SILO-KING® – The Key to Better Forage

 SILO-KING® – The Key to Better Forage  Dr. Louisa Koch, Ph.D., P.A.S., Dave Spangler, and Dr. Dan Schauff, Ph.D., P.A.S.For fifty years, Silo-King® has been a trusted and proven forage additive to help forage and livestock producers retain as much of the harvested forage tonnage as possible...

The Value of Good Feed Bunk Management

 The Value of Good Feed Bunk Management  By James C. Coomer, PhD, PAS  Feed bunk management represents a very important aspect of the productivity and profitability of all dairy operations. Proper feed bunk management is important for maximizing dry matter intake (DMI) and optimizing production. For...

Corn Silage Harvest Preparations

 Corn Silage Harvest Preparations By Michael Cox for American Dairymen Magazine Several factors influence the quality and quantity of corn silage harvest on our dairies. While weather and growing conditions can have huge effects on corn crops, we still have many variables under our direct control that...

Top Dairy Farms rely on automated Calf feeding systems.

 Top Dairy Farms rely on automated Calf feeding systems. Article and photos courtesy of Förster-Technik GmbH. With growing interest in animal welfare, group housing and self-determined feed intake for calves are becoming more and more popular. Automatic calf feeders allow calves to drink higher amounts...

Checklist for the Top 5 Priorities for Fall/Winter Dairy Feeding Programs

Checklist for the Top 5 Priorities for Fall/Winter Dairy Feeding ProgramsBy Donna M. Amaral-Phillips, University of Kentucky1. Develop a PlanDevelop a plan for using homegrown forages and determine whether you need to purchase other forages.To devise this plan, sample all forages and submit representative samples to a...

Teff hay could serve as drought-tolerant forage for dairy cows

Teff hay could serve as drought-tolerant forage for dairy cows By Pat Melgeras - K-State Research and Extension Researchers at Kansas State University may just have found a safety net for dairy producers during times of limited water availability or drought.  Graduate research assistant Benjamin Saylor...

Livestock Focused, Customer Driven

Sponsored by Masters ChoiceAs you read this article, we are entering into an unprecedented new era of American agriculture. This is a new age in which some of the largest corporations in the world are selling or merging in order to maintain a competitive advantage. In such a strange and turbulent agricultural...

Innovation: The Next Generation of Livestock Feeders

Hanen Automatic Solar-Powered Cattle Feeder By Jim Denhollander | Sponsored by Service Line, Inc.    The Hanen Feeder is the latest in a long line of ideas from the efficient mind of Dave Barney.Owner/President of Renegade Parts Washers, Barney, a native of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula who currently...