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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Calving Pens: Be Safe, Secure & Efficient when Calving

Calving Pens: Helping the Calving Process Be Safe, Secure & Efficient Calving pens have changed significantly in recent years – evolving from the traditional manual headgate attached to two posts with adjacent panels. Today, calving pen designs are focused on the safety and well-being of the rancher, cow and calf. From semi-circular designs to portable […]

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Overgrazing Pastures Management

Avoid Overgrazing and Remember to Rest Your Pastures

Avoid Overgrazing and Remember to Rest Your Pastures While the industry has changed in many ways, there is no shortage of dairies both organic and conventional who rely on old fashioned pasture in one capacity or another. As feed is one of the most expensive parts of the operation pasture and rangeland plays an important […]

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Dairy Opportunities and Upcoming Events

Exciting Dairy Opportunities and Upcoming Events Await!

Herd in the Barn Greetings from the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Dairy Team! This monthly e-newsletter update is to inform you of the most current educational events, research, and tools available; enhancing dairy profits and quality of life. Feel free to share with employees, fellow dairy farmers, and industry supporters. Please contact us with any […]

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BioZyme® Feed Facility of the Year

BioZyme® Earns AFIA Feed Facility of the Year

BioZyme®’s Stockyards location has earned the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) and Feedstuffs 2024 Feed Facility of the Year honor. This prestigious award is presented annually to a feed facility demonstrating an outstanding commitment to quality, safety, productivity, regulatory compliance, employee development and customer relations. Additionally, BioZyme received the highest productivity and efficiency score. “I […]

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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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