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With firelight casting shadows on dim cave walls, our ancestors drew stories of the animals they knew with simple media such as paints and charcoal. Fast forward a few millennia to June 2015 and you’d find Progressive Dairyman graphic artist Kristen Phillips depicting a cow – not with a computer – but via unpretentious string.
Open cows that aren't cycling normally can hamper successful reproduction. This article, the first in a series on cyclicity, defines the terms “anovulation” and “anestrus.”
Watch this video by Maegan Weatherly, a Ph.D. student at the University of Illinois, to learn about managing water for dairy cattle. She addresses areas such as cleanliness, dissolved minerals and how best to ensure that there's enough water available for all of your cows.
Twenty years ago, I didn’t know the first thing about dairies, much less what dehorning entailed. Then one rainy December day, my roommate got word that his dairy farmer brother was coming to pay a visit.
Hilmar Cheese Company Inc. has announced plans to increase cheese capacity and add 500-pound barrel production at the Dalhart, Texas, manufacturing site. The company currently processes cheese into 40-pound blocks and 640-pound blocks.
1. Do they have a proven, step-by-step process that ensures your time and money will be well invested?
The cold hard truth about stray voltage is that it may not be the source of your problem. Odd livestock behaviors, decrease in milk production, reproduction issues – those are all symptoms typical to a stray voltage problem, but in reality, they can have many causes that may be intertwined with one another. The pie chart below shows this.
At Brooksco Dairy (2,750 cows), Calvin Moody has created a well-managed “mother ship,” where all cows calve and all calves are raised for the three stand-alone dairies, including Jeffco (2,350 cows) and Westbrook (2,250 cows).
In this video, Ann Hoskins, Vita Plus calf products coordinator, walks us through the data autofeeder systems provide and highlights key indicators that can help you best manage your calves.
Agriculture Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden has announced that starting today, July 1, dairy farmers can enroll in the USDA Margin Protection Program for coverage in 2016.
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