MSU Extension Dairy

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  Feed sampling will help with beef cow energy and protein supplementation

  Published on December 19, 2019
  Feed sampling and analysis can pay huge dividends.

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  Pest Control

  Published on December 3, 2019
  With the fall and winter season coming to fruition, an increase of rodents and pests make their way into livestock facilities. Learn how to look for evidence of rodents and pests in your facilities and how they may affect your livestock.

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  What is going on in dairy?

  Published on November 20, 2019
  Many people will have heard that Dean Foods declared bankruptcy recently and thought about the gallon jug in their refrigerator and wondered what is going on. This is an on-going story and we don’t know everything, but let’s review some things we do know.

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  Should producers chase after yield?

  Published on November 13, 2019
  American farmers continually strive for higher yields. Something encouraged by the current pricing structure of raw agricultural products, but is chasing yield necessarily a good thing?

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  Recommendations for selecting hay and pasture forages for Michigan

  Published on November 12, 2019
  Selecting forage species and mixtures for hayfields and pastures may seem overwhelming. Let this new bulletin help you make decisions.

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  Clay soil moisture monitoring project explores farmer’s efforts to improve drainage

  Published on November 4, 2019
  This season-long demonstration project compared results of surface drains, deep tillage and field tile on Michigan’s eastern Upper Peninsula farms.

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  Frosted sorghum and sudangrass pasture poses prussic acid poisoning risk

  Published on October 29, 2019
  Sorghum-family plants can contain prussic acid that is potentially lethal to livestock.

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  Benchmarking and financial comparisons of Michigan farms participating in Telfarm

  Published on October 14, 2019
  Recent years have shown financial struggles for Michigan Dairy Farms. This article details the numbers behind these for Michigan farms participating in TelFarm.

• Veterinary feed directive - year one in review

  Published on October 3, 2019
  Positive practices put in place in animal agriculture to product both human and animal health.

• Veterinary Feed Directive – Year One in Review

  Published on October 3, 2019
  To gain a better understanding of the direct impacts to farmer raising animals for food productions MSU Extension led a nationwide survey to help determine what effect these new rules had across food animal species and across farms on a national level.