Jim ReynoldsVice President of ConsultingPraedium Ventures LLCVisalia, California

Liz Vande BergInside Sales RepresentativeAnimartMarkesan, Wisconsin

As the transition cow enters negative energy balance, no longer meeting her nutritional requirements, there is a huge demand on the liver to continue to make glucose to drive milk production.

The final version of the 2015 federal Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) affirms the vital, unrivaled contribution made by dairy foods and reminds Americans that they will continue to benefit from three daily servings of low-fat and fat-free dairy.

The Stewardship and Sustainability Guide for U.S. Dairy – a tool created through the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy – will improve consumer confidence in dairy by providing more industry transparency.

Properly designed and managed freestalls can provide dairy cows with a comfortable resting environment. Maximizing cow comfort will increase lying times, which can provide many benefits to dairy producers, including higher milk yields and cow longevity. However, poorly designed and kept freestalls can result in greater incidences of mastitis, lameness and hock injuries.

Which mechanic are you? • You watch the calendar almost as religiously as the Super Bowl countdown – just XXX days before you haul that equipment to the field again, and by darn, you’re not about to get it ready until you absolutely have to.

One of my friends asked for help repairing a gate hinge. He and his wife have a small stable of riding and pulling horses, and one of the gates had worn at the hinge point to where it was getting difficult to open and close.

Though I live only a short drive from Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers, my most recent visit there wasn’t to cheer on Aaron Rodgers. It was for the Alltech Dairy School.