Brookside Agra introduces advanced Bio Pro Concentrate Brookside Agra has developed an innovative, all-natural proprietary liquid blend of stable, highly active microbial cultures, enhancers and nutrients, specifically selected to biologically degrade a variety of odors associated with agricultural and environmental conditions.

In the last few months, I have seen newspaper articles about new technology on the farm. Frankly, I would be happier with some stronger duct tape; that hole in the slurry wagon isn’t going to fix itself. How about an electrical motor that never quits working on holidays? I know – a shovel handle that, when broken, grows back like a lizard’s tail. That would be technology.

Sometimes producers may feel a little tied up, just like the man bound with red tape depicted in the picture that Kevin Abernathy, director of regulatory affairs for the Milk Producers Council, pointed to on his slide presentation. There’s a lot of red tape when it comes to California’s regulatory affairs, he said. The challenge for producers is managing the tape so they can move around.

In any organization expecting to deliver an output, the degree or level of sophistication is an important consideration. The appropriate level is a challenge for managers, the mid-level supervisors charged with implementing what the leaders decide to place in policy. Operationally, working towards an output can be described as standard operating procedure, or SOP. These take the implementer through the step-by-step process of completing a task as a course of action necessary at reaching the deliverable of a complete output.

I think it’s safe to say that when it comes to feeding cows, every dairy farmer has the same end goal in mind: a consistent ration the full length of the bunk. Considering the choices in ration ingredients, feed storage methods and processing methods, this common end goal can be achieved in a variety of ways. How can you select the mixer that is best suited for your farm? This article will discuss the capabilities and characteristics of the three most common TMR mixer types.

ANIMART Inc. is hosting its first continuing education (CE) course for certified veterinary technicians. The first course will highlight calf care and be offered from 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. June 6.

The Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA) made cash payments of $3.8 million in equity retirements in April, according to the group. These cash payments represent the retirement of the 2005 equities.

The WCVM Production Animal Club from the University of Saskatchewan is the winner of the 2014 BCF University Competition. Club members’ adventure back to their childhood days paid off as their Magic School Bus voyage into a cow’s reproductive system won them an Easi-Scan ultrasound system.

The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) has asked the FDA to rewrite a draft livestock feed regulation, saying the agency went beyond the intent of Congress by seeking to impose requirements that will not make animal feed safer.