Tips for Promoting Cow Comfort

Tips for Promoting Cow Comfort. Article provided by Central Life Sciences. The summer months have arrived, and for most producers, those hot summer temperatures have already made their presence felt. These raised temperatures are responsible for causing heat stress in cattle. Heat stress can result in a...

American Dairymen June 2022

In This Issue
  • Heat Stress Abatement in Dairy Facilities
  • Lameness Prevention with Proper Hoof Care
  • Is it Worth Investing in Manure Digesters?
  • From Field to Dairy: How Whole Cottonseed Gets to You
  • Built Around Cow Comfort. Better milking starts with cow comfort.
  • Tips for Promoting Cow Comfort
  • Determining Dairy Goat Milking System Costs Per Cwt of Milk Produced

Built Around Cow Comfort. Better milking starts with cow comfort.

Built Around Cow Comfort. Better milking starts with cow comfort.  Article and photos provided by BouMatic. Revolutionary Design. BouMatic’s Flo-Star Xtreme has much of the design that made the Flo-Star MAX a great milking claw, but with new features that further enhances performance. One such feature...

Lameness Prevention with Proper Hoof Care

Lameness Prevention with Proper Hoof Care. By Maura Keller. Technology and equipment surrounding hoof care have come a long way over the years. Years ago, producers used such simple tools as rope and chisel for hoof care. Today, various types of specialty equipment, cleaning products, and data management...

From Field to Dairy: How Whole Cottonseed Gets to You

From Field to Dairy: How Whole Cottonseed Gets to You. Article and photos provided by Cotton Incorporated.The value of cotton lies not just in its textile uses, but also in its byproduct, whole cottonseed. Whole cottonseed can be an excellent addition to cattle diets1, and every person involved in cotton...

American Dairymen May 2022

In This Issue
  • Dairy Stockmanship – Low-Stress Handling
  • Stockpiling and Rotation Grazing – Extending your Pasture Season
  • Weighing In on Scale System Technologies
  • Tailored Solutions for Common Fly Control Problems
  • Dairy Goat Abortions – What to do when the Storm Hits

Dairy Goat Abortions – What to do when the Storm Hits

Dairy Goat Abortions – What to do when the Storm Hits. By Paul J. Plummer, DVM PhD - Iowa State University. Abortions in small ruminants are an important disease process that can have devastating impacts on a dairy goat herd.  In some cases, we can see up to 50% or more of pregnant does abort,...

Weighing In on Scale System Technologies

Weighing In on Scale System Technologies. By Maura Keller. Technology in all aspects of life has been veered towards ease, efficiency, speed and information at your fingertips, and this is true as it relates to scale systems being used within the dairy and ranching industries.As Michele Marcoux, territory...

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