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Age: 34
Location: Chilton, Wisconsin
My dairy’s history: My parents owned and operated a 70-cow dairy farm until 1994, when they transitioned to raising replacement heifers. They were one of the first replacement heifer farms in our area. Five years ago, I joined the farm operation and we formed an LLC.
I am very proud to be a third-generation farmer, but couldn’t do it without the help of my mom, Gertie, who does all the farm bookwork and my husband, Brent, and our three full-time employees, who help me keep the operation running day-to-day.
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The summer sky after a rain is a glorious sight. The stars shimmer in the velvet blackness of infinity and the feeling of loneliness surrounds me as I realize I am only a speck of nothingness in a vast cosmos of other worlds.
All-steel radial flotation tires represent a new frontier in flotation tire technology – a tire designed to meet the demands of heavier equipment, heavier loads and longer hauls over paved roads while still minimizing soil compaction in the field.
The first all-steel flotation radial tire on the market is also the industry’s first farm flotation tire of its size to meet DOT certification requirements.
In 2005, Michelle Berdan participated in Dairy Challenge as a student. Four years later, she was offered a teaching position in the new dairy program at Northcentral Technical College, in addition to her full-time job on her family's 1,500-cow dairy.
In a recent article with Brian Tully, we talked about milk fatty acids and how they relate to feed bunk management – “empty bunk syndrome.” But what was our theory behind using milk fatty acids as a monitor of rumen metabolism? This is an example of serendipity; research can have unexpected spin-offs.
How did serendipity play a role in our understanding of how it impacts milk fat synthesis in dairy cows?
We’ve all heard it said, “The proof is in the pudding.” However, the pudding we’re talking about in this article is no dessert fare. It’s actually the final byproduct of rumen and lower tract digestion. And while the absolute proof may not lie in the pudding, it certainly carries some strong evidence regarding starch digestibility.
West River Dairy, one of several dairy farms managed by Riverview LLP, houses 6,400 cows in the countryside near the rural community of Morris in western Minnesota.
Built in 2004, West River originally relied on a “naturally vented” barn system, in which curtains along the walls could be rolled up to let air through the barn.
With fan technology becoming more common in agricultural settings, however, Riverview recently installed a cross-ventilation fan system at its West River facility to pull air through the barns and milking parlor as needed.
One of the most common injuries in the workplace is an eye injury. It is estimated that over 2,000 people in the U.S. injure their eyes at work each day. The majority of these injuries result from small particles or slivers impacting or abrading the eye (See http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/eye/).
Of these injuries, 90 percent could have been reduced in severity or avoided altogether through the use of proper eye protection (Also see http://www.preventblindness.org/safety/worksafe.html).
During my first month here in Pakistan, I have drawn certain conclusions about agricultural development. In this article I write about one of them, and make the case that one of our greatest attributes in the U.S. is the Land Grant University Extension System (LGUES).
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