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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Health Management for Dairy Cows Everything SmaXTec Does For The Dairy Industry

Health Management for Dairy Cows

Health Management for Dairy Cows: Easier, Faster and more Customized MADISON, WI [June 18, 2025] – The latest update from smaXtec makes herd health management more personalized, intuitive and efficient. The software now known as smaXtec Web fits seamlessly into daily dairy operations – rather than the other way around. At the core of the […]

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Endovac Announces New Vice President of Sales

Endovac Announces New Vice President of Sales

(COLUMBIA, MO) – Endovac Animal Health is pleased to announce the addition of Don Houston as Vice President of Sales. Leading the sales team, Don will develop and execute annual sales initiatives that will continue to expand Endovac’s reach into additional markets and build new opportunities for the product line. Don grew up on a […]

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How to Manage Through Tight Dairy Heifer Inventory Merck Animal Health Reaches Unprecedented Milestone of 2 Million Cows Monitored with SenseHub® Dairy Technology

How to Manage Through Tight Dairy Heifer Inventory

Try these strategies to keep your milking herd numbers on track-Dairy producers may be facing a looming shortage of dairy replacement heifers. Reports from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) show dairy heifer inventories are at their lowest level since 1978. At the beginning of 2025, there were only 3.9 million dairy heifers across […]

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Avoid Common Udder Injuries

Avoid Common Udder Injuries

Avoid Common Udder Injuries Overall udder health is crucial for mature cows and upcoming replacements alike. Being able to identify the critical and subtle symptoms of injury, infection and other issues at all stages of udder development, lactation and rest allow for swift treatment, potentially saving many future lactations. As always, prevention of serious udder […]

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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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