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Season 3, Episode 24
Here is a breakdown of the episode:
- How would you describe your overall philosophy for how your dairy is managed? [~1:30]
- What opportunities were you seeing here at Dairy Dreams to take repro and overall herd health to the next level? [~3:55]
- What opportunity did you see to reduce bovine leukosis virus? [~6:40]
- What systems and programs are in place to irradicate BLV from the herd? [~8:00]
- What differences exists between a needle injection and a Pulse (needleless) injection? [~11:20]
- Can you paint a picture for how the Pulse injection system is used? [~13:00]
- Walk us through the activity monitoring system on your dairy. [~16:30]
- What difference has this made in your herd? [~20:00]
- What results have you seen with pregnancy rates? [~21:10]
- What differences have you noticed on the cow health side? [~25:25]
- What has the learning curve been like for herd managers as they learn to use technology as a tool? [~27:30]
- The bigger picture of why technology is important to the future of dairying. [~29:30]
- What do you believe will be the next greatest advancement in dairy? [~32:45]
- Rapid fire questions. [~34:50]
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