4 Tips to Fine-tune Transition Cow Nutrition and Management

A barn full of healthy, productive cows is a wonderful sight to see. But this scene isn’t accomplished without help. Rather, it is the culmination of good management, proper nutrition and attention to detail, especially during the transition period.This crucial six-week period—from three weeks prior to calving to...

Freshening the First Calf Heifer

The first-calf heifer must successfully adapt to numerous physiological and behavioral changes at calving. Strategies that reduce stress prior to calving should optimize the chance for success, says Noah Litherland, Dairy Nutritionist, University of Minnesota, Dairy Extension.Stress reducing strategies should focus on...

Starting Over

In the dairy industry, making decisions comes with the territory, but for Rodney and Dorothy Elliott, owners of Drumgoon Dairy near Lake Norden, South Dakota, their decisions have been a bit more complicated than most dairy farmers have to make. After owning a dairy farm in Ireland for 18 years, Rodney and Dorothy...

April 2012 Issue

p. 17 - Cover Story: Starting Over   p. 9 - Transition Nutrition   p. 12 - Freshening the First Calf Heifer   p. 24 - Udder Stuff

March 2012 Issue

  p. 9 - Field Of Study: Dairy Science p. 13 - A Grade A+ Education p. 19 - Animal Nutrition p. 22 - Udder Stuff

February 2012 Issue

p. 9 - Spring Cleaning p. 12 - Breed Showcase p. 15 - Manure Management p. 18 - Say Cheese...and Whey p. 23 - Udder Stuff

January 2012 Issue

p. 9 - Southern Regional Dairy Challenge p. 15 - FFA: Training Our Future Leaders p. 21 - Udder Stuff p. 27 - Conference Review  

December 2011 Issue

p. 9 - Milking Reality From Dreams p. 13 - 4,000 Stalls and No Dairy Farms p. 15 - Udder Stuff p. 18 - Dairy News

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