Archive of PDFs

Dairy Focus Newsletter October 2009 (pdf)

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(pdf)

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 (pdf)

In this issue: Time to Regroup; Sound Nutrition to Maintain Profitability; Improving Forage Quality; Penn State Cooperative Extension Makes Changes

Dairy Focus Newsletter April 2009 (pdf)

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 (pdf)

In this issue: Feeding Management Tactics and Strategies During Volatile Times; Improving Dairy Production While Cutting Feed Costs; Managing Tight Profits; Finding Money by Improving Milk Quality;

Dairy Focus Newsletter December 2008 (pdf)

In this issue: Dairy Outlook; Characteristics of Profitable Dairy Farms; Choosing a Farm Recordkeeping System; Income over Feed Costs; Dealing with Price Volatility; Calendar of Events

Dairy Focus Newsletter September 2008 (pdf)

In this issue: Keys to Silage Harvest Success; Crops to Keep the Soil Covered; Making Quality Baleage; Bunker Silo Density & Management; Forage Evaluation Tools; Organic Matter

Dairy Focus Newsletter June 2008 (pdf)

In this issue: Animal Welfare; Improving Cow Comfort; Healthy cows, Happy Neighbors, National Dairy Animal Well-Being

Dairy Focus Newsletter March 2008 (pdf)

Penn State Cooperative Extension Capital Region Dairy Team Newsletter

Dairy Focus Newsletter February 2008 (pdf)

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 (pdf)

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 (pdf)

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 (pdf)

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 (pdf)

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 (pdf)

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 (pdf)

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 (pdf)

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 July 2006 (pdf)

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 (pdf)

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 February 2006 (pdf)

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