Archive of PDFs
Dairy Focus is a monthly publication of the Capital Region Dairy Team.
To subscribe to receive this newsletter electronically, e-mail dairyfocus@psu.edu.
- Dairy Focus Newsletter March 2008
- In this issue: Using Income Over Feed Costs; Contribution Potential; Feed Prices Soar; Urea Recycling; New Dairy Team Member. Regular Features: Milk Watch, Quotable Quotes, Upcoming Events Calendar
- Dairy Focus Newsletter February 2008
- In this issue: Dry Off Dilemma; Troubleshooting Heat Detection; Marginal Value of Improved Pregnancy Rate; Rates of Stillbirths and Effect of Dam Survival. Regular Features: Milk Watch, Quotable Quotes, Upcoming Events Calendar
- Dairy Focus Newsletter December 2007
- In this issue: How Does Cost Efficiency Affect Farm Profitability?; Locking in Profit; New Dairy Insurance Comint to PA; Upcoming Events; Making Informed Decisions in Choosing Farm Management Software. Regular Features: Quotable Quotes; Milk Watch
- Dairy Focus Newsletter November 2007
- In this issue: Calf Housing as Medicine?; Coccidosis; Milk Replacer Alternatives; Calf Health - Birth to Weaning. Regular Features: Quotable Quotes; Getting to Know Your Dairy Team; Milk Watch
- Dairy Focus Newsletter August 2007
- In this issue: When Not to Sell Your Development Rights; Farm Families Communicating or Not; Farmland Preservation - To Save Our Industry; Demonstrating Your Understanding of the Five Cs. Regular Features: Quotable Quotes; Upcoming Events Calendar; Milk Market Watch; Getting to Know the Dairy Team
- Dairy Focus Newsletter June 2007
- In this issue: Milking Procedures; Where to Start When Diagnosing Mastitis; Evaluate Your 'Hygiene' Risk for Environmental Mastitis; Mastitis Risk Assessment and PA Dairy Tool; Milk Quality. Regular Features: Quotable Quotes; Milk Market Watch; Getting to Know the Dairy Team
- Dairy Focus Newsletter April 2007
- In this issue: Why "Haylage in a Day" is Good; Impact of Feed and Milk Prices; Reduce West Nile Virus; Where Have the Profits Gone. Regular Feature: Milk Watch.
- Dairy Focus Newsletter February 2007
- In this issue: When Dairy Cows Leave Too Soon; Understanding Your Herd's Culling; Color a Biosecurity Program; Check out the Dairy Team's New Web Site; Worms, Worms, Worms. Regular Features: Milk Market Watch; Quotable Quotes; Upcoming Events
- Dairy Focus Newsletter December 2006
- In this issue: Making Financial Decisions During Times of Lower Milk Prices; Borrowing Money for Your Farm Business; How Does Your Workforce Measure Up?; Securing Milk Bonuses Means Money in Your Pocket. Regular Features: Milk Market Watch; Quotable Quotes; Getting to Know Your Dairy Team; Upcoming Events
- Dairy Focus Newsletter September 2006
- In this issue: Controlling Ammonia Emissions; What is Your Corn Silage Starch Content?; Carbohydrates - Keeping Diets Simple; Farm Silage Truck Safety; Treatment Systems to Improve Water Quality. Regular Features: Milk Market Watch; Quotable Quotes; Getting to Know Your Dairy Team
- Dairy Focus Newsletter July 2006
- In this issue: Minimize the Effect of the Dog Days of Summer; Seeing 'Heat'; 5 Key Indicators for Tracking Reproductive Performance; Checking for Heats - What Have We Forgotten?; The Dilution Factor. Regular Features: Milk Market Watch; Quotable Quotes; Getting to Know Your Dairy Team
- Dairy Focus Newsletter May 2006
- In this issue: Heat Stress - The Silent Profit Reducer; Tunnel Ventilation for Freestall Shelters; Sprinkler Systems Keep Cows Cool; Forced Convection Reduces Heat Stress; Controlling Flies on Grazing Animals; Heat Stress by Numbers. Regular Features: Quotable Quotes; Milk Market Watch
- Dairy Focus Newsletter April 2006
- In this issue: Shorter Dry Periods - Are They Worth It?; A Few Rules About Dry Cows on Bedded Packs; A Smaller Tim Can Lead to a Bigger Return; Dealing With Dry Cow Nutrition; Pre-Fresh, Maternity, and Post-Fresh Space. Regular Features: Getting to Know Your Dairy Team; Quotable Quotes; Milk Market Watch
- Dairy Focus Newsletter February 2006
- In this issue: Creating a Good Environment for Weaned Heifers; Nutrition Options; Five Things to Expect from a Contract Heifer Grower; Economics of Calf Rearing; Contract Heifer Raising Considerations; Upcoming Events. Regular Features: Milk Market Watch; Getting to Know Your Dairy Team; Quotable Quotes
- Dairy Focus Newsletter December 2005
- In this issue: Does Profit Relate to Size?; Motorized Feed Cart Safety Tips; Dairy Herd Summary 2004; Labor Management; Value of Forage Quality to Herd Profitability; Join Us at The Keystone Farm Show. Regular Features: Milk Market Watch; Getting to Know the Dairy Team - Dave Swartz; Quotable Quotes
- Dairy Focus Newsletter November 2005
- In this issue: Which Vaccines Should I Use, and When?; Cattle Sorting and Restraint for Short-term Care; Johne's - Then, Now, and Sometime Later; Emerging or Reemerging Diseases; Survey of Antibiotic Usage in Dairy Herds in Pennsylvania; Animal and Premise Identification. Regular Features: Milk Market Watch; Getting to Know the Dairy Team - Dan McFarland; Quotable Quotes
- Dairy Focus Newsletter August 2005
- In this issue: Corn Silage Harvest - "An Agronomist's Perspective"; Storage Considerations and Nutrition Levels; Sampling and Analyzing Forages at Harvest; Feeding High Corn Silage Diets to Dairy Cattle; Choosing Grain and Commodity Storage Facilities; Valuing Commodities; Remember Harvest Safety; Ensiling Process. Regular Features: Milk Market Watch; Quotable Quotes
- Dairy Focus Newsletter June 2005
- In this issue: Increased Profitability Through Genetics; Welcome Back to Dairy / Environmental Educator; Genetically Improve Dairy Cattle Health?; A.I. Versis Natural Service - Still No Contest; Productive Life - Good Info, Handle With Care; Is it Time for Pennsylvania Dairy Producers to Crossbreed?; Air Quality Consent Agreement Summary; Should You Sign the AQCA. Regular Features: Milk Market Watch, Quotable Quotes
- Dairy Focus Newsletter April 2005
- In this issue: Earning Top Milk Quality Premiums Consistently; Do Freestalls Affect Milk Quality?; Bulk Tank Cultures - An Essential Tool for Your Dairy; Fundamentals of Milking; Greg Strait and Fulton County Now in Capital Region; Manage Dairy's Most Important Real Estate; Ten Ways to Increase Your Bulk Tank SCC! Regular Features: Milk Market Watch; Quotable Quotes; Management Tip; Mark Your Calendars
- Dairy Focus Newsletter February 2005
- In this issue: Nutrient Plans Must Address Phosphorous; Risk of Air Quality Regulations Affecting Southeastern Pennsylvania; Cows Should Not be in Streams; Reducing Excess Nutrients to Improve Farm Profitability and Water Quality; Odor - What's New?; Nutrient Management - A Balancing Act. Regular Features: Milk Market Watch; Quotable Quotes; Management Tip; Mark Your Calendars
