Category: Transition/ Dry Cow

Seventy-five percent of dairy cow health disorders such as displaced abomasum (DA), metritis, and retained placenta (RP) happen in the first 30 days of lactation. The onset of lactation puts […]

The importance of dry cow nutrition is recognized for multiple reasons. We expect this cow to do many things in a short period of time.  She needs to deliver a healthy calf, produce quality colostrum, and release and […]

The last two or three months have certainly brought extreme challenges and difficulties to our personal and business lives like we have never seen before. The need to produce and […]

You need to get your cows off and running at optimum speed early in lactation for the best return of investment and high profits. The transition period (21 days before […]

It is calving season! A lot of calves have already hit the ground. Although we focus on making sure the calf receives a clean and adequate amount of colostrum, cows […]

Returning fresh cows to positive energy balance as fast as you can after calving is the end goal of any transition program.  We do this by feeding a well-balanced, consistent […]

In today’s dairy farming operations we are all affected by the global milk markets.  As nutrition suppliers we are always asked to “get more milk” or “do it cheaper with […]