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Husbandry: Feeding Cull Cows Can Pay Off

After deciding which cows to cull from a herd, feeding them for a couple months before sending them off to market can be profitable.
Researchers at Kansas State University have found that by putting cows on concentrated feed for 70 to 90 days before sending them to market producers can add enough value to the animal [...]

Dairy Carbon Footprint Getting Smaller

Dairy is “greening” with improved efficiency in the production of milk and reductions in the industry’s carbon footprint, according to University of Illinois Extension dairy specialist Mike Hutjens.
“Using 1944 as the base year of comparison–and also the year of the largest number of dairy cows in the United States, the number of dairy cows has [...]