Archive of Issues

Dairy Focus Newsletter, October 2009

In this issue: Allow Organic Bedding to Work with Good Management; Dealing with Chronic Mastitis; Some Smart Tips for Preventing and Controlling Mastitis; Lowering SCC with Records and Emerging Technology; Milk Market Watch; Quotable Quotes

Dairy Focus Newsletter, August 2009

In this issue: Dairy Outlook, Getting to Know the Dairy Team, Corn Silage Harvest for the Best Feeding Opportunities, Transition Cows: Preparing for Fall Challenge, Quotable Quotes, Milk Market Watch, Six Years of Corn Silage Density Evaluations in Southeastern Pennsylvania, Where has Summer Left Your Herd's Reproductive Performance.

Dairy Focus Newsletter, June 2009

In this Issue: Finding Money by Improving Milk Quality - Initial Summary of Non-Electric Farm Investigations with Preliminary Incubation Counts; Feeding Management Tactics and Strategies During Volatile Times; Improving Dairy Production While Cutting Feed Costs; Managing Tight Profits

Dairy Focus Newsletter, April 2009

In this Issue: Learning from a Low Price Year; Business Options for When You Can’t Pay the Bills; Dairy Animal Care: On the Farm and At the Market; Composting - Getting Started; Management Goals in a Low Milk Price Year

Dairy Focus Newsletter, February 2009

In this issue: Finding Money by Improving Milk Quality - Initial Summary of Non-Electric Farm Investigations with Preliminary Incubation Counts; Feeding Management Tactics and Strategies During Volatile Times; Improving Dairy Production While Cutting Feed Costs; Managing Tight Profits

Dairy Focus Newsletter, December 2008

In this issue: Dairy Outlook; Characteristics of Profitable Dairy Farms; Considerations When Choosing a Farm Recordkeeping System; Income Over Feed Costs: Finding the Profit on a Dairy Farm; Solutions for Dealing with Price Volatility

Dairy Focus Newsletter, September 2008

In this issue: Urea Recycling Saves Money and Helps the Environment; Keys to Silage Harvest Success; Crops to Keep the Soil Covered; Making Quality Baleage; Bunker Silo Density and Management for Improvement in South Central PA; Forage Evaluation Tools - Know Your Penn State Resources; Organic Matter, Soil Carbon Sequestration, No-till and Global Warming

Dairy Focus Newsletter, June 2008

In this issue: Animal Welfare- What's on the Horizon?; Improving Cow Comfort in Existing Dairy Facilities; Healthy Cows, Happy Neighbors, Healthy Community; National Dairy Animal Well-Being Strengthening Consumer Trust

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: Locking in a Profit; New Dairy Insurance Plan Coming to Pennsylvania; Making Informed Decisions in Choosing Farm Management Software; Milk Market Watch; Quotable Quotes

Dairy Focus Newsletter, November 2007

In this issue: Calf Housing as Medicine?; Coccidiosis: The Stealth Bomber to Dairy Operations; Milk Replacer Alternatives: Options and Costs; Calf Health - Birth to Weaning; Getting to Know the Dairy Team

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 C's to Your Lender; Milk Market Watch

Dairy Focus Newsletter, June 2007

In this Issue: Finding Money by Improving Milk Quality - Initial Summary of Non-Electric Farm Investigations with Preliminary Incubation Counts; Feeding Management Tactics and Strategies During Volatile Times; Improving Dairy Production While Cutting Feed Costs; Managing Tight Profits

Dairy Focus Newsletter, April 2007

In this issue: Why "Haylage in a Day" is Good for You and Your Cows; Feed Price and Milk Price Impacts on Farm Profitability; Where Have All the Profits Gone?; Help Reduce the Spread of West Nile Virus More Forage Resources Available On-line

Dairy Focus Newsletter, February 2007

In this issue: When Dairy Cows Leave Too Soon; Understanding Your Herd's Culling; Color a Biosecurity Program; Worms, Worms, Worms...Are They EATING Your Internal Profits?; Milk Market Watch

Dairy Focus Newsletter, December 2006

In this issue: Borrowing Money for Your Farm Business: What is My Lender Thinking?; How Does Your Workforce Measure Up?; Making Financial Decisions during Times of Lower Milk Prices; Securing Milk Quality Bonuses Means Money in Your Pocket; Upcoming Events