Tips on Using an Esophageal Feeder and a Nasogastric Tube
Tips on Using an Esophageal Feeder and a Nasogastric Tube By Heather Smith Thomas Sometimes it is necessary to get fluid into a calf that can’t suckle. It might be a newborn that needs colostrum but is compromised from a hard birth and unable to suckle a bottle, or it might be a sick, dehydrated […]
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Streamlining the Milk Hauling Process
Streamlining the Milk Hauling Process By Maura Keller When it comes to hauling milk from milk producers to milk processors, streamlined efficiency is the proverbial “name of the game.” Just ask Peter Lemke, co-owner of Lemke Bros. Trucking, a Wisconsin-based milk hauling company that has recently partnered with McFinn Technologies to install a series of […]
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How one Family Adapted their Dairy Farm to use Robots and Improve Efficiency
How one Family Adapted their Dairy Farm to use Robots and Improve Efficiency Article and photos courtesy of Accu-Steel When John Lawfer left the Kent, Illinois, family farm for college in the early 2000s, he had no intention of coming back. His parents, Ron and Julie, milked 140 cows with less labor and a 1960s-era […]
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