Yearly Archives: 2013
Even for cows, less can be more
With little research on how nutrition affects reproductive performance in dairy cows, it is generally believed that a cow needs a higher energy intake before calving. Research by University of Illinois scientists challenges this accepted wisdom.
CSX presents industrial development award to Northwest Ohio official
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Corporation recently presented its Industrial Development Partnershipping Award to Jerry Hayes, executive director of the Defiance County, Ohio, Economic Development...
New pesticide labels will better protect bees and other pollinators
In an effort to protect pollinators, the U.S. Environmental Protection agency has developed new pesticide labels that prohibit use of some neonicotinoid pesticide products where bees are present.
Food Dialogues spectators as feisty a rivalry as OSU-Michigan (maybe)
Food is now prime-time. That's right, food fanatics around the country have turned food into fodder for water cooler, as well as kitchen table, conversations.
Webinar to focus on milk quality
Dr. Michaela Kristula, section chief of field services for the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, will review milk quality strategies for achieving a somatic cell count level of less than 150,000.
Timber sales require education, caution
If there’s one thing that most Farm and Dairy readers have learned in the past couple of years, it’s that when you deal with...
Back in time, back to school
“She is four years and 364 days old and she is spinning away from me like a leaf on the breeze.”
I wrote that nine...
More than meals served at the last supper
The weekly newspaper from my hometown bring news that the small, rural Catholic church near the big southern Illinois dairy farm of my youth...
How many engines is enough at a show?
This topic has come to mind in discussions at our show and perhaps several others. More is usually better, but there are other considerations...
Harvesting stockpiled fescue and improving forages and soil health
Stockpiled fescue is forage allowed to grow and accumulate for future use, often during a forage deficit. It is common practice to harvest and...
