Resources: Dairy

What are some strategies we can utilize/reinforce to assist our dairy customers with feed prices?   1.  Raise high-quality forages. The top strategy for minimizing purchased feed costs every year is to optimize the yield and quality of forages. High-quality ...

The incidence of milk fever (clinical hypocalcemia) has dropped significantly on dairy farms over the last two decades. However, in many herds subclinical hypocalcemia continues unnoticed and may affect as many as 60% of all cows and 80% of third ...

The purpose of this article is to reinforce the safety of the use of spray-dried bovine plasma in Kent milk replacers. The recent incidence of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PED) led to some concerns that the use of porcine blood or ...

Lameness is one of the most important health problems on today’s dairy farm. It results in lost milk, loss of body condition, depressed fertility, premature culling, and significant treatment costs. It is a difficult problem to manage and represents a ...

Don’t let heat stress sneak up on your calf program During the heat-stress season, it is important to remember that young animals also suffer from the heat. Dairy calves grow best when temperatures are between 55-77°F. When temperatures go above ...

Today, as we develop dairy diets we have a choice of using computer software that balances against National Research Council (NRC) standards or one that makes use of a dynamic rumen model. NRC standards have been developed over time based ...