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Too much time away from their pen can cause a deficit in cows' daily time budget.

The use of cover crops can result in multiple environmental and soil health benefits, further sustainable intensification by utilizing those cover crops in a double cropping system may provide an additional economic benefit to dairies.

Job descriptions provide the foundation for building strong human resource management practices into the day-to-day management of a dairy farm business.

Fine-tune feed management by making sure that every group has access to feed when they return from milking.

Stalls are the often-used metric to measure overcrowding. It easy to see, measure and calculate cows per usable stall. However, it may not be the limiting factor!

Focus on reducing stress and increasing dry matter to lessen the impact on transition cow's immune systems and promote good health and optimum lactation at calving.

The numbers speak for themselves, it pays to invest in a cooling system for dry cows.

This webinar introduces selective clinical mastitis treatment as a One Health strategy and guides producers in deciding when antimicrobial treatment is needed.

Patience and timing will help you maximize the value of manure applied this spring.

Selecting beef bulls based on EPDs for carcass traits may be one of the first steps necessary to achieve acceptable results in a beef on dairy crossbreeding program.

High somatic cell count is directly correlated to poor udder cleanliness.

In this video, you will learn how to perform a simple mastitis test called the California Mastitis Test. This test will help to decrease mastitis on your farm.

Understanding the importance and components of a written contract is essential for custom heifer growers and for dairy producers using these services.

Diagnosing pregnancy early identifies open cows and can help minimize days open and increase profitability, but losing confirmed pregnancies can be very frustrating.

This article summarizes recent updates to the USDA's Animal Disease Traceability rule and how this rule applies to non-replacement dairy calves.

Dr. Becca Weir has joined the Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education as an Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics.

Reference table of typical nutrient composition of high quality pasture.

Shredlage has been a hot topic in recent years, but studies have demonstrated it has the same overall dry matter and fiber digestibility as conventional silage.

Understanding dry matter is a key concept in animal nutrition. Learn the importance of dry matter and how to measure it using a microwave or Koster tester.

Robotic dairies surveyed in Pennsylvania had good hygiene scores overall. Even so, those with cleaner cows had lower bacteria counts in bulk tank milk samples.

Cleanliness of teats as the cow enters the robot and the ability of the robot to clean teats prior to milking will impact teat cleanliness at attachment and ultimately cow health and milk quality.

Automatic milking systems are gaining popularity on Pennsylvania dairy farms.

Wearing gloves is a very simple management practice that could help to reduce milk quality issues and limit spreading of contagious and environmental bacteria between quarters and cows.

Handling, transportation, environment, feed, interactions with other animals, and interactions with humans can stress cattle. Do our attitudes influence factors that can affect profitability?