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Potassium may often be an underappreciated mineral in the world of ruminant nutrition, but it plays key roles in the body.
Freshly baled hay with more than 20% moisture will heat up and actually reduce the energy level of the hay.
Castration is an essential management procedure for the cow-calf producer that is often performed for both handling and economic reasons.
The pervasive “Employee of the Month” incentive is a poor strategy for motivating employee productivity.
Video can be far more effective than offering training with written materials because most adults are visual learners.
Look for those “grey areas” that may be costing you money and workers.
Training modules for human resource management are available through South Dakota State University.
Animals learn to be handled if they’re handled calmly.
Wearing the proper attire on the dairy is important to farm safety.
Dairying is a 365 day-a-year job. Every day, Christmas and New Year’s included, cattle need to be fed, milked and the barns scraped. But who is going to do it on those special days?
A new biological treatment could help dairy cattle stave off uterine diseases and eventually may help improve food safety for humans, a University of Florida study shows.
There are steps farmers can take to get the hay up quickly and reduce the potential for rain damage.
Solution Is Higher Producing, Longer-Living Cows, According to New Journal of Dairy Science Study
The Holstein beef market is an integral part of the beef supply chain.
In addition to the daily chores on the farm, it is important for farmers to work on educating the public about who they are, what they do and why it matters.