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Reducing Antibiotic Use on Your Dairy
Courtesy of bi-vetmedica.com
Reducing antibiotic use is better for the cow, the producer and the consumer. To be more judicious with antibiotic use, start by adjusting treatment protocols for mastitis, an infection responsible for the greatest antibiotic use on… Continue reading
Idaho’s Bovine Bonus
Cattle have a positive economic impact on the Gem State.
According to the 2017 Census of Agriculture conducted by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Idaho had an inventory of more than 2.4 million head of cattle and calves in December… Continue reading
Hay, just how bad is it?
By : Ted Wiseman, and Dean Kreager Extension Educators in Perry and Licking County

Much of Ohio’s 2019 first cutting grass hay was beyond optimum maturity when it was harvested. Laboratory analysis indicates little if any first cutting has… Continue reading
MU specialist shares economics of switching from dairy to beef
Writer : Linda Geist, courtesy of extension2.missouriedu.edu
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Consolidation in the dairy industry has University of Missouri Extension helping dairy producers switch to beef.
MU Extension recently sponsored a session for producers at MU’s Southwest Research Center… Continue reading
Knowing hay quality affects supplementation strategy
By : Glenn Selk, Oklahoma State University Emeritus Extension Animal Scientist
Colostrum Helps Newborn Calves
By: Troy Walz, Nebraska Extension Educator
Colostrum, or first milk produced by the mother after birth, is high in nutrients and antibodies. A newborn calf lacks disease protection because antibodies do not pass across the cow’s placenta to the fetus’… Continue reading