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How many replacement heifers does your dairy really need? Do the math with Calf Math. This free-to-use web tool from Genex Cooperative calculates heifer needs based on a herd’s targeted cull rate and growth rate, with adjustable parameters to fit the individual dairy. Genex’s Kristi Fiedler, associate vice president of U.S. technical services, discusses how and why to use this online estimator.
This article was #8 of the Top 25 most well-read articles on www.progressivedairy.com in 2014. It was published in the April 30, 2014 Extra e-newsletter.
Accelerated Genetics’ Glaucio Lopes offered his top tips for improving reproductive success, starting with monitoring transition cows. He notes that a severe negative energy balance in post-fresh cows can negatively affect fertility, thus resulting in lower pregnancy rates.
A majority of growers and other agricultural professionals turn to online sources first for general information about their industry, and over half of them use mobile or handheld devices 10 or more times per workday.
These are some of the key findings in a recent Syngenta survey, in which more than 300 readers of Thrive, the company’s production-focused magazine and website, responded to questions about their online habits and appetites.
Eli Lilly and Co. says it has entered an agreement to acquire Novartis Animal Health (NAH) for approximately $5.4 billion in an all-cash transaction that will strengthen and diversify Lilly’s own animal health business, Elanco.
Producers and feeders can now step through open marketing doors and garner premiums for supplying a predictable, quality product that traces back to the Red Angus genetics and the ranch of origin. Tyson Fresh Foods recently released the Choice+ performance-based grid designed exclusively to pay premiums for cattle enrolled in the Red Angus Feeder Calf Certification Program (FCCP).
NCBA attendees respond to two questions: "How do you define sustainable beef production?" and "What will influence you the most in deciding whether to expand in 2014?"
Spring is in full bloom around the U.S., and it doesn’t come a moment too soon for the country’s beef producers. A recent Progressive Cattleman poll asked online readers how the winter of 2014 hit their neck of the woods, and the responses showed that cold, ice and snow took its toll.
