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The Schutte family was presented with the Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award. This award recognizes Iowa livestock farmers who take pride in caring for the environment, their livestock, and being good neighbors.

In a strange twist of policy fate, global decarbonization may be stalled by global decarbonization. The issue at hand: sulfur, which is used in the form of sulfuric acid in the production of phosphorus fertilizer.

Checking dry matter more frequently, and adjusting rations accordingly, could be equated to about $0.08 per head for an average dairy farm.

Researchers at Virginia Tech University have investigated what effects infusing extra acetate or propionate, or lowering the pH, would have on thermodynamics of VFA in the rumen.