Category: Dairy cattle

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Automated Milk Feeding Systems for Dairy Calves

Dairy heifer suckling milk from a nipple attached to an automatic milk feeding system

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Automated milk feeding (AMF) systems have been used in Europe for many years, but the usage in the US has increased in recent years. These systems allow for increased social facilitation among calves, redirection of labor from feeding to management of calves, consistency of milk delivery, and consumption of additional milk in smaller meals. Experience with …

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Methane Mitigation Strategies for Dairy Herds


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The U.S. dairy industry has committed to lowering the carbon footprint of milk production by 25% by 2020. A key factor in meeting this goal is reducing enteric greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions which represent about 51% of the carbon footprint of a gallon of milk. Methane (CH4) is the primary GHG emitted by dairy cows. Total methane emissions represented 10.6% of the total U.S. GHG emissions in 2014. Enteric CH4 emissions were 22.5% of …

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Transition Cow Webinars Now Available on Youtube!

If you’re familiar with DAIReXNET, you may have already perused our extensive collection of recorded webinars. But did you know that we have been putting this collection on Youtube? Now you can easily watch webinars on your computer, phone, or even your TV! To get you started, here’s a small selection of our excellent educational presentations on transition cow issues.

 

Let’s start with nutrition and reproduction, and how the one affects the other. In this presentation, Milo Wiltbank discusses some …

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Mastitis From Start to Finish: Featured Videos

Mastitis is one of the more renowned health issues for dairy cattle. Affecting cattle health, production, and milk quality, mastitis can have a huge economic impact on a dairy. To learn more about mastitis, from how it starts, to diagnosis, prevention, and treatment, view this curated selection of past DAIReXNET webinars, now available on YouTube for your convenience. Don’t want to miss a video from DAIReXNET? Head over to our channel and subscribe!

 

Managing Somatic Cell Counts

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Dairy Reproduction Featured Videos

Reproductive success is vital to the profitability and sustainability of any dairy farm. Good management practices are an important component of running an effective reproduction program, and these five videos can help improve management and decision-making. From economic tools to troubleshooting, learn more with DAIReXNET.

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Dairy Reproduction: Identifying Problems and Solutions for Your Herd

Many dairies experience difficulty in their reproduction programs, and a wide range …

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Does TMR Sampling Provide Useful Nutrient Composition Data?

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Laboratory data from total mixed ration (TMR) samples have potential value when evaluating consistency and accuracy of the diet that was delivered to a pen of cows including:

  1. Assessing within bunk variation in nutrient delivery. When evaluating consistency of TMR mixing and delivery, samples are taken at various locations across the bunk, analyzed for nutrients or
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Evaluación de forrajes: Vadeando a través de un Mar de Números

In English: Forage Evaluation: Wading Through a Sea of Numbers

 

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Los informes de análisis forrajero de un laboratorio comercial de evaluación de alimentos muchas veces pueden incluir más de 70 potenciales análisis de laboratorio. Todos esos números tienen un valor en situaciones especificas, pero rara vez, casi nunca, uno querría o necesitaría los 70 resultados para una sola muestra. Alguno de los números son necesarios principalmente para formulación rutinaria de raciones (p. ej. concentraciones minerales), y alguna de las mediciones …

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Feeding Practices for Dairy Cows Milked with Robotic Milking Systems

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The goal of every dairy feeding program is to develop a low cost diet that meets the nutritional requirements of cows while optimizing milk production and cow health. In most conventional herds, this is accomplished by feeding a totally mixed ration (TMR) where all the ingredients are mixed together and delivered to the cow. …

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Dairy Robotic Milking Systems – What are the Economics?

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Over 35,000 robotic milking systems (RMS) units are operational on dairy farms around the world. The main reasons dairy producers install milking robots are to improve their lifestyle and to expand without hiring additional labor.

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What drives robot profitability?

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Evaluation of Dairy Manure as Fertilizer: Manure N and P Supplies for Crop Production

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The amount of fresh manure, excluding bedding and added water, produced from dairy operations in Ohio is approximately 51 million lb/day, making dairy farms the largest manure producers among livestock operations in Ohio. Dairy cows fed typical North American diets excrete manure that contains nutrients valuable for crops, including nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P…

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