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It’s well known that fresh cows need a higher dietary cation-anion difference (DCAD) and supplemental potassium to correct potassium imbalances and buffer blood acids. This helps to allow the cow to rapidly increase dry matter intake postpartum and maximize milk and milk component production.
The planning process requires a lot of effort. I often say or write that if we have one hour to plan, then 55 minutes is committed to inventory, evaluation and developing options. The options or alternatives provide the landowner with choices.
Earlier this year, South Dakota’s first robotic dairy opened its doors for business, and the Nussbaum family couldn’t be happier with their new milking facility.
Brad and Monica Nussbaum have farmed for over three decades near Garretson, South Dakota, just shy of the Minnesota line. As daughters Brittany and Stephanie, both South Dakota State University graduates, showed intentions of returning to the dairy, the family decided to take the next step toward the future.
The route from the dry pen to the lactating pen is a very important stage in a cow’s life. Fresh cows set the pace for the entire herd, and the first 60 days post-calving define a cow’s lactation.
Ecolab Inc. has acquired the dairy hygiene chemical businesses of EXL Laboratories and Hypred Canada, sold under the brands A&L Laboratories, ANFO and Aspen.
The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) welcomed four new dairy cooperative members, two new board members and one new board officer, as the organization wrapped up its 2014 annual meeting on Oct. 29.
New advancements by Zoetis to its Clarifide genomic test will give producers new tools to predict future performance. More markers, new genetic conditions, Holstein coat color outcomes and a proprietary polled test highlight new test features.
Endless Mountains Veterinary Center PC (EMVC) in Rome, Pennsylvania, recognized the shift in the dairy industry from conventional embryo transfer (ET) to oocyte pick-up (OPU) and in vitro fertilization (IVF), and cracked open the books over a four-year span to research as much as possible before launching its new OPU center earlier this spring.
Jeff Williams, president and CEO of Glanbia Foods USA, is retiring in January after 25 years of service, the past 11 years leading as president and CEO of the U.S. cheese business.
A veterinarian-client-patient relationship (VCPR) is like a football team’s game plan.
“Like football, you need to make sure everybody knows the play and runs the play,” Dr. Dave Rhoda explains. “With the VCPR team, you need to make sure everybody understands what you are doing and does it. If someone comes up with a better way, you may change the play.”
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