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Ask The Vet / Ask The Nutritionist
Click here to view as a pdf: Ask The Vet / Ask The Nutritionist “Based on your experience, what practices do you see successful calf raisers implementing on their farms?” Our best calf raisers excel because they all focus on their colostrum, bedding and sanitation programs. Although each of these management topics can be an…
Getting The Most Out Of Your Feedstuffs
Click here to view as a pdf: Getting The Most Out Of Your Feedstuffs By Teresa Marker, B.S. Dairy producers spend a lot of time, energy and money to grow, harvest and store quality feedstuffs that will be used to feed their livestock. Optimizing those feedstuffs by feeding a balanced ration will make the rumen…
Beef Up Your Mineral Feeding Program
Click here to view as a pdf: Beef Up Your Mineral Feeding Program Are Your Cows Getting What They Need in the Third Trimester of Pregnancy? By Erik Brettingen, B.S. Limiting or decreasing the amount of mineral provided to beef cattle is a common practice to save money throughout the year for some beef producers. If…
Gearing Up For Lambing And Kidding Seasons
Click here to read as a pdf: Gearing Up For Lambing And Kidding Seasons By Jessica Dercks, B.S. Preparing for healthy kids and lambs starts long before kidding and lambing seasons begin. It is vital for gestating animals to have a well balanced ration that provides the appropriate minerals and vitamins not only for their…
The Importance Of Calf Bedding
Click here to view as a pdf: The Importance Of Calf Bedding By Kaylee Viney Livestock Specialist The investment made in young stock and heifers sets the groundwork for future herd performance. There is new research in the industry on how calf bedding not only affects the health and growth of young calves, but its…
Dr. Leiterman to Present at Indiana Dairy Producer’s Forum
Indiana Dairy Producer’s Dairy Forum February 1st-2nd, 2017 French Lick Springs Hotel 8670 W. State Road 56 French Lick, IN 47432 The Indiana Dairy Producers Forum will host a number of speakers, including Dr. Ryan Leiterman from Crystal Creek®. Speakers will present information on various dairy topics ranging from livestock nutrition to robotic milking.…
Teresa Marker Wins Farm Bureau’s Excellence in Agriculture Award
Crystal Creek is proud to announce that Teresa Marker has been selected as the 2017 Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation’s Young Farmer and Agriculturist (YFA) Excellence in Agriculture Award recipient. Teresa has worked as a nutritionist at Crystal Creek since 2008. She is dedicated to providing quality customer service to her clients and enjoys promoting our…
Alice In Dairyland Visits Crystal Creek
Crystal Creek was honored with a royal presence on October 25th, 2016, when Wisconsin’s 69th Alice in Dairyland representative, Ann O’Leary, visited for a tour of the company’s recently expanded facility. Ann travels across Wisconsin educating the public about the importance of our diverse agriculture industry. As an agricultural ambassador, Ann’s duties include television and radio…