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Kentucky leaders discuss future of dairy at annual meeting The Kentucky Dairy Partners Meeting was held March 2-3 in Cave City, Kentucky. About 230 people, 86 of which are dairy farmers, attended the meeting, which is a collaborative effort among the Kentucky Dairy Development Council, Kentucky ADA/SUDIA, Kentucky Department of Agriculture and University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service.
New York Farm Show celebrates 25 years Despite heavy snowfall in the Northeast last week, there was no stopping the New York Farm show from celebrating its 25th anniversary in grand style. The show, held in Syracuse, New York, February 25-27, featured over 425 commercial exhibits spread across multiple buildings at the New York State Fairgrounds.
Grassroots coalition leads meetings about dairy pricing The Dairy Policy Action Coalition (DPAC), initatied in Pennsylvania last fall, is taking a stand for milk pricing -- and everything that comes with it. On February 22, more than 200 dairy farmers came together to ask questions and voice their opinions concerning the current milk pricing system and the government’s role and action in the matter.
Lessons learned at Illinois Dairy Day Last year has been noted as one of the most economically challenging years in the last 30 years. In his last Dairy Day address before retiring as a University of Illinois Extension dairy specialist at the end of the year, Mike Hutjens reviewed lessons learned in 2009 and throughout his extension career. There was some good news for producers in the state. Illinois ended the year with the same number of cows as it had when it started.
Taking good care of the babies Your baby calves represent the future of your dairy herd. The future in terms of genetic potential, herd size, milk production and profitability. Getting lots of heifers into the milking herd as soon as possible increases your bottom line by both improving your herd’s average as well as reducing overall heifer-raising costs.
Reduce odor and pathogens in manure with electrical pulse technology With odor climbing near the top of things dairymen should regulate, the Patz Corporation developed a way to zap it from a dairy’s list of concerns. Its new OZy manure treatment system released in August uses electricity to treat manure prior to storage or land application. Manure with less than 8 percent solids is drawn from a storage vessel into the machine.
Disposable bags provide convenient, clean way to feed colostrum PDF Print E-mail

0410pd_lee_disposableColostrum has been proven to be one of the best resources a dairy producer can provide for their future herd. By feeding one gallon of high-quality colostrum within one hour of birth, a calf can receive the nutrients and immunoglobulins it needs to get off to a healthy start. Yet many times this precious fluid is exposed to a number of bacteria before it reaches the calf, and instead of boosting a calf’s immune system, the antibodies are immediately needed to fight off diseases introduced in the same feeding.

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Do you know the new calf and heifer-raising standards? PDF Print E-mail

0410pd_day_figure1Standards and benchmarks have been of interest to producers for many years. Whether financial, production-based, health-related or otherwise, our human nature is to always want to know “how we stack up,” especially with others in the same business. Last fall, the Dairy Calf and Heifer Association (DCHA) released its own set of benchmarks for calf and heifer nutrition after more than a year of comprehensive input, discussion, meetings and literature reviews by a cross-section of industry groups. DCHA is calling their benchmarks Gold Standards.

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Guidelines for applying liquid manure to cropland with subsurface (tile) drains PDF Print E-mail

0410pd_hoormanLiquid manure is a valuable source of nutrients and organic matter for crop production and may be applied by a variety of methods including irrigation, surface spreading and shallow subsurface injection. With a low nutrient concentration, liquid animal manure may be applied at relatively high volumes, but it is generally recommended that it not be applied at rates that exceed the soil infiltration rate, nor exceed the amount needed to bring the soil to field water-holding capacity. Liquid manure discharges from agricultural drains have been reported in soils with subsurface (tile) drainage due to macropore flow.

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Last year’s finances still straining the dairy industry PDF Print E-mail

0410pd_lee_financesThe economic situation in 2009 affected all producers, but some suffered more than others. Negative cash flows were experienced during most of the year and a severe constriction of ag credit limited a dairy’s ability to obtain extra cash.

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