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 […]

Read more
previous arrow
next arrow

Check Out Our Current Issue!

Avian Influenza Dairy Prevention

Avian Influenza and Dairies: Prevention, What you Need to Know

Avian Influenza and Dairies: Risk, Prevention and What You Need to Know Outbreaks of bird flu or highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) on dairy farms have been in the public press and dairy press in recent months. This worries not only consumers, but dairy producers trying to maintain a healthy, productive herd as well. Birds […]

READ MORE

Quality Forage Management

Quality Forage Management Producing high-quality forage is an essential part of running a successful livestock operation. Sure, anyone can grow hay or let animals graze on pasture, but hitting the mark with forage that truly meets your herd’s nutritional needs, takes some know-how, a good plan, and plenty of effort. Let’s dig into what it […]

READ MORE

Calf Diarrhea (Scours) in Dairy Calves – Prevention and Treatment

Calf Diarrhea (Scours) in Dairy Calves – Prevention and Treatment Many pathogens can cause scours in young calves.  Intestinal infection and diarrhea can be due to certain kinds of bacteria, viruses or protozoa.  Whether calves get sick is often related to multiple factors including exposure (contact with pathogens), level of immunity, and stress (such as […]

READ MORE

Criteria to Select Goat Breeding Stock

Criteria to Select Goat Breeding Stock Animal selection involves standards or criteria used to identify desired breed traits that parent animals can pass to their offspring. The goal of animal selection is to identify does and bucks that will improve herd hardiness and productivity. During the selection process goat producers must focus on reproductive, growth, […]

READ MORE

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.

READ FULL STORY

Twin Rivers Media

Publisher of American Cattlemen and American Dairymen magazines. Founded over 30 years ago, Twin Rivers Media serves the information and marketing needs of America’s beef and dairy producers.

In addition to our industry leading print magazines, Twin Rivers Media is a comprehensive multi-media communications company reaching producers and suppliers across all media channels.