Cows want to do certain things at certain times, and there’s a reason for that. Cows naturally try to synchronize rhythms so that milk synthesis will occur when nutrients are available.

Farm Management Canada is dedicated to providing leading-edge resources to enable Canadian farmers to make sound management decisions. Farm Management Canada partners with industry stakeholders including governments, public- and private-sector organizations and farm and commodity associations to promote and foster the development of excellence in Canada’s agricultural sector.

KFGO AM radio reported Case-New Holland will lay off another 70 full-time workers at the Fargo, North Dakota, plant during the ag market downturn. Layoffs will begin in February. The report stated, “More than 260 workers at the plant have been laid off in five rounds of cutbacks since November 2014.”

In all aspects of your farming and dairy operation, you are applying increased precision to accomplish tasks, leaving less to chance and directing resources to where the return on investment will be greatest.

Darigold announced the hiring of Stan Ryan, long-time Cargill executive, as its new president and CEO effective Feb. 22.

In my prior article, I showed the financial investment via time for a hoof trimmer to record foot health. This requires correct lesion identification skills and the ability to communicate. The farmer needs his hoof health team, which must consist of a veterinarian, feed consultant, breed improvement specialist and hoof trimmer, and each team member should have access to the recorded observations.

The clover root curculio (Sitona hispidulus) is a pest of alfalfa and clover that occurs throughout the U.S. Adults may cause injury by feeding on the foliage of fall-planted alfalfa, but the primary concern is damage caused by larvae feeding on the roots, which can reduce yield, quality and stand persistence in forage alfalfa.

Essential for animal health and production, forage quality often receives far less consideration than it deserves. Sufficient animal nutrition is vital for improving gain, increasing milk production, striving for efficient reproduction and enhancing profit.

Preston VincentDairy XL Development ManagerLely North AmericaFloyds Knobs, Indiana