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What does it take to produce 7 pounds of components?

August 6, 2019
Mike Messman
Producing high milk yield isn’t easy, but producing milk with high volumes of fat and protein components is even more challenging. Yet there are herds across the country meeting this challenge every day with increasing efficiency.
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Three ways monitoring helps manage milking strings

August 6, 2019
Haim Fleminger
As more dairy farms adopt electronic monitoring technologies, managers find sensor-driven data goes well beyond activity monitoring, rumination monitoring, health status and milk measurement.
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Ask a Vet: Tail maintenance options

July 19, 2019
Armon Hetzel
As of Jan. 1, 2017, the National Milk Producers Federation set a ban on tail docking.
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Keep your cows happy at milking time

July 18, 2019
Lee Pratt and Paul Virkler
With all the things going on around your dairy, have you ever thought about whether cows actually like being milked? How would you know if they were happy or unhappy with the milking process?
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What is quality milk? It’s at least low-SCC

July 1, 2019
Walt Cooley
Ninety-four percent of dairy farmers agree that low somatic cell and low bacteria counts are part of the definition of milk quality. That’s according to a recent online survey conducted by Progressive Dairy.
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Using data to manage milk quality

July 1, 2019
Kristy Campbell and John Gerbitz
Advanced milking technology provides more data points than many dairies are able to use in their day-to-day routines and management decisions.
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Milk quality: You’re in control

April 18, 2019
Keith Engel
Milk quality matters beyond quality premiums. It can help secure your milk market and bring more money back to your dairy by reducing mastitis treatment costs and labor, along with milk withholding times. A healthier udder can also produce more milk.
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Producers optimizing payables: Trend data show milkfat up, SCC down for top herds

April 18, 2019
Bill Sanchez
Top producers have optimized two key parameters to generate significantly more milk revenue despite the long-running down dairy market, as shown in a unique database of milk processor records.
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See your start-up milk clearly

February 22, 2019
Renee Smith
Of all the performance indicators you can monitor on the dairy, fresh cow performance ranks near the top, since the start of the lactation really determines the rest of the lactation.
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Does your teat dip protect against harsh winter conditions?

January 18, 2019
Carolina Mateus
Several factors can affect teat skin condition. These include weather, housing conditions, teat disinfectant chemistry, milking system settings and micro-organisms. Adverse weather conditions (cold, wind, humidity, direct sun, etc.) can negatively affect teat-end and skin integrity.
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