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Progesterone is key to maintaining a healthy pregnancy.
Dairy farms are a hustling and bustling place. Last year, the Berning family in Illinois opened their dairy farm barn doors and offer Farm Camp for kids of all ages. Camp includes farm chores, scavenger hunts and more.
Wearing the crown and title of Princess Kay of the Milky Way has been a dream for Anna Euerle ever since she was little. Euerle followed around her two older sisters to county dairy princesses’ events.
While dishing up meals in Styrofoam to-go containers happens simultaneously with the roar of a diesel tractor, signing its harvest season, some farm families go with plan B.
In Iowa’s capitol, the 69th Iowa Dairy Princess was crowned. The 2022-23 Iowa goodwill ambassador is Naomi Scott from Westgate, who will connect with consumers all year long, promoting dairy.
A left displaced abomasum (LDA) is one of the most common transition-cow setbacks that can stall a successful launch into lactation.
Without proper cleaning and sanitation of feeding equipment, disease and illness can quickly spread among calves.
It’s not too late to double-crop a cool-season forage seeding onto available land to capture some more feed tonnage and/or establish a winter cover crop.
Staying up late, sleeping in and hours of being cooped up inside playing PS4 and XBOX. Farm kids cannot relate to 98% of their classmates’ summer break. On a farm, the entertainment is all around us.
Are you a silage-making pro? Even veteran silage growers will want to read Dr. Donna Amaral-Phillips’ tips and tricks to help make the most out of this year’s corn silage crop.
If you asked most people what the round bales they baled or bought weighed they would probably tell you a number between 1,000 and 1,200 pounds. Why? Because that’s what the guy that sold them the bale or the baler sa
The nationwide Adopt-A-Cow program connects local dairy farmers with K-12 classrooms, allowing them to “adopt” one of the calves on the farmer’s dairy farm.
While corn silage harvest may feel like it is a ways away, research shows choppers may be hitting the fields 40-50 days after pollination.
Summer’s heat brings with it plenty of challenges for dairies. Among them: it’s a favorite time of the year for molds and mycotoxins.
We’ve historically fed calves to meet their maintenance needs, but not to their full potential.
While both beef and dairy farmers appreciate their animals each and every day, the second Tuesday in July serves as a day of national recognition.
Building a new autofeeder barn, or retrofitting an existing structure for autofeeders and/or group housing, is a tremendous investment. Calf raisers “in the trenches” offer their advice on how to do it right.
Extra water – along with a possible electrolyte boost -- is never more important than in the heat of summer.
Trace minerals are important to calves’ development, but these nutritional components can vary in source. It turns out some trace minerals are more palatable than others, resulting in differences in consumption.
Veterinarians and their staffs have a higher suicide rate than the general population. “Not One More Vet” is an organization dedicated to reversing that disturbing statistic.
Providing assistance too early during stage II labor may result in an increased risk of metritis.
If feed isn’t mixed and fed properly, balancing rations to the nth decimal point doesn’t really matter.
If a cow is experiencing lameness prior to dry off, she may be more likely to incur a rough transition back into the milking herd.
While many alternatives to palpation have evolved over the years, a quick, convenient, on-farm pregnancy test kit has remained elusive...until now.
Between the numerous variables of mixing milk replacer, storing and heating raw milk and properly dosing for various ages – even if just one person is involved in calf care – consistency is a tough goal to reach.
The long-awaited release of new national dairy nutrition guidelines has spawned a flurry of activity in the dairy nutrition industry.
By learning more about how dairy cows respond to heat stress, one can better manage one’s dairy herd and minimize the negative impacts resulting from heat stress.
We now know the beneficial influence of feeding transition milk to calves. Is there a way to deliver that nutritional and immunological support and bypass the tedious process of harvesting and feeding transition milk?
The American Dairy Science Association (ADSA) will convene for its 2022 Annual Meeting in Kansas City, Mo., June 19-22, 2022.
While hosting a farm tour is a great way to interact with consumers, it’s also been done before. If you’re looking for a unique way to celebrate this year, consider the following ideas.