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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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, […]

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Vytelle announces the following advancements for 2025:   Enhanced data access for Vytelle ADVANCE IVF customers to optimize program performance  Streamlined IVF scheduling with integrated online reservation and communication system  A redesigned, mobile-enabled interface for Vytelle SENSE   Continued improvements in genetic evaluations  Significant progress toward a scalable, cost-effective methane monitoring solution  LENEXA, Kansas — Vytelle, the […]

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Dairy’s Foundation Awards Grants to Strengthen Dairy Education and Outreach Efforts

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Establishing Productive Pastures

Establishing Productive Pastures

Establishing Productive Pastures Pasture is a key resource for most dairy operations across our country. We use it either directly for pasture or for hay and rely on the ground as a key component of our livelihood. For dairy producers, maintaining high-quality forage is essential for ensuring healthy herds, optimizing milk production, and reducing overall […]

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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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