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The tighter we program diets, the more important is the information that we base the programs on.

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

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.

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.

When I saw the title for this month’s discussion on risk management, my mind jumped to milk futures and feed prices. But the more I thought about it, there is more at risk than one year’s profit-and-loss statement.

Follow the links to read extended versions of Dollars and Sense.

‘For the 20,000 lb./cow budget, income rose by about $340 and variable expenses rose by about $40.'--Robert Tigner, University of Nebraska Extension