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American Dairymen May/June 2024
This Issue Brings You:
- Regenerative Agriculture on a Dairy Farm
- Being In Control
- Best Practices for Dealing with Downed Cows
- Dairy Labor: A Crucial Issue for Many Dairies
- Eight Proven Methods to Prevent Mastitis and Boost Milk Yield
- Technical Herd Management in the Modern Day
- PBI Systems: Parlor Systems That Work For You
- Understanding Milk Routines and Improving Performance
- Goat Vaccination Program
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Don’t Overlook Water in the Winter
By Jaclyn Krymowski Winter marks a time of uncertainty and, especially for cattle operations in harsh climates or otherwise remote regions with limited resources. While some of the most common concerns are accessibility through snow and ice, freezing equipment and exposure to the elements, providing water shouldn’t be far out of mind. Even when the […]
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Raising/Feeding Dairy-Beef Feeder Calves
By Heather Smith Thomas. Many dairies are now breeding some of their cows—the ones they don’t raise replacement heifers from to beef bulls, generally using semen from Angus or Charolais. The beef-dairy cross calves are worth more as day-old calves than straight dairy calves, since the beef crossbreds feed out similar to beef animals. Some […]
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Feeding Goat Kids
By Michelle Buckley, DVM, MS – Iowa State Universituy Extension and Outreach Dairy Field Specialist. When it comes to feeding kids, producers have options and the best option is not a one size fits all solution. The ultimate markers of success are healthy kids with low death losses. Each method of kid-rearing requires careful consideration […]
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Housing for Dairy Calves
By Heather Smith Thomas. Young dairy calves have traditionally been housed in single-calf hutches, because this has generally been believed to be healthier for them than having contact with other baby calves. Recent research and behavioral studies are showing that there are benefits to paired and group housing. Joe Armstrong DVM (Cattle Production Systems, Extension […]
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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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