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American Dairymen December 2024
This Issue Brings You:
• Avoid Overgrazing & Remember to Rest Your Pastures
• Calving Pens; Helping the Calving Process
• Coccidiosis in Calves
• Winter Management Practices for Goats
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DCRC webinar explores heat stress, gut health and their impact on animal health
New Prague, Minn. (October 30, 2024) – “Integrating our understanding of stress physiology” headlines the Dec. 6 Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC) webinar. The free webinar starts at 1 p.m. Central time (USA/Canada). Erin Horst, Elanco Animal Health dairy technical specialist, will serve as the instructor for this one-hour webinar. During the webinar, Horst will […]
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Winter Management Practices for Goats
Winter Management Practices for Goats By Brett Kreifels, University of NE Extension Service, Douglas-Sarpy County Extension Frequent scratching may indicate your goats have lice, which needs to be controlled. With all animals, winter is a stressful time. We, as livestock owners, can help reduce that stress by providing our animals with the proper care, feeding […]
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Coccidiosis in Dairy Cows
Coccidiosis in Dairy Cows By Heather Smith Thomas Bovine coccidiosis is one of the major diseases in young calves. It can quickly and easily spread, and can have devastating effects on calves. Coccidiosis occurs wherever cattle are raised; all adult animals harbor some of these protozoan parasites and shed a few in their feces, but […]
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Calving Pens: Helping the Calving Process Be Safe, Secure & Efficient
Calving Pens: Helping the Calving Process Be Safe, Secure & Efficient By Maura Keller Calving pens have changed significantly in recent years – evolving from the traditional manual headgate attached to two posts with adjacent panels. Today, calving pen designs are focused on the safety and well-being of the rancher, cow and calf. From semi-circular […]
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Featured Story
Regenerative Agriculture on a Dairy Farm
Paul and Erin Kernaleguen are dairy farmers and soil consultants near Birch Hills, Saskatchewan, committed to regenerative practices in growing forage for their cattle. They farm with Paul’s Parents, Jos and Brenda.
“We were a very conventional dairy operation until 2012 when we started looking at doing some things differently because our weather was super-wet for a couple years. Our average annual precipitation is about 12 inches of moisture, but we’d had two years in a row with about 40 to 50 inches, which made farming extremely difficult!” says Paul.
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