Category: Dairy

What sets farms with great calf health apart from those that struggle to get calves started? Sanitation. It is a […]

Returning fresh cows to positive energy balance as fast as you can after calving is the end goal of any […]

Today, in most businesses across the world, we have tighter profit margins, and that includes America’s dairy farm.  This is […]

Even though hot summer days seem weeks away, now is the time to start protecting your herd against heat stress. […]

Dairies have been adopting new technologies for generations.  Our grandparents or great-grandparents may have been among the first in the […]

“What do you think of robotic milkers?” I get this question almost weekly from dairy producers.  I’ll give you my […]

Dairy producers understand the importance of feeding good quality forages.  Feed nutritionists are always looking for ways to use the […]

The best age to calve a first calf heifer is 24 months. Or is it? Every month I look at […]

Even under an intensive concentrate feeding system, forages are still an important component of dairy cow diets. After all, a […]

I thought about beginning this article with a statement like: “in today’s markets…” or “with the recent economic situation in […]

What does a bee, the flu, Bugs Bunny, and bacteria all have in common? Bugs! Although often enough, our first […]

A viral outbreak of diarrhea in dairy herds commonly known as winter dysentery affects a number of herds in the […]