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American Dairymen May 2025
This Issue Brings You:
- Fly Control In Dairy Operations
- Robotics Can Save Labor & Enhance Dairy Cow Management
- Optimizing Water Systems for Herd Health & Efficiency
- More Than a Tin Can: Forage Systems for Goats
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Avian Influenza and Dairies: Risk, Prevention and What You Need to Know
By Jaclyn Krymowski for American Dairymen Outbreaks of bird flu or highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) on dairy farms have been in the public press and dairy press in recent months.. This worries not only consumers, but dairy producers trying to maintain a healthy, productive herd as well. Birds have long been the bane of […]
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Quality Forage Management
By Jessica Graham Producing high-quality forage is an essential part of running a successful livestock operation. Sure, anyone can grow hay or let animals graze on pasture, but hitting the mark with forage that truly meets your herd’s nutritional needs, takes some know-how, a good plan, and plenty of effort. Let’s dig into what it […]
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Calf Diarrhea (Scours) in Dairy Calves – Prevention and Treatment
By Heather Smith Thomas Many pathogens can cause scours in young calves. Intestinal infection and diarrhea can be due to certain kinds of bacteria, viruses or protozoa. Whether calves get sick is often related to multiple factors including exposure (contact with pathogens), level of immunity, and stress (such as bad weather–not enough protection from cold […]
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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, and carcass characteristics. Common goat selection […]
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Featured Story
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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