Archive of Articles
Dairy Focus is a monthly publication of the Capital Region Dairy Team.
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- Feed Prices Soar, As a Great Nutritional Tool is Born
- By feeding cows less total protein along with a controlled release, non-protein nitrogen (NPN) product we can increase the iffeciency of the rumen function.
- Coccidiosis: The Stealth Bomber to Dairy Operations
- Milking Procedures
- Where to Start When Diagnosing Mastitis Problems
- Evaluate Your 'Hygiene' Risk for Environmental Mastitis
- Mastitis Risk Assessment and the PA Dairy Tool
- Make Sure Milkers Know the 3 P's
- Why "Haylage in a Day" is Good for You and Your Cows
- Help Reduce the Spread of West Nile Virus
- More Forage Resources Available Online
- When Dairy Cows Leave Too Soon
- Understanding Your Herd's Culling
- Using Income Over Feed Costs to Monitor Cash Flow
- Income Over Feed Costs (IOFC) is a useful measure to establish the input-output relationship on the dairy farm.
- Are Your Cows Meeting Their Contribution Potential for Your Bulk Tank?
- Using Contribution Potential allows us to identify a group of cows that may be underperforming for two distinct reasons, either low milk yield or low cow numbers.
- Animal Welfare- What's on the Horizon?
- The food industry has an expectation that animal commodity groups will develop on-farm auditing procedures using a set of approved guidelines as the base.
- Dry Off Dilemma
- However, the dry period that maximizes production across two lactations might not be optimal if it results in higher rates of culling at the end of the second lactation. Therefore, this research also addressed the important question of impact of days dry on lifetime production.
- Troubleshooting Heat Detection Problems on Your Dairy
- When should you watch for heats? It is ideal to watch for heats during the early morning or late evening hours.
- Rate of Stillbirths and the Effect on Dam Survival and Reproductive Performance
- These data document the severe impact stillbirths have on dairy profitability. Not only is there a loss of the calf but the effects on dam survival and reproductive performance are significant.
- Healthy Cows, Happy Neighbors, Healthy Community
- With less than 2 percent of our nation involved in production agriculture, most Americans do not have a sound understanding of how farmers live, work and care for their animals and land. Kids grow up in communities large and small with no connection to where their food comes from.
- National Dairy Animal Well-Being Strengthening Consumer Trust
- The goal of the coalition is to show U.S. and international consumers of U.S. dairy products that the milk for those products is produced by animals receiving the utmost animal care and well-being.
