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American Dairymen May 2025
This Issue Brings You:
- Fly Control In Dairy Operations
- Robotics Can Save Labor & Enhance Dairy Cow Management
- Optimizing Water Systems for Herd Health & Efficiency
- More Than a Tin Can: Forage Systems for Goats
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Bedding Considerations to Lower Somatic Cell Count
Weigh the pros and cons when determining the ideal bedding for your cows. Regardless of the type of dairy operation, some form of bedding is always necessary. However, how can you make the right choice with so many bedding options on the market? The best bedding choice for your farm depends on various factors such […]
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Colostrum Management in Dairies
By Heather Smith Thomas Newborn calves need colostrum to help protect them from diseases they will face in the first weeks of life. Unlike human babies that obtain some of their mother’s antibodies via her bloodstream and the placenta, ruminants like cattle, sheep and goats are born with a naïve immune system. Because of […]
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Keep yourself and your employees warm with winter workwear basics
By Jaclyn Krymowski Winter weather brings with it a host of challenges to the dairy farm, for those with four legs as well as two. While it may not be as forefront to your thoughts as say, keeping equipment from freezing and de-icing areas with major hoof traffic, having sufficient workwear and gear for you […]
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Goat Vaccination Program
Vaccination protocols should be minimally aimed toward the prevention of diseases in your herd and should be developed in consultation with your local veterinarian. Recommended Vaccination The vaccine commonly known as “CDT” or “CD&T” is a vaccination for Clostridium perfringens type C + D and tetanus. This is the vaccine that everyone raising goats should use. The […]
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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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