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American Dairymen June 2025
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Veterinary students: Apply for National DHIA scholarships
Veterinary students: Apply for National DHIA scholarships FITCHBURG, Wis. (September 09 2024) – For the 10th consecutive year, National Dairy Herd Information Association (DHIA) is seeking scholarship applications from third- and fourth-year college of veterinary medicine students. Applicants must be enrolled at a college that is accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association Council on Education. Successful […]
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Colostrum Management for the Dairy Goat Kid
Colostrum Management for the Dairy Goat Kid By Jennifer Bentley, Dairy Field Specialist, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Feeding kids the correct amount of high-quality colostrum immediately after birth is one of the most important management practices in kid management. Colostrum is so important that sometimes it is called “liquid gold”. The Importance of […]
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Plan for Winter Forage Needs
Plan for Winter Forage Needs Article courtesy of University of Minnesota Extension This has been an interesting growing year, to say the least. • There are large areas of winterkill throughout the Midwest. • Hay prices have remained high, in spite of low milk prices. • The amount and quality of hay this year has […]
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Improved Feeding Technology in Today’s TMRs and Bale Processors
Improved Feeding Technology in Today’s TMRs and Bale Processors By Maura Keller Total mixed ration (TMR) mixers and bale processors are core components of today’s dairy farm operations. TMR mixers provide exact variations of feed for livestock rumen health, while improving feeding efficiencies and ensuring animals are getting the nutrients they need in ration levels […]
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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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