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• February 2006 Dairy-Aire Report (8 Pages [one blank page], 179 KB)
  • New Methods of On-Farm Mastitis Detection and Culturing Tools 2/27/06 at Abel Dairy Farm
  • Milk Money Teams
  • Raising Quality Dairy Heifers Seminar -- February 22, 2006 (2 Pages 120 KB)
  • New Job Description Generator Makes Preparing Job Descriptions Easier!
  • Dry Propylene Glycol: An Energy source for Fresh Cow Subclinical Ketosis
  • Starch Availability in Corn
  • Many Do Not Feed Enough Milk Replacer in Cold Weather
  • Fresh Cow Summary
  • Stocking Denity in Freestall Barns -- When does it reduce production and health?
  • Calendar of Events
  • Compost Dairy Barn Newsletter

• October 2005 Dairy-Aire Report (8 Pages [one blank page], 120KB)
  • Wisconsin Livestock Identification Consortium (WLIC) Premises ID
  • Strategies Needed to Market "Cull Cows"
  • Addition to Custom Operators List
  • Feed Refusal Rate Affects Eating Behavior
  • Is Winter Rye Comping Back for an Early Forage Crop?
  • Headlocks vs. Post and Rail
  • Bacteria Contamination in Colostrum Harvesting and Storage
  • More Heads/Better Decisions -- Dairy Management Teams
  • Pest Management Update Meeting (2 Pages)
  • 2005 Dairy-Forage Day (2 Pages)
  • Calendar of Events for November, December, January

• August 2005 Dairy-Aire Report (5 Pages [one blank page], 170 KB )
  • Fly Control Problems
  • New On-Farm Test to Detect Subclinical Mastitis -- The Direct Cell Counter
  • Managing Wet Distiller Grains to Reduce Spoilage
  • What is the Incidence of Triplets and Having Two Females and a Male?
  • Arsenic Levels above EPA Safe Limits in Some Wells
  • Sugars in Dairy Cattle Rations
  • Internal Teat Sealant Decreases Mastitis in Dry Period
  • Calendar of Events for August, September, October, November

• April 2005 Dairy-Aire Report (7 Pages [one blank page], 148 KB)
  • Grants and Loans: WI Department of Agriculture and Dairy 2020
  • Intergenerational Communication on the Farm
  • Take Forage Inventory Now to Project Needs
  • Too Much "Dairy Character" (Adapted from Dairy Pipeline, Bennet Cassell)
  • Compost Barns -- Unusual Novelty or Real Alternative?
  • Pregnancy Checks at 33 Days Best?
  • New Research Challenges Opinion on Mammary Development
  • Reimbursement for Johne's Disease Testing Done in 2005
  • Calendar of Events for May, June, and July

• February 2005 Dairy-Aire Report (8 Pages [one blank page] 121 KB)
  • Controlling Johne's in Your Herd Program on 02/22/05
  • Freestall Design Recommendations
  • Crowd Gate Operation During the First Few Milkings
  • What Percent of the Cows Should be Lying Down for Good Cow Comfort?
  • Crossbreeding: Why the interest? What to expect?
  • Getting Youth Started in Farming/How to Transfer the Dairy Farm
  • Legal Issues for Farm Families (1 Page 66 KB)Program on 03/02/05
  • Calendar of Events for February, March, and April

• December 2004 Dair-Aire Report (6 Pages [one blank page] 99 KB )
  • Should I Put Rumensin in My Milking Cow Diets? Program on 12/21/2004
  • On-Farm Pasteurized Waste Milk Study
  • Managing Starling Conflicts at Dairies and Feedlots in Wisconsin
  • When are Teats Likely to Freeze?
  • Managing Hoof Care in the Winter
  • Going to Add 25 (or more) Cows to Your Herd in 2005?
  • Keys to High Milk Production (Bob Kaiser to present at Dairy-Forage Day 12/10/04)
  • Calendar of Events for December and January

• September 2004 Dairy-Aire Report (7 Pages 80 KB)
  • Manure Spreading
  • Immature Corn Silage
  • Is Robotic Milking a Viable Option? UWDA/Ag Research Service -- Penn State University
  • Fresh Start Protocol
  • Calendar of Events

• July 2004 Dairy-Aire Report (5 Pages 154 KB)
  • How to Cope with Low-Quality Forage on Your Dairy -- Keuning, Shaver, Gunderson
  • Develop a Plan to Minimize the Adverse Effect of Heat Stress on Reproduction
  • What are the Regulations for Firing Someone? How do I Properly Fire an Employee?-- Vera Bitsch, Michigan State Economist
  • Tail Painting: An Economical and Effective Heat Detection System
  • Hot Weather Waterer Ideas -- Dan McFarland, Ag Engineering Agent
  • Calendar of Events

• April 2004 Dairy-Aire Report (5 Pages, 36 KB)
  • Competitive Milking? Douglas Reineman, Biological Systems Engineering, UW-Madison)
  • Sanitation: A powerful Component of Disease Prevention
  • Isolation Transformers(Douglas Reinemann, Biological Systems Engineering, UW-Madison)
  • Using Bleach as a Germicide for Manual Washing of Feeding Equipment (Calving Ease 3/04)
  • Forward Contracting, Hedging, Negative PPDs and Depooling (Ed Jesse, Bob Cropp)
  • Calendar of Events

• February 2004 Dairy-Aire Report (5 Pages, 57 KB)
  • Nebraska Study Indicates Consumers Want COOL
  • Cows Aren't Milking as Much as They Should -- Why?
  • Want to Change Your Sex Ratio?
  • WI Livestock Identification Consortium (WLIC) Encourages Producers to Get their Premise I.D.
  • Why Time Management is Important
  • What You Should Know about BSE (Nolan Hartwig, DVM, Iowa State University)
  • Calendar of Events

• November 2003 Dairy-Aire Report(7 pages, 42 KB)
  • Gaining the Competitive Edge Dairy Seminar
  • What is the Role of Water in a Baby Calf's Diet?
  • Paper vs. Cloth Towels
  • How Important is Raw Milk Quality to Finished Products? (Adapted from John Kirk)
  • No Prep/Lag Time Reduces Milk Flow and Increases Machine on-time
  • Selenium Yeast Approved for Use in Dairy Cattle
  • Avoid the "Three Manure Meals" by Removing the Calf Immediately after Birth
  • How Much are Milkers Paid?
  • Lameness, Alters Behavior and Milk Production for Dairy Cows
  • Energy Use on Dairy Farms
  • Calendar of Events

• October 2003 Dairy-Aire Report (5 pages)
  • How Much Water Does Your Dairy Operation Use?
  • Bedded Packs for Dry and Lactating Cows
  • Farm Business Plan
  • What Do We Know About Stray Voltage?
  • Investigating Abortions
  • Taking Corn Silage Hybrid Selection to the Next Level
  • Inoculants for High Moisture Corn

• July 2003 Dairy-Aire Report (5 pages)
• Milk Futures
• Short Dry Periods
• How to Detect (and When to Treat) Uterine Infections
• High-Producing Herds/Cows Need More Heat Detection Time
• Dairy Facilities - Area Requirements per Cow
• Rumen-Protected Choline for Dairy Cows

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