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Take time before winter ends to re-evaluate your dip program, improve teat condition and prepare for the next mastitis challenge. Here are a few tips to help you ReCharge Your Udder Health
Should I change my silage feeding rate during winter?
There are necessary reasons to climb on the top of a silage pile or bunker. Before climbing to the peak, keep these safety tips in mind to help prevent falls.
Attend this webinar to listen to dairies across the U.S share the experiences they have had with technology, the challenges and opportunities they have found and how they have increased profit.
Preventing mastitis infections in the dry period is your opportunity to set cows up for successful production and good health in the next lactation.
Retrofitting a dairy barn has been a popular choice to make upgrades more affordable than they would be when building new, yet “retrofitting” isn’t unique to the dairy industry.
It is inevitable that some silage losses will occur. Yet, producers can change the magnitude of these potential losses since some are avoidable.
In less-than-ideal harvest conditions, producers may be forced to ensile forages at high-moisture content. Early harvests — with moisture levels higher than 70% — can lead to increased effluent runoff.
Determining the true cost of a mastitis cure requires more than just comparing the price per box of mastitis tubes. Consider these five factors when weighing treatment options:
While your dry cows rest, focus on clearing up subclinical infections and preventing new ones to help improve milk quality. Steps for dry cow mastitis management include:
Juan Pedraza, DVM, managing veterinarian, Zoetis, shares research results on complete bacteriological cures in mastitis cases. Learn why a flexible label means peace of mind.
My silage doesn’t smell right. Should I feed it anyway?
The production methods of forage inoculants are absolutely critical to getting all the benefits of the bacterial inoculant product. When choosing a forage inoculant, follow a few essential tips.
If you think you may need to stretch your corn silage inventory due to reduced tonnage and quality, alternative feed options can be incorporated into the diet to minimize diet disruption.
Producers can evaluate their silage in several ways before it hits the feedbunk. Best practices recommend taking representative samples for comprehensive near-infrared analysis on a regular basis.