Articles Tagged with ''legacy''

Same silage protection, half the work

December 31, 2014
Melissa Miller
PolyExcel Booth: 3928-3929, Building C Silage covering can take up a major part of a dairy farmer’s forage preservation time. PolyExcel has introduced a product to help save some of that time and possibly more ensiled feed through their new Polydress 2-in-1 O2 Barrier. The product was released last spring and has been named a top product at this year’s World Ag Expo.
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Sneak peek of dairy seminars at World Ag Expo

December 31, 2014
Progressive Dairyman will again host dairy owners and managers for its seminar series at World Ag Expo. Here’s an exclusive look at what will be offered during the show to be held Feb. 10-12, 2015 in Tulare, California.
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Survey: At least 50 percent likely to participate in margin protection program

December 31, 2014
Walt Cooley
More than half of U.S. dairy producers likely signed up to participate in the USDA’s new Margin Protection Program for Dairy Producers or MPP. That’s according to recent surveys conducted by Progressive Dairyman. Beginning in September after the new program’s enrollment period began, we asked readers: How do you intend to use the farm bill’s new dairy margin insurance program?
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Reproduction team meetings really work

December 31, 2014
Peggy Coffeen
What if you could improve your dairy’s 21-day pregnancy rate simply by taking the time to hold a bi-monthly team meeting? That is what happened to nearly all of the 40 dairies enrolled in the University of Wisconsin’s Repro Money program.
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Faster genomic results are here

December 31, 2014
Cheryl Marti
Back in November, the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding (CDCB) began conducting preliminary genomic evaluations on a weekly basis. Prior to this change, genomic evaluations were provided each month, requiring producers to submit samples by a predetermined due date in order to deliver results as part of the next month’s official report.
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Inbreeding: Manage it to maximize profit

December 31, 2014
Chrissy Meyer
While certainly not a new concept, inbreeding has become a hot topic in recent years. Producer concern is on the rise over whether genomics is creating too much inbreeding in the dairy cattle population. The worry is that there will soon be limited options to which a herd can be bred to avoid negative effects of inbreeding.
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