Karen Lee

Demonstrations, technology features for Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show

August 29, 2012

On Sept. 11-13, the 19th edition of Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show (COFS) will be held at Canada’s Outdoor Park in Woodstock, Ontario. The COFS team and its exhibitors have worked tirelessly planning demonstrations and events for the 40,000+ attendees – including two major field demonstrations. "Our field demonstrations provide a unique opportunity for our exhibitors to showcase their products in a field of competitors," says Paul Roper, COFS exhibitor sales and demonstrations coordinator. "This year, we are excited to run two major field demonstrations for moldboard ploughs and solid manure spreaders."

Identify the right employees for management roles

August 29, 2012

Karen Lee

Editor’s note: This is the first in a three-part series on developing middle managers. The next article will discuss how to develop protocols and provide training. It will be followed by an article describing employee evaluations. As dairy operations reach a certain size, it is inevitable that the owners can’t be everywhere and do everything. Middle managers become a necessary and important part of the future of the farm.

Rumen fluid extraction made easy

August 29, 2012

Karen Lee

“For years and years, we’ve all known the very best thing for a sick cow is to receive healthy rumen fluid,” says Bernie Mulder, founder of Drench-Mate. Yet, until now, there hasn’t been an easy way to obtain that fluid.

Featured dairy app video: Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board's Cheese Cupid app

August 20, 2012

Karen Lee

Heather Porter Engwall, director of National Product Communications for the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board, shares information on the Cheese Cupid Cinema and pairing app with Progressive Dairyman. This app was developed to aid consumers in pairing cheese and beverages. Whether your drink of choice is a Chardonnay, stout beer or Scotch, you'll find the perfect Wisconsin cheese match. PD

Machine makes hygiene products for pennies per gallon

August 9, 2012

Karen Lee

A hygiene technology that has been in use for more than 30 years in the water treatment industry, but never applied to agriculture, was introduced to the dairy industry earlier this year at World Ag Expo in Tulare, California. Zurex PharmAgra unveiled the ECAlogix System, which makes it possible for dairies to create a large amount of base disinfectant for pennies per gallon directly on the farm.

Management tips for drought-stressed corn

July 27, 2012

Karen Lee

Extremely hot and dry weather this summer has most of the country suffering from moderate to exceptional drought conditions. It has been more than two decades since the last major drought and many people are wondering what to do with their crops. Vita Plus Forage and Technical Services team members John Goeser, Chris Wacek-Driver and Randall Greenfield led a webinar to help get a grip on this unique situation.

We did it!

July 20, 2012

Karen Lee

One of my daughter’s favourite cartoons is “Dora the Explorer.” At the end of the show, Dora and her monkey pal, Boots, sing a song.

Proud to have finished their task of the day and traveling to their three locations, the duo repeatedly sing the words: “We did it.”

That portion of the show is really resonating with me at the moment because I have a couple of reasons to stand up and shout, “We did it!”

Third party places anaerobic digester on dairy

July 19, 2012

Karen Lee

This anaerobic digester calls Big Sky West Dairy in Gooding, Idaho, home but it is financed, owned and operated by AgPower Group based in Colorado. According to Bob Joblin with AgPower, the owner of the dairy realized the potential of a third-party system. “He was a progressive dairyman that understood what we were doing and had a need for it,” Joblin says.

Third-party investors help make digesters a reality

July 19, 2012

Karen Lee

It has been said that anaerobic digesters are the future for dairy farms and vice versa. At the same time there are a few issues to overcome to make this future a reality. Hurdles such as investment costs, environmental regulations, interconnect problems and power company negotiations have squashed a fair amount of potential digester projects across the country.

Beating bugs and planning ahead

June 8, 2012

Karen Lee

It has become a nightly game in my farmhouse to “get the bugs.” My 2-year-old serves as the bug spotter while myself or my husband is the bug squasher. In the game, my daughter points and exclaims, “Bug! Bug!” until we see the fly and go after it. She then usually lets us know whether or not we were successful – even though she’s not always accurate in her proclamation.

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Articles by Karen Lee

Demonstrations, technology features for Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show

Identify the right employees for management roles

Rumen fluid extraction made easy

Featured dairy app video: Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board's Cheese Cupid app

Machine makes hygiene products for pennies per gallon

Management tips for drought-stressed corn

We did it!

Third party places anaerobic digester on dairy

Third-party investors help make digesters a reality

Beating bugs and planning ahead

Net zero by 2050: Are dairy processors ready to go?

Water and feed: Managing the basis for life

Matching the cow to the grass

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