Articles
Feed Efficiency: Creating a Data Action Plan
This article outlines how to create a practical and impactful data action plan around the feed efficiency metric.
Managing Feed Efficiency: What You Can Control
Exploring strategies which farms can use to in the feeding and management of dairy cows.
What Shapes Feed Efficiency in Dairy Cows?
Exploring the key factors that influence feed efficiency in dairy cows.
Feed Efficiency, A Basic Metric for a Complex System
This article provides a basic overview of feed efficiency as a metric.
How Can Dairy Farmers Use Large Language Models (LLMs)?
What exactly is “generative AI”? And more importantly, how can dairy producers use it in a practical way to help manage their farms, stay up to date on research, and make informed decisions?
Tips for Helping Cows and Calves Recover After Dystocia
While other articles discuss when and how to deliver calves, this one helps you assist the calf and cow in recovering from a difficult calving (dystocia). Providing post-calving care following dystocia makes a huge difference for the dam and her calf.
Protein, What Is It? And Why Do Cows Need It?
Getting protein feeding right is critical to boost both animal productivity and farm profitability.
Nutrition and Feeding Fundamentals in Automatic Milking Systems
This article explores how feeding at the AMS works, options for feed types, strategies for feed allocation and formulation, and bunk management.
▶️ Watch: Hay There! Let’s Talk Feed Centers and Inventory
Managing feed inventory and waste is a critical nutrition practice. Hear from dairy farmers Grant Grinstead, Jake Peissig and Ryan Shultz talk about how their farms built a feed center to reduce waste and save them money. The UW-Madison Extension Dairy Team will also give a walkthrough of a free tool you can use to calculate forages needs and track inventory.
Body Condition Score in Dairy Cattle
Research shows that maintaining target BCS levels at specific stages of lactation supports optimal energy balance, which improves milk yield, reproductive performance, and disease resistance.
How Can You Improve Your Dairy’s Data?
This article explains the difference between dirty and clean data, pillars of quality data, and practical tips to prevent entering dirty data.
Madigan Squeeze in Calves
The Madigan Squeeze technique has been shown to help alleviate neonatal maladjustment syndrome in various livestock species.
