American Dairymen

American Dairymen February 2022

In This Issue

Managing, Storing and Handling Veterinary Products
Abomasal Bloat in Calves
Lifelong Learning Opportunities
Imagine Instant Access to All of your Dairy Data
From Cow to Calf… Without Lifting a Finger!
Milk for Methane, from Innovative Digesters
Product Channel Development

Product Channel Development

Product Channel Development. By Fred Hall - Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. The Iowa dairy goat industry is actually a tale of two industries. Eastern Iowa is home to over 200 licensed dairies selling raw milk to creameries and processors while Western Iowa has smaller family operations...

Milk for Methane, from Innovative Digesters

Milk for Methane, from Innovative Digesters. By Maura Keller. Dairy cows, with their four-chambered stomachs, have always been models of digestive proficiency. However, each animal produces more than a hundred pounds of manure daily. Concerns for the management of livestock waste, coupled with a desire to...

Lifelong Learning Opportunities

Lifelong Learning Opportunities. By Maura Keller. Today’s agricultural educational programs are far more learner centered, innovative and relevant to immediate student needs than ever before. Whether you are looking for a week-long seminar to enhance specific skills or a full-length degree program that...

From Cow to Calf… Without Lifting a Finger!

From Cow to Calf… Without Lifting a Finger! By Steve Weisman. Historically, the dairy business has been an extremely labor-intensive business. From milking, to feeding, to monitoring the herd, to raising the new calves, it was all done by hand. The larger the herd, the more physical labor it took, and...

Imagine Instant Access to All of your Dairy Data

Imagine Instant Access to All of your Dairy Data. Article courtesy of MILC Group, By Walter M. Guterbock, DVM, MS. You may manage your herd with a herd management program. You may have two programs, one that came with the milk meters plus another one. You have a feed program for managing feed. You may have...

What dairies will be the most profitable in 2022? Learning from the ZISK report

What dairies will be the most profitable in 2022? Learning from the ZISK report.Aidan J Connolly, President, AgriTech CapitalZISK is the fastest growing App in the Dairy industry, now used by 2800 farms owning over 2.4 million cows. As a result, the data collected by Zisk represents a sample of a quarter of the US...