Purdue Dairy Digest

This week in dairy news Dr. Jackie Boerman, discusses the recent events concerning Dean Foods and the oversupply of milk in the US.

Feeding a fat supplement with your ration increases the energy of that feed. In this edition of the Dairy digest, Dr. Jackie Boerman, Purdue Dairy Extension Specialists gives up the how, why and cautions when using Fat Supplements.

The Indiana Regional Dairy Meetings are a time for producers to renew friendships and gather news and management information on their industry. This week Dr. Jackie Boerman, Extension Dairy Specialist, fill us in on all the news from those meetings.

Jenni (Purcell) Browning, Senior Director of Communications and Wellness, American Dairy Association of Indiana fills us in on the good work done on your behalf by the Daily Checkoff.

This week Dr. Jackie Boerman, Purdue Dairy Extension specialist, offers insights about Dairy consumption. She will also give us important information on the upcoming Indiana Regional Dairy meetings.

A stable rumen is vital to the productive dairy cow. In this episode of the Dairy Digest. Dr.Jackie Boerman will give some insight into the best ways to achieve rumen stability.

Dr. Jackie Boerman, Dairy Extension Specialist from Purdue University, fills us in on some fun facts concerning the history of milk and Christmas on this episode of the Purdue Dairy Digest.

In this week's episode, Dr. Jackie Boerman, Purdue's Extension Dairy Specialist, reminds us of the importance of clean fresh quality water for your herd.

This week Dr. Boerman tells us about feeding low lignin alfalfa to your dairy herd.

This week Dr. Jackie Boerman fills in on factors that might influence colostrum yield in your newly freshened cows.

In this episode Dr. Jackie Boerman discusses the mycotoxin DON, what it is, how it is detected and what to do if you discover it in your feed.

This week Dr. Mike Schutz tells us of the genetic manipulation that can enable producer to optimize the genetic length of their herd.

She'll calve as soon as she is ready was a common saying of my Father. Today, Dr. Mike Schutz will tell us about how to select for gestation length.

This week Dr. Mike Schutz discussed a plant problem we are seeing in the midwest. Although not exactly in the south, southern corn rust can be a problem here in the midwest.

No matter if it is the county fair, the state show or the state fair folks are getting ready to show their dairy cattle. This week Dr. John Townsend, DVM, gives some tips on what you need to do before during and after your trip to the dairy cattle show.

This week Dr. Jon Townsend, DVM, extension veterinarian from Purdue University tells of the forgotten cows when discussing heat stress, the dry cows.

This week Dr. Jonathan Townsend, DVM discusses a villain that strikes whenever the temperatures rise-heat stress.

Inoculants can be a major part of your dairy nutrition program. In this episode Dr. Tamilee Nennich gives us the facts about using inoculants to boost your feeding program.

Genomics is a daunting and fascinating topic in the dairy world these days. This week Dr. Mike Schutz clears some of the fog away from the genomics landscape as he discusses Genetic gains that be had using genomic information.

Genomics data is an exciting way of evaluating potential sires and herd matrons by studying the genetic make up of our dairy cattle rather than data. This week Dr. Mike Schutz discusses the importance of studying the accuracies in the genomic numbers.