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American Dairymen January 2025
This Issue Brings You:
• Bedding Considerations to Lower Somatic Cell Count
• Colostrum Management in Dairies
• Goat Vaccination Programs
• VAS USA
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Bedding Considerations – Comfort to Economics
By Jaclyn Krymowski. Stall design and facility setup are some key factors in selecting the right bedding. Finding something that optimizes comfort and finances is crucial to ensure you are not only making your cows comfortable, but also getting a return on the investment. All About Comfort Cow comfort and farmer practicality should be in […]
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Lameness, Its Costing You
By Emily Fread, Dairy Extension Educator. Lameness can have negative implications beyond cow comfort. Lameness contributes to reduced milk production, reduced reproduction and increased costs related to treatment and prevention. Lameness is one of the top three diseases that affect dairy herds, along with mastitis and infertility (Robcis et al., 2023). Lameness is a costly […]
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Navigating Milk Composition & Quality in Dairy Goats
By Dr. Gail Carpenter, State Dairy Extension Specialist, Iowa State University. Dairy goat producers understand the delicate balance required to maintain optimal milk quality in their herds. Achieving the right fat and protein content levels is essential for product quality and reflects the goats’ overall health and performance. As producers aspire to produce high-quality milk, […]
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I-29 Moo University webinar to review research on heat stress in dairy calves on Feb. 21
Article courtesy of I-29 Moo University. The I-29 Moo University 2024 Dairy Webinar Series continues Wednesday, Feb. 21 from 12 noon to 1 p.m. CDT. The webinar will feature a review of research on heat stress in dairy calves with Dr. Jimena Laporta from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Dr. Laporta is originally from Uruguay, where […]
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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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