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Monitor these key areas to verify how your cows are responding to their feeding program.

We should shift some of our attention from total fat to the composition of fatty acids in milk.

Feed cost is reduced $165 per day by feeding three different rations instead of one ration to all cows.

Canola is a viable replacement for soybean meal, cottonseed meal, distillers grains or other protein supplements.

In the USA, cheese consumption has grown from 2.3 billion pounds in 1970 to nearly 10.5 billion pounds in 2011.

Our Dollars and Sense columnists report how they handle breeding and reproduction in their herds.

“Real Seal Appeal” program wins for community relations, corporate social responsibility.

Returns to management are a negative $5/cwt for 20,000 lb. Midwest herds and a negative $2.50/cwt for 24,000 lb. herds.

Bacteria can lurk in the most unexpected places and can quickly be transferred from one animal to the next.