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American Dairymen August 2025
This Issue Brings You:
- Importance of Genomics
- Manure Management
- Facility Building: Building, Planning & Updating
- Dairy Goats: Vegetation Management
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Essential Wound Care: Keep Small Problems From Becoming Big Ones
By Jaclyn Krymowski for American Dairymen Small problems can quickly become large problems if they go unaddressed. Nowhere is this truer on the dairy than with animal health. Hoof care is a prime example, where lack of routine trimmings or minor injuries and infections can escalate to lameness. Udder care is another example. If a […]
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Proper goat hoof care
Photo: Kyle Spradley, MU College of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources, Flickr Creative Commons. By: Katie Ockert, Michigan State University Extension Taking good care of your goats’ hooves is an essential management practice. Trimming your goats’ hooves will keep them from over-growing and allowing the goat to walk properly. Hoof care in any animal […]
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South Dakota State University Hosts Midwest Regional Dairy Challenge® Event
Brookings, S.D., February 12-14, 2025 – The 2025 Midwest Regional Dairy Challenge, hosted by South Dakota State University concluded February 14 in Brookings, S.D. The event saw significant participation with 110 students from 13 schools, along with coaches and volunteers for an immersive learning experience. Upon arrival, students attended educational seminars covering financial management, automatic […]
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Rethinking Rations: Unlock Dairy Efficiency with Ingredient Flexibility
Consider canola meal to help improve feed efficiency and optimize milk production. WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Feb. 17, 2025) — Ingredient costs, availability and maintaining the status quo of what’s worked well for you in the past often drive ration decisions. But only using rations that have worked well in the past may result in overlooking […]
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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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