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Dairy Judging 101: All five breeds (A6, BS6, G6, H10, J6) ...
It is time to update our recommendations for optimal ration particle size. Physically effective neutral detergent fiber (peNDF) was defined by Dave Mertens in 1997 as the portion of forage or feed ...
When used appropriately, antibiotics play a major role in restoring the health of cows, calves, and heifers on dairy farms. That’s the very reason that the National Dairy FARM Program has partnered to ...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is now a consumer buzzword that most of us have heard since the release of ChatGPT4. Now, Google, Facebook, and others are trying to catch up with OpenAI and believe it ...
Fifteen Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA) dairy farms were recently awarded National Dairy Quality Awards by the National Mastitis Council (NMC).
There are endless reasons to be behind the wheel on the farm — whether you’re using the four-wheeler to pick up rocks from the field, scraping manure with the skid loader, driving the combine during ...
Edwards and Krawczel are in the department of animal science at the University of Tennessee. Proudfoot is in the department of veterinary preventive medicine at The Ohio State University. Calving is ...
Reegan Domagala from Lewis County was crowned the 2019-2020 New York State Dairy Princess on February 19, at the Holiday Inn in Liverpool, New York. Having served as the Lewis County Dairy Princess ...
It doesn’t take long for a healthy calf to become a sick one. Early detection and treatment of disease can greatly improve the likelihood of success. During a hands-on workshop at the Professional ...
I started advocating as a means to share my farm with the world, or whoever would listen. I’m not sure when that changed, but suddenly, social media felt like a job instead of an outlet. Instead of ...
The checkoff was created by farmers, for farmers, to build sales and trust in dairy in the U.S. and around the world. The checkoff does this through research and promotion, and how we do it is through ...
While traveling to the airport early en route to a dairy industry meeting, I tuned into a Hoard’s Dairyman “Herd It Here” podcast episode covering feed conversion efficiency with Mary Beth de Ondarza.