Real Face of Dairy Employee Care Pillar featured on US Farm Report
Thank you to the thousands of dairy farmers who have uploaded photos to #realfacesofdairy. Have a happy and safe Independence Day.
Bridging the Gap Between Farmers and Consumers
U.S. Farm Report featured Jessica Ziehm, co-owner of Tiashoke Farm in Buskirk, NY, talking about how we as producers need to share our message with consumers of how we care for our animals. She is one of the Real Faces of Dairy and so are YOU! Join us in taking the Real Faces of Dairy Pledge to share your story with your community via realfacesofdairy.com! Sponsored by Balchem.
5 Easy Ways to Connect with your Community
Knock on your neighbor’s door and introduce yourself—the old-fashioned way.
Goldilocks Meets Choline – Charlie Staples, PhD
Dr. Charlie Staples, from the University of Florida, presents “Goldilocks Meets Choline.” This unique research, presented during the 2016 ADSA Joint Annual Meeting, determines whether supplementation with rumen-protected choline influences performance on multiparous cows.
Breeding for Milk Protein – Chuck Sattler
Chuck Sattler from Select Sires shared innovative genetic evaluation indexes during the Cornell Nutrition Conference and how milk protein has played a large role in sire selection approaches in recent years.
Feeding and Managing for Maximum Milk Protein Production – Tom Overton, PhD.
Dr. Tom Overton from Cornell University shared research at the Cornell Nutrition Conference on different diets and management practices for maximizing milk protein production.
CSI Style Video – How Milk Protein Is Made
As one of the first limiting amino acids, methionine is key to all protein production within the cow, including milk protein. Supplemental methionine is essential to meeting the cow’s requirement and helping support maximum milk protein production and your bottom line.
Feeding to Maximize Milk Protein – Mike Hutjens, PhD.
Dr. Mike Hutjens from the University of Illinois recently spoke during the 2015 Four State Dairy Nutrition Conference on how to properly feed to maximize milk protein, and shared research that has been done on subject in the last few years.
Using the KetoMonitor To Access Cow & Milk Data – Heather White, PhD.
New research presented at Four State Dairy Nutrition Conference by Dr. Heather White from the University of Wisconsin-Madison explains the use of a KetoMonitor to access cow and milk data to manage herd-level ketosis prevalence.
Understanding the Role of Hepatic Methyl Metabolism – Heather White, PhD.
During the 2015 Four State Dairy Nutrition Conference Dr. Heather White from the University of Wisconsin-Madison shared new research to her presentation on Understanding the Role of Hepatic Methyl Metabolism in the Transition Cow.