As spring approaches, the planning and decisions that affect feed quality should begin now.

Hemorrhagic bowel syndrome (HBS) is a silent, confounding killer in dairy herds. It’s particularly stressful because the exact cause of HBS is unknown. There are few symptoms, it often impacts older high-producing cows, and it’s nearly always fatal. Often you don’t know a cow has HBS until it’s too late.

A cow’s plane of health and nutrition can have a lasting and profound impact on her offspring throughout their lives, too.

En tant que producteur laitier, vous êtes toujours à la recherche de moyens d’améliorer la santé et la productivité de votre troupeau. La mélasse liquide est un complément alimentaire souvent négligé, mais très bénéfique.

Just as cab tech provides valuable information to help save time, increase profits and reduce operator error in the field, business tech can enhance your management capabilities back at the farm.

In this edition of “Ask the Expert,” Robert White answers questions about the FSA farm loan application process.

This morning, as I write, Politico has pointed out that anti-immigrant sentiment has been on the rise the last decade in both the U.S. and Europe, something that surprises few citizens of either continent. The Dublin riots was a resounding indicator that Ireland hasn’t escaped this trend.

When contemplating what the worst job on the dairy is, we have several contenders. There is tarping the feed pile as we dodge rat- and silage water-filled tires; there is dealing with retained placentas that chose a later date of exit than the calf that filled it. Dealing with abscesses or backward calves, and the one thing I was dealing with this morning that seemed like great article fodder: dehorning calves. 

Known for its forward-thinking approach, River Ranch Farms LLC has embraced numerous innovations, from a biogas hub and solar fields to the recent development of an automated indoor feed mill. At the forefront is Forever Feed Technologies, a company that dairy producer Jack de Jong helped establish to explore the possibilities of sprouted grain feeding systems.