Equipment
Striking A Balance
With escalating costs, hay growers and dairymen need to produce quality forage as cost-effectively as possible. Dan Undersander, University of Wisconsin...
Restyled Tractors, Forage Harvester Models, New Mower, Upgraded Conditioner, Multipurpose Utility Vehicle
Restyled Tractors The Challenger MT700C, MT800C and MT900C Series track and articulated tractors offer comfort, convenience and control. A redesigned...
Low-Tech Solution
A low-tech, easy-to-install-and-maintain irrigation system is giving U.S. grazing dairies a new tool to ensure pastures remain productive through summer...
Harvesting More Protein
Offsetting the surging cost of purchased protein for a high-producing, 1,800-cow dairy herd required several new strategies by the Theunis family, Wrightstown,...
Facing Feeding Challenges
Weather and market factors create feeding challenges for dairy producers most years, but 2008 might rank among the toughest, says Mike Hutjens, University...
Making Millionaire$
Eric Gaul had no net worth when he started dairying in 2003. Today, at age 31, he's worth over $300,000 and is cruising toward his goal of becoming a...
Biodiesel Byproduct
High grain prices have dairy producers everywhere scrambling to find low-cost replacements for corn energy in rations. Glycerine (a.k.a. glycerol), a...
TMR Experts
No one can fault dairy producers for wanting to maintain as much control as possible over their total mixed ration (TMR) feeding programs. Sometimes,...
Preserve Wet Distillers
Harvesttime mixing of wet distillers grains and corn silage may be the best way for some dairy producers to handle the ethanol byproduct, says Dave Schingoethe,...
Forages For Heifers: Take Your Pick
Pat Hoffman can't recommend the single best forage for dairy heifers. For the most part, we feed lactating dairy cows alfalfa and corn silage, but with...
