For the first time in several years, the prices of corn grain and many corn byproducts are at favorable levels that encourage increased use of these ingredients in dairy diets. Corn distillers grains are particularly appealing because they offer both a higher protein and higher energy content, so you get more bang for your buck. However, the higher energy or fat content, which is largely due to the corn oil in the distillers, also can be quite variable.

Almost 16 years ago, Dave Eisentraut of Eisentraut Ag Services began custom-hauling manure. In the first year, he handled four million gallons of manure and now moves 200 million gallons on an annual basis.

Around our farm there is always something going on, whether it is getting ready to go spray a field, plant a plot or milk the cows.