Improving calving and transition cow management: Norm Buning of Buning Dairy
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Free dairy open house at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station
Published on July 16, 2018
Try and buy award-winning KBS cheese, and enjoy free MSU ice cream – in sight of the cows whose milk the dairy products come from! -
2018 Beginning Farmer Webinar Series recordings now available online
Published on July 12, 2018
Fifteen new MSU Extension Beginning Farmer Webinars are now posted and available for free viewing. -
VFD survey - one month to go
Published on July 9, 2018
How do you feel about VFD rules? Take our survey and tell us. -
Confusion in the milk aisle: Whole milk or skim milk?
Published on July 9, 2018
Highlights on the benefits of milk consumption, regardless of what type of milk you’re consuming. -
When should I harvest my small grain forage?
Published on July 3, 2018
Decide what balance you need between yield and quality, then watch those peas-and-oats (or other small grain forages) closely to harvest them at the desired growth stage. -
June is national dairy month
Published on June 26, 2018
This is a great time for families to take a closer look at their daily intake of dairy foods that help grow and maintain healthy bones and prevent osteoporosis. -
Emergency forages – Part 1: Sudangrass, sorghum and hybrids
Published on June 21, 2018
Several options exist for Michigan farmers to make up for forage lost to severe spring weather. -
Emergency forages – Part 3: Utilizing summer annual forage crops
Published on June 21, 2018
Plan carefully for successfully producing and utilizing emergency summer annual forages. -
Emergency forages – Part 2: Millets
Published on June 21, 2018
Millets are an option when planting late to make up for spring-damaged forage crops. -
Breakfast on the Farm hosts are preparing to open their doors to the public in August and September
Published on June 13, 2018
Michigan State University Extension Breakfast on the Farm (BOTF) hosts are getting ready to welcome visitors to the farm. -
How do I dispose of my mortalities?
Published on June 13, 2018
Learn about disposal options for farm mortalities according to the Michigan Bodies of Dead Animals Act. -
Goal-driven management
Published on June 11, 2018
What are the metrics by which you evaluate your farm performance each month? Does everyone on the farm know how the operation is doing? Maybe they should. -
Drainage Monitoring Workshop to be held July 19, 2018
Published on June 5, 2018
Learn about edge-of-field monitoring and the research being conducted at Drainage Monitoring Workshop, July 19, 2018, in Adrian, Michigan. -
Aggressive dairy reproductive management decisions critical even in tough economic times
Published on June 4, 2018
Unprecedented prolonged low milk prices are wreaking havoc on Michigan dairy farms. -
It can be more difficult to understand employees than cows!
Published on May 30, 2018
Good performance by employees and good management of employees are related, yet each bears personal responsibility for their role. How do we develop both farm employers and employees in their roles? -
Using core values with employees
Published on May 30, 2018
What are the principles that are most important to you in your business? How well do you do, not only in communicating them, but in putting them into practice and making them a part of regular routines and conversations? -
MSU Extension forms task force for responding to livestock transportation accidents
Published on May 25, 2018
First responders, law officers and transportation crews receive training to better respond to transportation accidents involving livestock -
Introducing the Youth for the Quality Care of Animals Program
Published on May 25, 2018
A multi-species educational resource focusing on food safety, animal well-being and character development is available for youth. -
MSU Product Center serves a growing Michigan value-added agriculture
Published on May 23, 2018
MSU Product Center Food-Ag-Bio provides business development services and strategic research in the food, agriculture and natural resource sectors in Michigan. -
Don’t become another deadly statistic
Published on May 23, 2018
Farm safety is even more critical when employee numbers are down and farmers are asking more of everyone, even their children.