Home
|
Subscribe
|
Signup For Milk Break Newsletter
|
Advertise with Us
|
Feedback
|
Staff
|
Facebook
|
LinkedIn
News
Columns
Tom Anderson
Midwest Dairy column
Tim Zweber
Jean Annexstad
Sadie Frericks
Dave Vander Kooi
Natalie Schmitt
Jacqui Davison
Barry Visser
Lee Mielke
Jerry Nelson
Jim Bennett
Princess Kay of the Milky Way
Mark Klaphake
Jennifer Coyne
Columnists
Calendar
Ads
Classifieds
Place a classified ad
Help wanted
Recipes
Business Directory
Inserts
E-Edition
August 13, 2022 - Zone 1
August 13, 2022 - Zone 2
July 23, 2022 - Zone 1
July 23, 2022 - Zone 2
July 9, 2022 - Zone 1
July 9, 2022 - Zone 2
June 25, 2022 - Zone 1
June 25, 2022 - Zone 2
June 11, 2022 - Zone 1
June 11, 2022 - Zone 2
More E-editions
Dairy Blogs
Special Sections
Video
Cool cows
Monday, August 15, 2022 2:11 PM
Are your cows cool? Are your cooling systems working properly? Designs for dairy cow cooling systems are much improved than in the past, but many cows still become hot.
read the full story
Pentobarbital residues in rendered animals
Monday, July 11, 2022 9:56 AM
Pentobarbital is a barbiturate drug that causes sedation, induces anesthesia or causes death depending on dosage administered. In veterinary medicine, the most common uses are to induce anesthesia in pets and to euthanize large and small animals.
read the full story
Fertility program or service program?
Tuesday, June 14, 2022 10:13 AM
In a recent review in the Journal of Dairy Science (Volume 105, No. 5, 2022), Fricke and Wiltbank discuss the history and purposes of timed artificial insemination programs.
read the full story
Milk per stall
Monday, May 16, 2022 1:44 PM
I am just going to say it right here. Milk per stall is not an appropriate measure of efficiency to use on a dairy farm. There seems to be a trend to use milk per stall this way, and I do not like it. Why not?
read the full story
Straight is not always good
Monday, April 11, 2022 12:13 PM
One of my father’s colloquiums was describing something, or occasionally someone, that was not straight as “crooked as a dog’s hind leg.
read the full story
A lot of Cs
Monday, March 14, 2022 12:52 PM
SCC, BTSCC, BTC, SPC, PIC, LPC and CC are all tests that reflect the quality of the milk a farmer sells. Let’s look at them in more detail.
read the full story
Parlor tricks
Saturday, February 12, 2022 8:40 PM
Working in the parlor is like driving the chopper because one gets to see the results of one’s labor. The parlor, like the chopper, needs to be running properly to maximize the harvest.
read the full story
That darn bell curve
Sunday, January 16, 2022 8:26 PM
The bell curve, named for its shape, is a way to represent data that is normally distributed.
read the full story
Painting by numbers
Monday, December 13, 2021 4:04 PM
Numbers can tell a story. For example, numbers that represent key performance indicators can tell at least part of the story of a dairy farm. When numbers from a group of farms are combined, they can tell the story of the group.
read the full story
Feet, feet, feet: How many feet do you meet?
Saturday, November 13, 2021 1:48 PM
How many lame cows are on your dairy? Do you know?
read the full story
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Looking for something older? Try our archive
search
Search only accepts letters and numbers.
CONTACT US
522 Sinclair Lewis Ave
Sauk Centre, MN 56378
(320) 352-6303
HOURS
Monday - Friday: 8 AM to 5 PM
MAP
CHANNELS
Facebook
LinkedIn
Software © 1998-2022
1up! Software
, All Rights Reserved.
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
##LOC[Cancel]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
##LOC[Cancel]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
##LOC[Cancel]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
##LOC[Cancel]##