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    Can we feed to prevent mastitis?

    calendar icon 16 July 2025
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    Grazing management for organic, grass-fed or conventional dairies

    Herd Management Feed and Nutrition Grass Management
    calendar icon 14 May 2025
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    Effective management of pastures leads to greater success

    How Long Should the Dry Period Be?

    Herd Management Production Stages Dry Cow Management
    calendar icon 6 May 2025
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    Historically, many farmers have aimed to have a 60-day dry period. New research has shown that it may be feasible to shorten this time period.

    TB vaccine may enable elimination of the disease in cattle by reducing its spread

    Health & Disease Treatments and Prevention Biosecurity
    calendar icon 12 September 2024
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    Vaccination not only reduces the severity of TB in infected cattle, but reduces its spread in dairy herds by 89%, research finds.

    The hidden danger of silo gases

    Herd Management Forage Management People
    calendar icon 14 February 2024
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    Learn how to stay safe around silos and silo gas

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    Are you hiring the right people at your dairy?

    Herd Management People Equipment and Innovation
    calendar icon 13 June 2023
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    Job descriptions provide the foundation for building strong human resource management practices into the day-to-day management of a dairy farm business.

    On-Farm Mortality Composting: Management Principles and Information Resources

    Herd Management Waste Management Markets
    calendar icon 5 June 2023
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    Farms should consider contingency planning for mortality disposal. Legal mortality disposal methods for Pennsylvania include rendering, burial, incineration, and composting.

    Dairy sense: Keeping the dairy right sized

    Herd Management Grass Management Environmental Management
    calendar icon 31 May 2023
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    Does your land base match the number of cows and heifers in the herd?

    Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA) in Animal Production and Human Health

    Herd Management Feed and Nutrition Processing
    calendar icon 29 May 2023
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    Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) occurs naturally in ruminant milk fat and meat, but diet changes can affect the amounts.

    Can silvopasture work on your farm?

    Herd Management Feed and Nutrition Grass Management
    calendar icon 24 May 2023
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    Learn how to integrate silvopasture into livestock operation

    Understanding dairy-beef production

    Herd Management Feed and Nutrition Markets
    calendar icon 22 May 2023
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    Production of high-quality dairy-beef is relatively new to the beef industry and depends almost entirely on Holstein bull calves.

    Considering cattle could help eliminate malaria in India

    Genetics and Reproduction Genomics Health & Disease
    calendar icon 9 March 2023
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    The researchers found that, in an area of India that has a high burden of malaria, most of the mosquitoes that are known to transmit malaria rest in cattle sheds and feed on both cows and humans.
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