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The right mix of product treatment and some simple farm management techniques can greatly enhance dairy producers’ ability to increase nutrient efficiency in manure applied on land and used by growing crops.
Ever since the Christmas carols began to play and the lights started to sparkle on the snow, I have been thinking about the new year and the changes I would make in the coming year.I have done that since I was old enough to know about resolutions. Tradition has held me bound from more years than I care to count.
Several years ago, I read an article about a dairy farm that was having trouble with nervous, spooky, jittery animals that were not eating well and not producing as expected.
During this time, helpers also began complaining about feeling the sensation of small, random shocks or jolts while handling some of the equipment used in the milking process.
While in college, someone gave me a computer game called “Civilization.” In the game, the player is leader of a major society that existed at some point in human history. You build up and improve your nation, battling other world powers doing the same.
Age: 53
Location: Blain, Pennsylvania
History of your dairy, in a nutshell: “I run a 550-cow dairy in Blain, Pennsylvania. I am the third generation to run Pleasant View Farms, which I purchased from my father in 1997.”
Age: 63
Location: Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin
History of your dairy, in a nutshell: When I took over the farm from my parents in 1977, we had a 50-cow herd. ... In 1997, when my sons expressed interest in coming home to the farm, we had 120 cows. ...
Age: Let’s just say I’m younger than my dairy.
Location: New Holstein, Wisconsin
History of your dairy, in a nutshell: We actually just received our Century Farm Award last year, which was a huge privilege for our family. The farm has been in my husband Dave’s family for many years.
• The Accelerated Genetics communications team was recognized in the following categories during the annual Cooperative Communicators Association Institute in Nashville, Tennessee, this past year: Two first-place awards for scenic pictorial and cover of the year; three second-place awards for exhibits, print advertising and most improved publication; and Best of Show in photography for its 2013 Beef Sire Directory.
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