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Culture mastitis bugs to improve your treatment aim
Published on July 11, 2013
Milk culture can be used as a tool to improve your knowledge of the bacteria causing mastitis on your farm. Learn about it at an upcoming workshop. -
Assessing risks for mastitis and antibiotic use in dairy herds
Published on July 11, 2013
Measures to control mastitis are fairly well established and known, yet mastitis control is still weak on some farms. Assessing risks for mastitis can help identify where improvements can be made. -
Labeling mechanically tenderized meat products
Published on July 10, 2013
Raw or partially cooked mechanically tenderized meat needs to be labeled. -
Dairy Center Heralded for Producing Some of the Nation's Best Milk
Published on July 9, 2013
The MSU Dairy Cattle Teaching and Research Center produces some pretty good milk. Actually, it's great milk. In fact, it's some of the best milk in the United States. -
Successful farm transition requires getting the paperwork done
Published on July 9, 2013
Farms are normally a family business which makes it extra important to develop and implement an action plan to insure the farm can continue to the next generation. -
Four steps to achieving performance goals on the farm
Published on July 2, 2013
Measuring, recording and posting performance data can enable the whole team to achieve improvements on the farm. -
What tone are you setting for your farm?
Published on July 1, 2013
Farm owners and managers play a critical leadership role on their farms in setting the tone. The tone you set affects employee attitudes, turnover and farm performance. -
"Good, Safe Food: Producing Antibiotic-free Milk and Meat" - Spanish training available
Published on July 1, 2013
A Spanish-speaking video version of the "Good, Safe Food: Producing Antibiotic-free Milk and Meat" is now available on the MSU Extension Dairy Team website for employee training. -
Cellulosic biofuel process can also improve ruminant forage digestibility
Published on July 1, 2013
The Ammonia Fiber Expansion (AFEX) process breaks down cell walls producing a product that can be used for biofuel production or cattle feed. -
Cattle need plenty of clean water
Published on July 1, 2013
Summer has officially arrived, and with that comes plenty of heat and humidity, it's important that livestock producers provide plenty of clean water to their livestock.