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How appropriately managing hoof health begins with a consistent program and having discipline to stick with it.
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A recent analysis shows aggressive rebreeds (finding heats within 18 to 24 days after first service) result in more pregnant cows. Monitoring this metric can improve reproductive productivity.
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Why key design elements – such as layout, animal welfare features, handling systems and workflow planning – must be integrated to support both system performance and farm management when retrofitting a barn for automated milking.
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Why taking the time to correctly perform milking prep procedures will create a more efficient parlor.
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Stacy Rethman discusses how she returned to her family’s dairy, Rottinghaus Holstein Farm in Kansas. After teaching middle school science, she now helps manage their herd while educating consumers about dairy farming through outreach and social media.
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How listening intentionally, clarifying expectations, consistently leading by example and supporting supervisors are a few ways to realign the farm culture when it starts to drift.
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Why colostrum management benchmarks are shifting to improve calf health. Research demonstrates improved calf health when fed transition milk.
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Learn how competency-based employee compensation rewards learning and development and can improve retention and overall productivity and herd performance.
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When Sebastian Szymanski started working at SwissLane Farms in Alto, Michigan, at 16 years old, he began by sweeping floors in the shop. Seven years later, he had become the dairy’s full-time hoof trimmer.
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Modern dairies treat their cows like elite athletes – pushing them to challenge what’s physically possible. In doing so, producers need to ensure they are limiting stress inhibitors and utilizing supporting tools.
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Learn how comparing feed costs and milk production to their peers has opened the door for these Michigan producers to prioritize changes that directly influence profitability.
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Learn how fresh cow health records and heat activity during the voluntary waiting period (VWP) can help identify cows with different reproductive potentials to optimize the use of activity monitors and synchronization.
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Learn how Hoewisch Homestead Dairy LLC uses Your Farm – Your Footprint to understand and improve environmental footprint while remaining in control of their data.
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With the value of heifers skyrocketing, these once-forgotten assets are gaining newfound attention. A dairy cow’s short time as a heifer can impact her entire life, and small shifts in care and nutrition can make an impact on herd outcomes.
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Learn how garlic oil extracts, containing sulfur volatiles, act as repellents and disrupt larval development, reducing pest presence and improving cattle productivity.
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How petroleum market volatility has raised propylene glycol costs and availability, prompting dairy producers to reconsider fresh cow strategies and explore management improvements or alternative energy sources like calcium propionate.
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