October Dairy Digest Now Online
Posted: Jan 01, 2009
In this issue: If ever there was a time to develop a strategic plan, it is now; How many cows does it take to make biogas?; Get shrink under control to cut feed costs; Managing calf health through nutrition; Good news/bad news for dairy farmers; 2010 Manure Expo to be held at Penn State; Dairy Alliance fall programs; Dairy Digest Online: Facebook Group, Listserv Group, RSS
In this issue:
- If ever there was a time to develop a strategic plan, it is now
- As an old saying goes, “without some sense of direction, you can wind up anywhere.”
- How many cows does it take to make biogas?
- It doesn’t take a lot of cows to make biogas from manure. The real question is how does the capital and management cost of a digester fit into your farm business and management situation?
- Get shrink under control to cut feed costs
- Shrink is defined by Kansas State Extension Specialist Michael Brouk as the amount of feed delivered or grown on a farm that is never consumed. Brouk estimated that shrink may account for 5 to 30 percent of feed purchased.
- Managing calf health through nutrition
- Nutrition has many effects on the health of the calf and improvements must be considered to reduce the high incidence of morbidity and mortality as found on dairy farms around the world.
- Good news/bad news for dairy farmers
- There’s some good news and some bad news concerning PPL’s deregulation of electricity generation.
- 2010 Manure Expo to be held at Penn State
- The expo's theme is "balancing production and conservation," and considers how manure handlers must navigate federal, state and local regulations, public perception and economic pressures, trying to make the most of an important natural resource while under intense public scrutiny.
- Dairy Alliance fall programs
- Many training opportunities available October through December 2009.
- Dairy Digest Online: Facebook Group, Listserv Group, RSS
- Join the Dairy Digest online community!
