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American Dairymen January 2025
This Issue Brings You:
• Bedding Considerations to Lower Somatic Cell Count
• Colostrum Management in Dairies
• Goat Vaccination Programs
• VAS USA
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Media Alert – Merck Animal Health Webinar
NMC Webinar Dec. 4: How to Use Parlor Data to Improve Labor Efficiency National Mastitis Council webinar on Wednesday, Dec. 4. There is no cost to attend if you are not seeking CE credits. You’ll find more details below. Webinar Topic: Leveraging Milk Monitoring and Parlor Performance Information to Boost Employee Compliance Date: Wednesday, […]
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Bedding Considerations to Lower Somatic Cell Count
Weigh the pros and cons when determining the ideal bedding for your cows. Regardless of the type of dairy operation, some form of bedding is always necessary. However, how can you make the right choice with so many bedding options on the market? The best bedding choice for your farm depends on various factors such […]
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Colostrum Management in Dairies
By Heather Smith Thomas Newborn calves need colostrum to help protect them from diseases they will face in the first weeks of life. Unlike human babies that obtain some of their mother’s antibodies via her bloodstream and the placenta, ruminants like cattle, sheep and goats are born with a naïve immune system. Because of […]
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Keep yourself and your employees warm with winter workwear basics
By Jaclyn Krymowski Winter weather brings with it a host of challenges to the dairy farm, for those with four legs as well as two. While it may not be as forefront to your thoughts as say, keeping equipment from freezing and de-icing areas with major hoof traffic, having sufficient workwear and gear for you […]
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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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