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Transition cow management should be primarily aimed at preventing and monitoring ketosis and hypocalcemia.

An optimal pre-partum management of dairy cows is key to decrease inflammation and stress.

Excellent nutrition during lactation results in proper body condition in dry cows, which is a determining factor for a successful next lactation.

Accurate health and production records help producers make meaningful decisions and can be a powerful tool. Includes a template for handwritten records.

Training protocols should be simple, easy to understand and most importantly, translated into the language that best fits your employees.

Effectively communicating in Spanish is key to building relationships that increase employee performance and retention.

La comunicación efectiva en español es clave para establecer relaciones que aumenten el rendimiento y la retención de los trabajadores.

Training farm personnel has positive impacts on animal well-being and performance, thus increasing overall farm profitability.

Pain, inflammation, and stress during the transition period can negatively affect the well-being and performance of dairy cows during early lactation.

Precisos registros de salud y producción ayudan a los productores a tomar decisiones importantes y pueden ser una herramienta eficaz. Se incluye un modelo de plantilla para registros escritos a mano.

Hypocalcemia and systemic inflammation are normal physiological processes in a transition cow, but when exacerbated they can predispose cows to develop diseases and have a poor performance.

Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus is not a new pathogen, but it does pose a risk to humans.

Explore pasture management at a Penn State Extension pasture walk. Learn soil testing, grazing strategies, and species selection at a working sheep farm. Lunch and an optional meeting follow.

A major goal of the cropping program is to produce feed cheaper than what can be purchased on the open market

Evaluating the feces or manure can provide information about general health, rumen fermentation, and digestive function of cows.

A new study shows melanoma is increasing in rural PA, underscoring the importance of a One Health approach to safeguard people, farms, and the environment.

Join Penn State Extension for a women-in-dairy evening at Valley Milkhouse featuring a creamery tour, cheese tasting, and insights into cheesemaking and the factors that shape different cheeses.

The Penn State Extension Dairy Team offers milking evaluations to help dairy producers improve their milk quality and identify issues that could be contributing to an increased Somatic Cell Count (SCC).

Each year, several million dairy calves are transported in the United States, and the way we manage this process has a real impact on calf health and welfare.

Getting a heifer through her first milking can be a challenge. New research shows that training heifers to robots before freshening may help.

Findings from on-farm monitoring of dairies using gypsum as stall bedding show a link has been found to highly toxic levels of hydrogen sulfide gas during manure movement and agitation.

Hoja Informativa sobre Estándar de OSHA sobre Protección de Maquinarias

Hoja Informativa sobre Estabilidad e Inestabilidad del Tractor.

Automated manure and waste water handling is most often accomplished by collecting and storing manure and waste in storages located directly beneath the animals or in a nearby containment structure.

You may be familiar with the term selective dry cow therapy. From the name, we know the idea is to treat only some cows with an antimicrobial at dry-off.