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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…
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…
Managing Mycotoxins In Feedstuffs: Mycotoxin Binder Strategies
Click here to view as a pdf: Managing Mycotoxins In Feedstuffs By Dan Leiterman Mycotoxins are highly poisonous compounds produced by molds that can grow on livestock feeds both in the field and in storage. Mycotoxins can seriously reduce production in livestock and can negatively affect the health of both livestock and humans alike. Stressful…
Evaluating Dry Matter Intake From Pastures
Click here to read as a pdf: Evaluating Dry Matter Intake From Pastures By Erik Brettingen, B.S. Many producers we work with at Crystal Creek® utilize pasture as a valuable feedstuff in their ration during the grazing season. Pasture is a cost effective feed that provides great nutrition, supports rumen microbes, promotes animal health,…
“Ask The Vet and Ask The Nutritionist”
Click here to view as a pdf: Ask The Nutritionist By Teresa Marker, B.S. “Two years ago in Wisconsin we had drought-like growing conditions and I experienced molds & mycotoxins in my feedstuffs. The 2014 growing season brought ample amounts of rain. Are my worries about mold and mycotoxins over?” J.S. from Central Wisconsin
Young Stock-The Missing Link
Click here to view as a pdf : Young Stock The Missing Link By Dr. John Popp, PhD. The major focus on many dairy operations is to have high quality feeds provided to the milking herd and to produce milk in an economically effective manner. The second focus is on the dry cow…
Management of Intensive Grazing on Alfalfa Based Pasture
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