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Winter will be here soon, so it’s time to consider using fuel additives to protect the diesel engines in your tractors and farm equipment during storage.
In recognition of his commitment to mentoring bovine veterinary students and young veterinarians, Merck Animal Health and the American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP) presented Dean Christianson, DVM, with the Mentor of the Year Award at the 2015 AABP Annual Conference in New Orleans.
We read R. Tom Bass’ article “100-pound herds: What are the secrets to their success?” with great interest – and fully support six of his seven observations.
They gave us white handkerchiefs and asked us to wear them over our faces for the purpose of anonymity. We were led to an idyllic fairground setting with a plank bandstand, square bales for seats and a wooden wagon in the middle.
I had just finished bein’ on an extension program in the Herington, Kansas, sale barn. I was standin’ in the auction ring afterward, tryin’ to answer a few questions and shake hands with the local stockmen. My veterinary lecture, as usual, had been more humorous than informative.
Proper silage feedout management is essential to maintaining consistent and high-quality ensiled forages and high-moisture grains. Research shows poor face management can easily double shrink losses.
At their annual company meeting in August, Progressive Publishing employees had the opportunity to tour and sample the products at Ballard Family Dairy and Cheese in Gooding, Idaho. Steve Ballard shared their farm's story while serving up several varieties of their farmstead cheese.
The children of Israel marked time and set their calendars based upon one defining event – the exodus from Egypt. Later, Christians tracked events and set their calendars based on the birth of Christ. Civilizations throughout history have marked time from one defining event or another. For David and Carolyn Carrier, the defining event upon which they compare everything else in their lives was the economy crash of the 1980s.
Meeting the nutrient requirements of a very high-producing dairy cow (more than 130 pounds of milk per day) requires high-quality forages as a foundation of the ration. Corn silage is playing a more important role in most dairy rations because of its high-energy content, high yield per acre and the consistency of feed quality coming out of the silo.
