Barn and Pasture Maintenance: Basic Seasonal Tune-Ups
Barn and Pasture Maintenance: Basic Seasonal Tune-Ups

Barn and Pasture Maintenance: Basic Seasonal Tune-Ups Facility upkeep and any subsequent pasture management play a direct role in productivity, cow comfort and reducing labor. While routine attention is often given to the parlor, pens and feeding areas, performance is also influenced by even the small details. Think about things like gutters, fans, windows, roofs and ventilation systems that quietly support herd health every day. When pasture is part of the system, management extends beyond the barn and concrete. Maintaining productive, resilient pasture can positively impact cow performance while offering opportunities to reduce feed costs. Together, facility maintenance and grazing […]

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Maintaining Udder Health with Teat Dips and Sealants

Maintaining Udder Health with Teat Dips and Sealants

While parlor routines often focus on lactating cows, overall teat health, whether we are dealing with lactating or dry cows, should always be a top priority. Lactating cows rely on proper pre- and post-dipping for hygiene, while dry cows benefit from internal sealants and continued cleanliness. Framing udder care as a continuous process, not just […]

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Assessing and Implementing a Biosecurity Plan

Assessing and Implementing a Biosecurity Plan

While there are many ways to prevent and control cattle disease, management with a solid biosecurity plan is a key factor. Implementing biosecurity practices on a dairy can increase profitability by reducing clinical disease and improving production efficiency. Controlling disease will reduce risk at minimal cost. Biosecurity is your first line of defense, which prevents […]

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BRD Vaccine Cattle Prefeedlot Respiratory Vaccination Improves Cattle Health and Growth Outcomes

Prefeedlot Respiratory Vaccination Improves Cattle Health and Growth Outcomes

A new review in a special issue of Applied Animal Science reveals that strategic timing of bovine respiratory disease vaccinations in beef cattle during the cow-calf phase can significantly improve disease prevention and cattle health Champaign, IL, July 28, 2025 Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the US […]

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Elanco Respiratory Disease Treatment

New Vaccine by Elanco Promotes Cattle Health

Keep Your Cattle Healthy GREENFIELD, Ind., July 15, 2025 — Elanco Animal Health Incorporated (NYSE: ELAN) announces the release of NUPLURA PH+5™. It is a new low endotoxin cattle vaccine which to protects calves from several respiratory diseases. A combination of Titanium 5, the first modified live vaccine to include a Type 2 BVD, and […]

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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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