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With the threat of hidden cameras, rogue employees and slanderous anti-animal agriculture agendas, standing guard against activist groups should be part of every dairy’s business plan.
This article was #19 of the Top 25 most well-read articles on www.progressivedairy.com in 2014. It was published in the April 11, 2014 Extra e-newsletter.
GEA Farm Technologies introduced conductive cooling at World Ag Expo earlier this year. The technology included heat exchanger panels buried underneath the sand in deep-bedded freestalls.
This article was #10 of the Top 25 most well-read articles on www.progressivedairy.com in 2014. It was published in the April 4, 2014 Extra e-newsletter.
Dr. Gary Oetzel at the University of Wisconsin – Madison gave a few pieces of advice for monitoring health in the fresh cow pen. Headlocks are a must among this group, as they allow employees to monitor feed intakes, cow behavior and watch for visual signs of sickness or infection.
More than 1,500 dairy farmers and allied industry professionals gathered for the 2014 Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin (PDPW) Business Conference held at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wisconsin, March 12-13.
It takes only one.
One employee. One video camera. One YouTube post. One minute to destroy a hard-earned reputation.
The risks dairymen face today go far beyond crop failure and commodity market volatility. Producers are tasked with protecting their livelihoods from agenda-driven activists trying to sneak through the door and onto our dairies.
Cattlemen are leaning on their counterparts in the dairy industry to beef up the supply of quality red meat.
“The beef industry has its eyes on nine million dairy cows,” Jerry Wulf told dairymen at the 2014 World Ag Expo. “Hopefully, you can help us produce high-quality feeder cattle from that cow supply.”
Two more dairymen joined Wulf in the discussion of breeding dairy cows to beef during the World Ag Expo panel. Find out why they are doing it, how they are implementing a breeding plan and what they do with their calves.
This article was #25 of the Top 25 most well-read articles on www.progressivedairy.com in 2014. It was published in the April 1, 2014 print issue.
When Jeff and Connie Horsens built a new freestall barn in 2013 as they grew from within to reach 500 cows, they achieved their goal of providing a comfortable environment for their high-producing herd, and the benefits are still being realized.
After a brutal Midwestern winter, it’s time to start thinking spring. Mark Zinke, Zinke Dairy Farms LLC, Brownsville, Wisconsin, is changing gears to prepare for the warmer weather that is sure to come. To keep his 550-cow milking herd cool, he cleans fans and checks belt tension and bearings.
