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  Dairy

  MSU Extension provides easy-to-access information, specialized dairy programs, ranging from online resources to educational seminars, to dairy educators located throughout the state.

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• Cow herd management planning for spring calving herd

  Published on January 22, 2013
  As winter starts moving toward spring, cow-calf producers should be focusing on calving and managing the cow-calf environment.

• Calculating calf-adjusted weaning weights and herd indexes

  Published on August 31, 2015
  You can’t manage what you don’t measure in your cow herd.

• Heat stress in cattle – Know the warning signs!

  Published on July 22, 2011
  Cattle heat stress, Managing and reducing livestock heat stress

• Protein supplementation for beef cows

  Published on December 27, 2013
  Protein prices remain high as corn prices declined by 50 percent.

• Artificial insemination programs may be cheaper and more profitable than buying extra bulls

  Published on April 26, 2012
  A.I. pays its way

• Pinkeye in cattle: Part One

  Published on June 28, 2012
  How to determine if your cattle have a pinkeye infection.

• MSU Extension to offer beginning grazing school in September

  Published on August 28, 2017
  The two-day school will be offerered at the MSU Kellogg Biological Station Farm.

• Corn stover harvest can help supply winter beef cow diets

  Published on September 28, 2012
  Corn stover can reduce drought impact for beef herds.

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  Optimizing dairy beef production

  Published on March 22, 2018
  Crossing breeding dairy females to produce dairy/beef calves

• Michigan fencing requirement for livestock: Part 1

  Published on December 12, 2013
  Legal fencing requirements for livestock operations in Michigan.

• Dry lotting your cows allows pasture to recover after drought

  Published on June 28, 2012
  Drought conditions call for a drylot plan to avoid pasture stress.

• Beef calf creep feeding combined with early weaning

  Published on July 10, 2012
  Beef producers can survive the drought

• Getting started with grazing

  Published on February 1, 2013
  Beginning farmers have opportunities to utilize grazing systems to harvest high quality forages at a lower cost and with lower capital investment as compared to mechanical harvesting systems.

• Opportunities to market hay as cash crop

  Published on July 23, 2012
  Producers that have been fortunate enough to receive adequate precipitation can capitalize on hay marketing opportunities.

• Cattle estrus detection

  Published on October 5, 2011
  Successful AI programs frequently depend on accurate heat detection. Determining the onset of estrus is often improved by the use of heat detection aids and time observing cattle.

• Dairy farmers looking for forages to replace alfalfa

  Published on June 28, 2013
  Many dairy farms across the Midwest are short of alfalfa. Finding an acceptable alternative forage will be a critical factor contributing to the success of dairy operations this next year.

• Feeding corn stalks on dairy farms: Dry cows and bred heifers

  Published on October 23, 2012
  Dry dairy cows and heifers can be fed corn stalks as a cost effective forage source. Corn stalks are cost effective forage that can be used sparingly in lactation rations. Use caution not to overfeed resulting in reduced intake and reduced milk production.

• Cover crops as a livestock feed

  Published on June 12, 2015
  Cover crops have been promoted in recent years to improve soil health. Ruminant livestock producers have opportunities to utilize cover crops as high quality feed.

• Soil nutrients from livestock manure are valuable, use them wisely

  Published on September 28, 2012
  Fertilizer prices have increased dramatically over the last decade. Soil fertility is a critical factor affecting yield potential. Nutrients should be spread evenly over fields, rather than allow nutrients to build to high levels on a few fields.

• Dairy steer calf milk feeding programs

  Published on November 5, 2015
  Dairy steer calves row more rapidly and more profitably under accelerated milk feeding programs under current market situation.