herd.
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