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In late July, the National Geographic channel aired a documentary about hidden-camera animal abuse titled “Inside Secret America: Animal Undercover.”
Kay Johnson Smith, CEO for the Animal Ag Alliance, was interviewed for and appeared in the documentary. Progressive Dairyman Editor Walt Cooley talked with Smith about the experience and about her opinion of the 45-minute show.
“It had already been a long shift dealing with several other problems when I happened to notice that a semen straw was missing from the tank.
I keep accurate records and notes when it comes to A.I., so I’m sure the straw wasn’t misplaced.
World Dairy Expo (WDE) is known for its tremendous quality of cattle, extensive trade show and worthwhile educational opportunities.
It offers eight free educational seminars that highlight the latest research in dairy business.
At World Dairy Expo the latest research will be presented by the best in the dairy business.
Eight free seminars will cover a variety of management topics including efficiency, feed and milk prices, activity monitors, automated calf feeders, robots, social media, finances and transition cows.
One of the best ways to ensure a successful colostrum-management program is by testing colostrum on-farm and verifying passive transfer of immunity. It can be easy, affordable, and the health and productivity of our calves are worth the effort.
Colostrum is good for calves. It is the only way we transfer the cow’s immunity to the calf at birth.
Having good-quality colostrum is why many dairies have gone to monitoring the quality of their colostrum to make sure they are providing their newborn calves with the highest-quality product they can.
Virtually every dairyman will tell you that the success of his operation is dependent on producing healthy, productive replacements.
The nutrition and health management of newborn calves is a constant topic of concern, and every producer is looking for a cost-effective, magic combination of products and practices that result in healthy calves on a consistent basis.
I recently received an email from a veterinarian in an Asian country who just started working with a large commercial dairy.
On this farm, at the time of the email, there were to be more than 500 calves born in the next three months, most of which were heifers (the farm uses sexed semen).
The Grober Young Animal Development Center (GYADC) has been working on various management and nutrition trials evaluating group housing since 2009.
In 2011, our research evaluated unlimited daily milk allowance delivered and recorded via an automatic calf feeder.
Most nearly everyone I discuss calf raising with will tell me that it’s one of the most challenging jobs on the dairy.
When things aren’t going well – namely, calves are sick and mortality rates are unacceptably high – calf raising is frustrating, to say the least.
