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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Veterinary Students Nationial DHIA Scholarships

Veterinary students: Apply for National DHIA scholarships

Veterinary students: Apply for National DHIA scholarships FITCHBURG, Wis. (September 09 2024) – For the 10th consecutive year, National Dairy Herd Information Association (DHIA) is seeking scholarship applications from third- and fourth-year college of veterinary medicine students. Applicants must be enrolled at a college that is accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association Council on Education. Successful applicants […]

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Colostrum Management for the Dairy Goat Kid

Colostrum Management for the Dairy Goat Kid Feeding kids the correct amount of high-quality colostrum immediately after birth is one of the most important management practices in kid management. Colostrum is so important that sometimes it is called “liquid gold”. The Importance of Colostrum All mammals produce colostrum. It is the thick, yellowish, first milk […]

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Plan for Winter Forage Needs

Plan for Winter Forage Needs This has been an interesting growing year, to say the least. • There are large areas of winterkill throughout the Midwest. • Hay prices have remained high, in spite of low milk prices. • The amount and quality of hay this year has been variable; and • Corn silage tonnage […]

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Feeding Technology in Today’s TMRs and Bale Processors

Improved Feeding Technology in Today’s TMRs and Bale Processors Total mixed ration (TMR) mixers and bale processors are core components of today’s dairy farm operations. TMR mixers provide exact variations of feed for livestock rumen health, while improving feeding efficiencies and ensuring animals are getting the nutrients they need in ration levels that are appropriate. […]

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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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