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Midwest/North: Hay storage tips

April 22, 2025
Travis Meteer

Proper storage of hay prior to feeding is important to reducing waste, avoiding nutrient loss and maintaining palatability.


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A mother-daughter duo: Raising Scottish Highland beef at Forage Girls Farm

April 18, 2025
Olivia Sip

Grit and resilience describe Shawn and Molly Brown, a mother-daughter duo raising Scottish Highland beef cattle at Forage Girls Farm in Wisconsin. While running a cattle ranch has its challenges, the Browns share the rewards ranch life has to offer.


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Midwest/North: Breeding season bandits

March 20, 2025
Travis Meteer

With breeding season approaching, let’s look at some areas of focus that could be robbing from conception rates. Some factors that I think deserve discussion are cow condition, cow requirements, lush pastures, timing of vaccinations, lack of heterosis, stress and bull fertility.


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Measure It to Manage It: Feed efficiency data improves culling and breeding decisions

Ryzebol Dairy gathers feed efficiency data and uses it to advance culling and breeding decisions and change ingredients in the ration.
March 20, 2025
Audrey Schmitz

When Ryzebol Dairy purchased a feed efficiency service from Afimilk, its goal was to identify cows not only producing more milk but also converting feed into milk well. The service determines each animal’s feed consumption efficiency based on data that represents the relationship between daily average milk yield and daily average feed consumption. It indicates whether increasing the feed yields more milk.



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2025 State of Dairy: Midwest: Improved financial margins bring optimism for 2025

March 9, 2025
Kimmi Devaney

Despite political uncertainty, dairy producers across the Midwest are feeling positive and optimistic as we begin 2025, largely due to higher milk prices, improved profitability and a strong beef market.


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Progressive Events: DBA commemorates 25 years of policies, practices and priorities

February 8, 2025
Karen Lee

Outgoing Dairy Business Association (DBA) President Lee Kinnard welcomed more than 400 people to the Dairy Strong conference on Jan. 16 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The conference featured two keynote presentations and multiple breakout sessions focused on a broad range of topics from sustainability to policy.


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Midwest/North: Three cattle handling tips

January 22, 2025
Travis Meteer

Investing time in animal handling skills improves the quality of life, safety, health and performance … for both animals and humans.


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Minglewood Dairy combines tradition and innovation for premium milk quality

Minglewood Dairy prioritizes employee training, rumination boluses and on-farm culturing to ensure cow health and milk quality.
January 1, 2025
Audrey Schmitz

Ever since 1894, Minglewood Dairy has upheld a tradition of exceptional care for their cows and land, evolving significantly over the past 130 years.


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Midwest/North: Tips for assisted calving

December 26, 2024
Travis Meteer

Although there are year-round management strategies that can impact calving season success, here are some short-term, in-the-moment calving tips for success this year.


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Hansen Dairy’s 'A Very Dairy Christmas' event brings farm fun to the holidays

November 25, 2024
Audrey Schmitz

Hansen Dairy’s "A Very Dairy Christmas" is a holiday event like no other, offering families a unique blend of festive cheer and farm life. Set in a cozy winter wonderland on Hansen’s dairy farm, this event goes beyond the typical holiday experience.


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