If you have not had problems with Mycoplasma, chances are good that you will. There are many questions about Mycoplasma and this will help answer some of those questions. Mycoplasma bovine mastitis is a highly contagious disease that results in milk loss and culling...
A recent article in The Hoard’s Dairyman, states that newborn calves require full nutrients if they are going to reach their full potential as mature cows. From birth, calves have a maintenance requirement. Once this requirement is met, growth can take place. This...
You won’t believe what the latest thing is in working out, CHOCOLATE MILK. I always thought that chocolate milk was a drink that I needed to stay away from. But after much research, it appears that reduced-fat, chocolate milk is more nutritious than Gator Aid and...
DO YOU SPEAK THEIR LANGUAGE? Milk quality in today’s world market is of utmost importance. When a milking crew is applying and practicing the “how’s” of maintaining high milk quality in a barn, it is very important for them to know the “why’s”...
Did you know that cows that produce a daughter rather than a son produce more milk? It’s true! Researchers from Kansas State and Harvard investigated sex-biased milk production using lactation records from 1995 to 1999. Data from this time period were chosen to...
