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The value of Wisconsin agricultural product exports continues to grow at a double-digit pace. Export numbers released by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) show a 25 percent value increase for the first quarter of 2014 compared to the same time period in 2013.
Animart Inc. announced the completion of the acquisition process of Michigan Veterinary Supply (MVS) of Vermontville, Michigan, a leading animal health supplier to Michigan dairies.
This article was #16 of the Top 25 most well-read articles on www.progressivedairy.com in 2014. It was published in the June 26, 2014 Extra e-newsletter.
Dairy farmers in northern Indiana who milk their cows in the “RV Capital of the World” must contend with manufacturers for hard-working employees. The installation of an automatic milking system in October of 2013 allowed John and Cynthia Adam of Knollbrook Farm in Elkhart County to focus their time on managing other aspects of their farm, such as their agritourism business.
The Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy announced the winners of the third annual U.S. Dairy Sustainability Awards on May 14, recognizing dairy farms, businesses and collaborative partnerships that are committed to stewardship and sustainability, delivering exceptional results that are good for business, good for the environment and good for the community.
Your TMR mixer is an integral part of your feeding program. By understanding how to best utilize your mixer, you’ll be able to achieve the optimum performance from your ration ingredients and obtain the maximum return for your machinery investment.
See "Peak milk, intake and body weight: How curvy is your cow? Part One" to learn more about your cow's curves.
As your dairy herd moves through the lactation, body weight and feed intake curves discussed in Part One, Dr. Mike Hutjens, extension dairy specialist with the University of Illinois, offers these feeding guidelines.
You remember the bell curve – a common distribution of values. If you’re taking a poll, you chart the responses and the resulting chart resembles a bell shape with most responses falling within the “middle ground” or “top” of the bell. The bell creates down-sloped curves at either end of the continuum where extreme responses fall, representing the less common values or deviations.
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