Related Links - Dairy Cattle Management

Dairy Management Applications

• University of Florida Dairy Extension Tools
  A series of spreadsheets and tools from the University of Florida Dairy Extension program.
• North Carolina State University dairy heifers tools
  A series of spreadsheets for the dairy heifer rearing enterprise.
• The Texas A&M Agricultural & Food Policy Center
  Conducts analyses of the impacts of government policy proposals and/or implementation procedures on farmers, agribusiness's, taxpayers, and consumers. It has a section on dairy policy.
• University of Minnesota Dairy Extension
  Business tools and documentation for the dairy industry.
• Production Tools
  Production tools for veterinary medicine. Dr. Galligan’s spreadsheets and add-ins.
• Missouri Dairy Growth Council News
  Tools and documentation on the economic competitiveness of Missouri’s dairy heifer industry.
• Virginia Cooperative Extension Dairy Budgets
  A series of spreadsheets for performing dairy budgets to herds between 16,000 and 24,000 lbs and heifers birth to calving.
• University of Illinois FAST Tool
  A suite of spreadsheets design to assist those in agriculture make better decisions via user-friendly programs.
• University Park, Pennsylvania : IFSM Model
  The Integrated Farm System Model is a farm simulation model that predicts the long-term performance, environmental impact and economics of dairy, beef and crop farms over multiple years of weather.
  

Additional Sources of Information

• AgSource Cooperative Services - DHI
  AgSource is the largest full service DHI provider in the United States providing on-farm milk recording and sampling services, laboratory analysis, data processing and creation of management information.
• Journal of Dairy Science
  The Journal of Dairy Science is the top-ranked dairy research journal in the world. The Institute for Scientific Information's impact factor has ranked JDS one of the top three in the agriculture, dairy, and animal sciences category for six straight years.

University of Wisconsin Resources

• University of Wisconsin Electronic Library
• University of Wisconsin Extension Dairy Team News
  The UW-Extension Dairy Team News was established in 2007 as a way to provide quick access to new knowledge and information coming from Dairy Team members across the state of Wisconsin.
• University of Wisconsin Extension Dairy Cattle Reproduction
  The Dairy Cattle Reproduction UW-Extension site is designed to improve reproductive efficiency in dairy cattle through the development and evaluation of management practices and reproductive technologies.
• University of Wisconsin Extension Dairy Cattle Nutrition
  The Dairy Cattle Nutrition UW-Extension site is designed to provide research-based information for the public seeking resources on applied aspects of the nutrition of dairy cattle.
• University of Wisconsin Extension Milk Quality
  The mission of this website is to improve the quality of milk and enhance the profitability and competitiveness of the Wisconsin Dairy Industry in a global economy.
• University of Wisconsin Center for Dairy Profitability
  The University of Wisconsin Center for Dairy Profitability develops, coordinates, and conducts effective interdisciplinary educational and applied research programs emphasizing business management, human resource management, production systems, finance and marketing systems that enhance dairy profitability.
• University of Wisconsin Extension FARM Team
  The FARM Team consists of UW-Extension agents and specialists that provide research-based farm business management information and decision-making tools to farmers and agribusinesses.
• University of Wisconsin Dairy Marketing and Risk Management Program: Understanding Dairy Markets
  Source for market information and price risk management principles from the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics and the Center for Dairy Research under the direction of Prof. Brian W. Gould.
• University of Wisconsin Agricultural and Applied Economics, Rethinking Dairyland
  A series of leaflets focusing on aspects of the competitive environment facing Wisconsin dairy farmers and processors. Authors are faculty in several departments in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison.