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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Merck Animal Health Webinar

Media Alert – Merck Animal Health Webinar

NMC Webinar Dec. 4: How to Use Parlor Data to Improve Labor Efficiency National Mastitis Council webinar on Wednesday, Dec. 4. There is no cost to attend if you are not seeking CE credits. You’ll find more details below. Webinar Topic: Leveraging Milk Monitoring and Parlor Performance Information to Boost Employee Compliance Date: Wednesday, Dec. […]

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Choosing the Best Bedding for Dairy Cows

Choosing the Best Bedding for Dairy Cows: Pros, Cons, and SCC Impacts Regardless of the type of dairy operation, some form of bedding is always necessary.  However, how can you make the right choice with so many bedding options on the market?  The best bedding choice for your farm depends on various factors such as […]

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Colostrum Management in Dairies

Colostrum Management in Dairies Newborn calves need colostrum to help protect them from diseases they will face in the first weeks of life.   Unlike human babies that obtain some of their mother’s antibodies via her bloodstream and the placenta, ruminants like cattle, sheep and goats are born with a naïve immune system.  Because of […]

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Winter Workwear for Farmers

Winter Workwear Basics for the Dairy Farm

Keep yourself and your employees warm with winter workwear basics Winter weather brings with it a host of challenges to the dairy farm, for those with four legs as well as two. While it may not be as forefront to your thoughts as say, keeping equipment from freezing and de-icing areas with major hoof traffic, […]

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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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