Imagine Instant Access to All of your Dairy Data

Imagine Instant Access to All of your Dairy Data. Article courtesy of MILC Group, By Walter M. Guterbock, DVM, MS. You may manage your herd with a herd management program. You may have two programs, one that came with the milk meters plus another one. You have a feed program for managing feed. You may have...

What dairies will be the most profitable in 2022? Learning from the ZISK report

What dairies will be the most profitable in 2022? Learning from the ZISK report.Aidan J Connolly, President, AgriTech CapitalZISK is the fastest growing App in the Dairy industry, now used by 2800 farms owning over 2.4 million cows. As a result, the data collected by Zisk represents a sample of a quarter of the US...

Data-Driven Decision Making: How One Texas Dairy has Revolutionized their Approach to Cow Management

Data-Driven Decision Making: How One Texas Dairy has Revolutionized their Approach to Cow Management. By Ariana Bigham. The smell of corn silage filled the West Texas air as morning chores continued at Red Rock Dairy. Adrian Medrano (Manager) and his brother Martin (Herdsman) worked their way through the...

The Role of Activity Monitors in the Changing Dairy Landscape

The Role of Activity Monitors in the Changing Dairy Landscape. By Jaclyn Krymowski. With each passing year, technology continues to improve. As we make way for the latest and greatest innovations, gadgets are become more affordable and commonplace. A prime example of this in dairy would be digital tools and...

Establishing Ideal Pasture Seeding Plans

Establishing Ideal Pasture Seeding Plans  By Maura Keller. A successful pasture seeding plan is part art, part science, and a lot of hard work. In addition to understanding the land, weather patterns and the science behind pasture seeding, beef and dairy producers also need to meet the evolving needs of...

Survey Says! Current State of Farm and Ranch Estate and Succession Planning

Survey Says! Current State of Farm and Ranch Estate and Succession Planning. By Cari Rincker, Esq. of Rincker Law, PLLCWhen looking for farm and ranch estate and succession planning solutions with increasingly challenging farm family dynamics, it’s prudent to first look at the data. Rincker Law, PLLC...

Entering the Dairy Beef Market - Is It For You?

Entering the Dairy Beef Market - Is It For You?  By Jaclyn Krymowski. Changes in the economy and milk market lead many dairy producers to seek additional streams of income within their operations. Raising unwanted bull calves on farm as dairy beef feeders and finished steers certainly isn’t a new idea...

Getting Started with Dairy Goats

Getting Started with Dairy Goats. By Heather Smith Thomas. Goats are fun and many people (and families with children) get a few goats to raise and enjoy, and some decide to milk goats for their own household use (for milk and cheese or other goat milk products) and may eventually milk goats commercially....