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USDA last week noted 7,700 dairy producers have applied for and have received $337 million in Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) payments.

Candidates for extended dry periods are younger, lower risk, healthy cattle.

Using the right data to find and fix the problem is critical.

Animal agriculture could actually become climate neutral, says Frank Mitloehner, an air quality specialist with the University of California-Davis

To avoid the problem in the future, both the genetic and phenotypic bases for calving ease traits will be updated at the same time.

At next year’s event, scheduled for Sept. 30, honorees for both 2020 and 2021 will be recognized.

There is still room for improvement to reduce incidence of scours and respiratory disease.

The systems reduce air bacterial counts and noxious agents in barns by driving fresh, outside air into the microenvironment of the calf.

Use of these unique genetic bulls could reintroduce lost genetic variation.

Don’t let this opportunity to enroll in Dairy Revenue Protection (DRP) pass you by, warns Jenny Wackershauser.