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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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Strategies to Combat Calf Scours

Strategies to Combat Calf Scours

Strategies to Combat Calf Scours Calf scours is the single most significant health threat to a calf in its first month of life, and it represents a direct correlation to your on-farm profits. For this reason, getting calves off to a healthy start should be a high priority during the upcoming calving season. Scours pose […]

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Importance of Genetic Selection in Dairy

Importance of Genetic Selection in Dairy

Importance of Genetic Selection in Dairy Cattle Genetic selection and genomic testing in dairy cattle has greatly improved the milk production in cows, along with improved health, fertility, calving ease and other important traits.  Genomics involves collecting DNA samples from animals to identify desirable traits and predict the animals’ genetic potential, which can help producers […]

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A Review of AI Protocols

A Review of AI Protocols

A Review of AI Protocols, Synchronization and Best Practices Of all the innovations that have helped shape the landscape of dairy farming into what it is today, artificial insemination (AI) is arguably among the single most influential vehicles to accelerate genetic progress.   As one of the earliest animal industries to embrace this breeding mechanism, dairy […]

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Start Next Year’s Fly Control Today: The 30/30 Approach from Central Life Sciences

Start Next Year’s Fly Control Today

Start Next Year’s Fly Control Today: The 30/30 Approach from Central Life Sciences As the summer sun beats down across the country, flies may feel like a current concern—but the smartest producers know that successful fly control begins well before pests become visible. In fact, the groundwork for next year’s fly control starts today with […]

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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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