Practice Builder
How a focus on cow comfort has helped me
I have always felt that if farmers spent a little more time and money taking care of their cows, the cows would pay them back.
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Precision feeding helps reduce feed cost
For several years now, efforts have been under way to convince the dairy nutrition industry in the Mid-Atlantic region to employ a strategy of feeding cows known as "precision feeding."
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ARPAS: A license for nutrition
Are you currently certified by the American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists? If you aren't ARPAS-certified, you may want to consider becoming certified, says Marit Arana, former California ARPAS Chapter president and past national ARPAS president.
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Travel allows him to build connections around the world
Rick Lundquist travels all over the U.S. to meet with clients. Locations include the Upper Midwest, the Southeast, Arizona, Oklahoma, and other places. He tries to visit each client on a monthly basis.
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Pointers to build a successful veterinarian/nutritionist relation
Veterinarians and nutritionists tend to have overlapping roles on dairy farms.
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Spreadsheet helps keep track of prices, improves communication
With the volatility in milk and feed prices in the last few years, my dairy clients regularly ask me where we can cut feed costs. Or, when a particular ingredient like corn takes a run-up in price, they ask how little can we feed and what will replace it.
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Ruminant nutritionist in the Internet era
The Internet allows us to communicate in a way we could not have imagined 15 years ago. It has changed how business is conducted, and helps to bring more efficiency if used properly.
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Feed your soul
The futurists of the 1960s predicted that advances in technology would lead to mass boredom by the turn of the century.
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5 last-minute gifts for farm clients
The gift-giving season is an excellent time to treat the farmers in your life to something special, while also showing support for agriculture at the cash register.
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Cutting greenhouse-gas emissions can be a win-win
Nutritional strategies exist for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions from dairy cows.
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Work with agronomists to improve feed quality
We have made great progress over the last decade in our ability to predict forage quality.
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