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4 days ago3 min read
FROM THE FARM REPORT: FAT CHANCE: FUELING DAIRY CALVES WITH EXTRA ENERGY TO COMBAT THE DEEP FREEZE
As winter settles in, farmers face significant challenges in maintaining the health and growth of their young stock. The plummeting...
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4 days ago4 min read
FROM THE FARM REPORT: SELENIUM IN TRANSITION COWS: IMPACT ON REPRODUCTION & IMMUNITY
In mid-October I attended the 86th Cornell Nutrition Conference in East Syracuse, NY, an event renowned for its wealth of information and...
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4 days ago3 min read
FROM THE FARM REPORT: WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE FARM
The first few weeks into the New Year have been feeling more like winter with snow and temperatures in the single digits. The cows are...
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FROM THE FARM REPORT: BUILDING A WHOLE-FARM NUTRIENT MASS BALANCE
In last month’s issue I introduced the concept of the whole-farm nutrient mass balance (NMB) for dairy farms as a nutrient management tool
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4 days ago2 min read
FROM THE FARM REPORT: UNDERSTANDING MASTITIS IN DAIRY COWS & ITS IMPACT ON MILK PRODUCTION
Mastitis is one of the most prevalent and costly challenges in dairy farming, directly affecting milk production and herd health. This...
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5 days ago3 min read
FROM THE FARM REPORT: COULD A COMPUTER PROGRAM BE THE SILVER BULLET FOR SUSTAINABILITY?
When I engage in conversations about the sustainability of the dairy industry with people at the community arts studio I frequent, I walk a
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FROM THE FARM REPORT: LET'S MAKE THIS A BETTER YEAR
Happy new year! The new year is usually replete with an aspiration for a new beginning, and a renewed hope to continue life’s journey. A...
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FROM THE FARM REPORT: CARRYING ON WILLIAM MINER'S VISION OF SCIENCE IN THE SERVICE OF AGRICULTURE
During the early 1920s William Miner envisioned that his Heart’s Delight Farm would “become an agricultural and research college focused...
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Dec 19, 20243 min read
FROM THE FARM REPORT: GETTING BEYOND RELATIVE MATURITY
Ever since man started breeding different varieties of crops and comparing them there’s been an effort to describe the differences...
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Dec 19, 20244 min read
FROM THE FARM REPORT: HOW CAN WE HELP DRY THEM UP?
I was talking to a dairy farmer who had recently purchased boluses he was planning to use for aiding dry off. He asked me if I had any exper
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