As we prepare for the holiday season, the Beef Checkoff is reminding people to give thanks for our abundant food supply. In giving thanks, you may also receive. Leaving a message of thanks for our farmers and ranchers on the Pasture to Plate website enters you into a drawing for an Omaha Steaks Ideal Gift Collection of steaks and burgers … Read More
Managing High Moisture Corn
Dr. Bill Mahanna, nutritional sciences manager for Pioneer, discusses ideal moisture percentages for high moisture corn. Mahanna says high moisture corn and snaplage benefit digestion. He also comments on corn particle sizes and inoculants for high moisture corn. This edition of Forage Forum was recorded at the Pioneer Forage Media day held in September at the Livestock Nutrition Center in … Read More
Boehringer Ingelheim Acquires Fort Dodge Products
Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Inc. (BIVI) has closed a deal with Pfizer to acquire a significant portion of the Fort Dodge Animal Health business. The acquisition, which includes products in the U.S., Australia, Canada and South Africa, as well as two manufacturing and research facilities located in Fort Dodge, Iowa, significantly increases the size of Boehringer Ingelheim’s companion animal and cattle … Read More
Dairyland Seed's Second Generation Hybrid Alfalfa
Back in 2001, Dairyland Seed released the world’s first hybrid alfalfa, HybriForce-400. This year, they took that up a notch and introduced the next generation – HybriForce-2400 Gen-2. “It’s giving us a five percent yield advantage over generation one,” said Dairyland Seed Forage Product Manager Chad Staudinger during an interview at World Dairy Expo. “Through the hybrid breeding system we … Read More
Alpharma Helps Producers Protect Investment
2009 World Dairy Expo coverage sponsored by: World Dairy Expo Photo Album With today’s economic situation in the dairy industry, it is very wise for producers to do all they can to protect the investment they have made in their animals. At World Dairy Expo, I talked with Lance Fox of Alpharma about maximizing disease protection in the first critical … Read More
Professional Dairy Producers at World Dairy Expo
2009 World Dairy Expo coverage sponsored by: World Dairy Expo Photo Album Providing education and information for dairy producers is the goal of the Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin (PDPW), which kept them busy at the 2009 World Dairy Expo last week. While Wisconsin is in the name of the organization, Executive Director Shelly Mayer says they actually have grown … Read More
Global Dairy 500 Conference Conclusion and Wrapup
Wrapping up the Global Dairy 500 Conference was Dr. Pearse Lyons, Alltech President. Dr. Lyons summarized many of the presentations with a series of take home messages. The focus was on the future of dairy farming, the integration of a brand, methane production, cow comfort, tourist attractions, education, milk marketing with nutrition also being a key topic. Additionally, a strong … Read More
New Technologies Hold Promise For Dairy Farms
The final panel discussion at the Global Dairy 500 Conference focused on future technologies in the dairy industry. Presenting were Matthew Smith, Alltech and Dr. Karl Dawson, Alltech. I spoke with Dr. Dawson immediately following his remarks. He says some of the technologies in methane recovery offer a new cost saving line for the farmer by producing bioenergy. Feed management … Read More
5 Things To Do Differently In Dairy Today
What are the 5 things you would do differently in dairy today? That was the question our opening panel on the final day of the Global Dairy 500 Conference had to answer. Amazingly they each seemed to have very similar answers. I spoke with panelist Nigel Lok, Nigel Lok Family Trust, South Africa. He says they milk about 700 cows. … Read More
Harvest Timing Factors
This year, many producers are seeing a delay in corn silage harvest. Bill Curran, Pioneer research scientist, discusses harvest timing factors and how the growing season impacts the nutritional value of the silage. Curran spoke to agricultural media recently at the Pioneer Forage Media day held at the Livestock Nutrition Center in Johnston, IA. Listen to this edition of Forage … Read More