Sawtooth Dairy Specialties

 Sawtooth Dairy Specialties Article courtesy of Pellerin Milnor Corporation Sawtooth Dairy Specialties was originally founded by Charlie and Tom Hohnhorst in May of 1999 as a solution to the area’s need for a centralized laundry service provider capable of processing dairy wipes. Milking...

A Valve You Can Love

 A Valve You Can Love Article courtesy of Brown Weight Valve If you have been around livestock producers much, you know that almost all of them have things that they love. They love the brand of their tractor (and probably have several replacements). They love the kind of pickup truck they drive. They...

A.I.TAGS SMT™ System - Cognex® Hybrid - The Producer's Dream

 A.I.TAGS SMTTM System - Cognex® Hybrid - The Producer's Dream By Steve Weisman For the past 18 years, David A. Stampe, inventor and owner of A.I.TAGS (​www.aitags.com​) located in Sioux Falls, SD has been working to help both beef cattle and dairy producers come up with an extremely accurate...

Milc Group Releases Advanced Cloud-based Feed Software to Help Dairymen Become More Profitable

Milc Group Releases Advanced Cloud-based Feed Software to Help Dairymen Become More ProfitableBy Steve WeismanToday, more than ever, dairy producers are charged with making incredibly tough decisions that can have a huge impact on their bottom line. To make things even more difficult, there are so many options, and...

Top Dairy Farms Rely on Automative Calf Feeding Systems

Top Dairy Farms Rely on Automative Calf Feeding SystemsArticle and photos provided by Förster-Technik  How a calf starts its life has a strong effect on the lifetime performance of that cow, i.e. herd’s potential is set at a very young age. Good calf rearing is therefore the decisive basis for successful...

Choosing the Right TMR for your Operation

 Choosing the Right TMR for your Operation. By Bruce Derksen. Total mixed rations or TMR’s have been around for a long time, although not in their present-day incarnations.  While equipment from decades past began the process, they were basic tip of the iceberg type machines.  Today...

Selecting The Right Milking Parlor Design

 Selecting The Right Milking Parlor Design. By Bruce Derksen Grandpa may not recognize the average milking parlor of today’s dairy operations as they bear little to no resemblance to those of times gone by with the three-legged wooden stools hanging on the wall.  Even the cows are different....

Selecting and Managing Your Calving Pen System.

  By Bruce Derksen for American Dairymen. I’m sure it doesn’t always happen on purpose but on some farms there is a noticeable preference given to the milking cows, parlors and equipment associated with them in comparison to the dry cows and facilities in place to take care of their needs. ...