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U.S. dairy exports continued to lag in August, with milk solids equivalent volume down 10.8% versus the same month a year ago.

October 11, 2023

Dave Natzke

Here is a brief look at the news affecting dairy producers during the second week of October 2023.

Lessons learned from HPAI: Where does biosecurity fit on your dairy?

Building an enhanced biosecurity plan for your dairy can help you be prepared for the worst while evaluating your biosecurity to protect your farm from disease risks present each and every day.

October 6, 2023

Samantha Gehrett and Hayley R. Springer

Though the HPAI outbreak of 2022-23 was devastating, an outbreak of FMD in the U.S. could be far worse, particularly for the dairy industry.

Don’t wait to prioritize biosecurity: How dairy producers and service providers can work together

Proactive ways dairy producers and service providers can work together to champion biosecurity before it’s too late.

October 4, 2023

Emily Barge

Most dairy producers who have faced a disease outbreak or a crisis on their operation will share a similar piece of advice they learned in hindsight: Don’t wait until an outbreak or crisis to do something. So how can you make biosecurity planning a priority?

Dairy Farmers of Canada: An overview of new requirements for proAction

September 8, 2023

Most recently, DFC implemented new requirements for the proAction program on Sept. 1, 2023. The revisions are minor but include the following notable changes.

Animal agriculture awaits ‘normal accidents’ when it comes to biosecurity

Routinely administering a vaccine against any strain secures the production capacity and logistics needed to deliver a correctly targeted vaccine quickly when the need arises.

June 20, 2023

Julie Smith

John Law published a paper in 2006 in the journal Environment and Planning about the situation “developed” countries of the world find themselves in. They are precariously vulnerable to an incursion of a fast-moving animal disease that exists elsewhere in the world.

Dial up biosecurity, dial down disease risk

Is your dairy prepared for a foreign animal disease threat? Your biosecurity plan is your best line of defense.

March 31, 2023

Heather Roney

Observing the effects of disease outbreaks in other animal agriculture industries creates an opportunity for dairy producers to look more closely at their biosecurity practices and ask, “Is my dairy prepared for a foreign animal disease threat?”

Can you take biosecurity from 0 to 60 overnight?

By moving everyday biosecurity a little closer to the enhanced end of the spectrum, we can reduce the vulnerability of our industry to new, emerging, and exotic diseases while increasing the productivity of our cattle.

February 27, 2023

Julie Smith

How we responded on the farm to COVID-19 tells us something about our willingness to go from 0 to 60 with biosecurity for animals.

8 tips to prevent trich in your herd

Biosecurity and testing are crucial to keeping trichomoniasis out of your herd and avoiding reproductive and economic losses.

February 24, 2023

Tony Hawkins

Understand the risks of trich and the colossal impact the disease can have on your herd.

Reducing disease risk on a cow-calf operation

Many cow-calf operations are considered closed herds and only bring new animals onto the property with the addition of new herd sires. However, with any new addition, the greater the risk for disease and the need for biosecurity.

February 6, 2023

Lisa Pederson

Many diseases enter our herds when we acquire new animals and commingle them with our herd. In a cow-calf operation, this often occurs with the addition of new herd sires, replacement females or calves you intend to graft on a cow who lost her calf.