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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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Crucial Considerations for Manure Application
When it comes to manure, it can be viewed as either an important asset that saves you fertilizer and resources, or it more often is viewed as a nuisance that dairies must manage. Every dairy has plenty of manure. A lactating cow will produce around 18 gallons of manure per day. Dairy farmers utilize all […]
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Proper Dairy Flooring and Mats Improve Cow Comfort and Health
Dairy cows are fine-tuned highly specialized animals that are healthiest and most profitable if they are comfortable. The flooring in dairy barns and stalls is very important so that cows can lie down comfortably, and also have adequate (but not abrasive) traction when walking to and from the milking parlor. You don’t want them slipping […]
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Importance of Genomics for Genetic Improvement in Dairy Cows
The greatest improvements in milk production in dairy cows in the past several decades have been due to genetic selection. We have learned more about genetics in recent years. Research has enabled scientists to look at the genome (complete set of genes or genetic material present in a cell or individual animal—all of the DNA […]
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Critical Thoughts for Facility Building, Planning and Updating
Expanding or updating existing farm facilities is a decision that’s never made lightly. It’s one that requires careful thought, commitment and critical thinking. And even with confident decision making, all the moving parts involved can make the to-do list feel endless. At the end of the day, nearly every element of farm functionality ties back […]
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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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