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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…
UW-Extension Agents Tour Crystal Creek®
June 2016 Click here to read as a pdf: UW-WI Extension Visits Crystal Creek On Tuesday, June 28th, 2016 over 15 University of Wisconsin-Extension Agents visited Crystal Creek®. Local Washburn County Area Ag Agent, Richard Otto Wiegand and Area Ag Development Agent, Kevin Schoessow helped organize the event which included visits to several other local…
FLIP DUCT®: A Truly Unique, Easy-To-Use Calf Barn Ventilation System
Click here to view as a pdf: FLIPDUCT Calf Barn Ventilation System By Ryan Leiterman, D.V.M.
Maintaining Your Pasture To Maximize Feed Quality
Click here to view as a pdf:Maintaining Your Pasture To Maximize Feed Quality By Erik Brettingen, B.S. Pasture is a high quality, cost-effective feed that many producers rely heavily on during the summer months. Because pasture is such a crucial feed, it is important to manage it during vulnerable times to make the most…
Ask The Vet / Ask The Nutritionist
Click here to view as a pdf: Ask The Vet Ask The Nutritionist “How do you determine the right time to harvest corn silage and how long should I wait before feeding this year’s silage?” The proper timing of harvesting corn silage is of the utmost importance. If corn silage is harvested when it is…
Successfully Managing Internal Parasites In Sheep
Click here to view as a pdf: Sucessfully Managing Internal Parasites In Sheep By Contributing Editor Julie Wadzinski, B.S. Internal parasite resistance is becoming a serious concern across sheep flocks worldwide. Recent research has focused on different methods to minimize the genetic adaptation of internal parasites to survive deworming treatments (anthelmintic resistance). It is important…
Providing A Clean Environment=Healthier Calves And Increased Profit
Click here to view as a pdf: Providing A Clean Environment Equals Healthier Calves By Lorrie Meister, CVT Livestock Specialist A clean environment is essential to successful calf raising. Housing, air quality and cleanliness of the surfaces the calf comes into contact with (hutches, panels, bottles, pails, feeders, etc.) all play a role in…