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Devoted to cow comfort, particularly fresh cows beginning a healthy lactation... providing a resource for dairies of all sizes, 'cause comfort matters!

Tools Designed to Bring Improved Management of Udder Health

By Doug Savage, Holstein International, October 2020 The costs incurred for treatment and from lost production due to mastitis have … More

mastitis, SCC, Somatic cell count, udder comfort, udder health, udder management

Managing dairies through tough times

While dairies re-evaluate costs and protocols, including dry cow programs, fresh cow health is always tops. “Even though we’re all … More

COVID-19 impact, dairy management, feeding management, milk base strategies

Well-managed bedded pack barns provide cow comfort and flow options

When it comes to bedded pack barns there’s a lot to love and some things to manage; and the rewards … More

compost bedded pack, cow comfort, pack barn

Northern cows experience ‘acclimation’ heat stress, angling fans downward helped

It’s March, and even in northern climates, those bouts of warm weather and rising humidity are just around the corner. … More

angle fans, cow comfort, heat stress

‘Listen with your eyes.’ Heifers benefit from good people and good systems

Managing an operation that raises 7500 heifers a year for nearly 20 years, means Lane Sollenberger has seen over 100,000 … More

Calf Health, Dairy heifers, Dream Farms

Magic number for ‘happy feet’ and other lameness prevention tips

“Keeping cows off their feet is probably the single most important thing you can do,” said Lowell Midla, VMD, MS … More

cow comfort, dairy, lameness prevention

Tackling lameness across all housing systems

“Lameness is a huge animal welfare problem — globally — across all dairy systems,” says Dr. Nigel Cook, University of … More

cow comfort, lameness, Nigel Cook

Dr. Reid: ‘Never quit improving’ as milk quality drives market access

“To be in dairy in the next 10 to 15 years, we’ve got to be better than we are now,” … More

cow comfort, milk quality, milkability

Cows and people priorities here

McCarty Family Farms first to achieve all four Validus Certifications By Sherry Bunting (Farmshine 2017) REXFORD, Kan. — A sunny … More

Dairy farm labor: ‘Are your systems holding you back?’

Dairy farm labor is the thing that many farms struggle with. “Do your systems work to improve your odds? Or … More

dairy employees, dairy farm labor, dairy management

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