Dairy Digest, February 2006
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In this Issue: Secrets of Dairies with Consistently Low Somatic Cell Counts; Bedded Pack Barns for Dairy Cattle; Scoring Points on the Dairy Farm Leads to Success; Cost and Other Risks Associated with Natural Service Sires
- Secrets of Dairies with Consistently Low Somatic Cell Counts
- Fewer infections and better animal comfort make us better stewards of the animals under our care.
- Bedded Pack Barns for Dairy Cattle
- The basic bedded pack can be a quick and simple way to house a variety of dairy cattle including young heifers, dry cows, milking cows and special needs cows.
- Scoring Points on the Dairy Farm Leads to Success
- With dairy farming, the producer doesn't get to the point of having a productive and profitable herd without a lot of planning, a lot of paying attention to detail, and without all members of the farm team working together.
- Cost and Other Risks Associated with Natural Service Sires
- Based upon a survey of Pennsylvania dairy producers, the major reasons listed by those who do not use artificial insemination for their heifers are the perception of lowered conception rates with artificial insemination (AI), difficulty or time involved with estrous detection, location of heifers was inconvenient for reproductive management and lack of restraint facilities.
