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The hiring process can be compared to assembling pieces of a jigsaw puzzle – gathering resumés, checking references and conducting interviews – all with the ultimate goal in mind to find the right fit for the farm.
Calcium is a key ingredient to growing up big and strong. Of course, this isn’t just limited to humans. The presence of low calcium levels in the blood, or hypocalcemia, is a serious medical condition that cows face during the lactation process.
On Dec. 5, 2014, Scherer Design Engineering Inc. filed suit against Shredlage LLC in Lincoln County, South Dakota. The case was subsequently removed to U.S. District Court – South Dakota Southern Division, and an amended complaint was filed March 5, 2015.
Probiotic strain Lactobacillus acidophilus BT-1386 was added to the 2015 pre-harvest production best practice (PBP) document released by the Beef Industry Food Safety Council (BIFSCo).
Hapag-Lloyd, the second-largest container carrier to Portland, Oregon, has stopped scheduling trips to the Port of Portland, as reported by Molly Harbarger in The Oregonian.
The Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin’s (PDPW) nine-member board of directors elected Mitch Bruenig of Mystic Valley Dairy in Sauk City, Wisconsin, president for 2015-16.
In addition to using traditional cooling methods, have you ever given thought to how your cows’ diets could play a role in tackling heat? Recent research suggests certain nutritional strategies can actually help lessen the effects of heat stress.
I walked past the little date carved by the post on the front porch of our new milking facility and was instantly struck with a smile. It read “3-19-14” in hand-carved numbers that my husband and I etched with a worn-out pocketknife merely a year ago.
Leaving behind the winter-gripped Northeast, 40 dairy producers boarded a bus in Tallahassee for three days touring Florida-Georgia line dairies during the Professional Dairy Managers of Pennsylvania (PDMP) 2015 March Dairy Tour. Tour-goers were quite curious how dairy managers in the South coax 82 to 95 pounds per cow per day and 120,000 to 180,000 SCC in the region’s heat and humidity.
John Deere has expanded its lineup of 6M and 6R Series Tractors for model year 2015 to offer producers a wider range of horsepower, frame sizes, transmissions, hydraulics and other options.
