Online dairy courses to be offered
Advanced Dairy Management and Diagnostics covers a wide range of topics related to dairy farm management, including calf and heifer management, pasture and forage systems, housing, milking systems and more. Advanced Dairy Reproduction focuses on all phases of reproductive physiology.
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Feeding drought-damaged corn to livestock
High temperatures and sustained drought have resulted in severe damage to many corn fields, which now are unlikely to produce economic grain yields.
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Check stored grain often
The best way to prevent, or control, grain spoilage and maintain the quality of stored grain is to never let the storage problems get ahead of you.
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Maximizing innate immunity
Innate immunity in the bovine can be helped and hindered by management of stress and nutrition.
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Tips for chopping BMR corn silage
With harvest season approaching, here is some advice on chopping brown midrib corn silage.
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Dry weather increases potential for high-ash forages
Higher than normal ash levels in forage from soil contamination can cause significant challenges when balancing diets for lactating dairy cows.
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Test forage for nitrates before you cut
Heat and drought stress can cause dangerous concentrations of nitrates to accumulate in summer annuals. Nitrate poisoning can cause abortions in cattle. High concentrations can even be fatal.
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Is she getting her 50 gallons?
High-producing cows require at least 50 gallons of water every day. As much as half of this is consumed within the first hour after milking.
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Advice on achieving high-forage rations
There is little room for error when harvesting and ensiling forage destined for use in high-forage diets.
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5 nutrition strategies to beat the heat
When cows are heat stressed, intake levels drop. Here are some tips to help cows sustain feed intake and milk production.
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Be aware of the dangers of silo gases
If you detect silo gases, leave the area immediately. Physical reactions to silo gases may not be noticeable immediately after exposure, but damage to your lungs may have already occurred.
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