A fecal examination is a useful tool in determining the presence and level of an internal parasite infection. Veterinarian Dr. Katie Speller (formerly with Animart) provided the following steps to conduct a modified Wisconsin sugar float test:

In the final video of the series, Dr. Armon Hetzel explains how to make decisions on treating mastitis while waiting for culture results.

In this continued series, Drs. Armon Hetzel and Larry Judge of Animart demonstrate how to treat a cow with mastitis.

Drs. Armon Hetzel and Larry Judge of Animart demonstrate how to properly culture cows for mastitis.

Milk Products LLC has launched Calf Solutions, a portfolio of whole milk supplements and animal health products designed to help calves meet their genetic potential from birth to weaning.

“Acres and Avenues,” a checkoff-funded initiative to protect and grow public trust in dairy, has launched to advance the conversation and help people reconnect with dairy farmers who produce our nation’s milk and dairy foods.

Every year, 7 million children starve to death. Is this sad? Yes. Were many of you shocked by that? Probably not. What many of you may not know, however, is that hunger isn’t just a third-world problem; it’s a first-world problem too.

World Dairy Expo brought together more than 72,000 individuals from around the world Sept. 29 to Oct. 3. While each came with unique experience and ambitions, this year’s central theme, “Dairy in our DNA,” drew on attendees’ shared interest in the dairy cow.

Progressive Dairyman editors Walt Cooley, Karen Lee, Peggy Coffeen, Lynn Jaynes, Jenna Hurty and Emily Caldwell had their eyes peeled at World Dairy Expo this year to bring you another round of “cool stuff we saw.” Here are their observations and new products that caught their attention.

As many of you already know from reading previous articles about our farm and family, you know that we rotationally graze our cattle. It was in the late 1990s when my husband, Peter, came home to farm with his dad. As they got into grazing, he started doing research about what breeds thrive in a grazing situation.