Purdue Dairy Digest

Dairy Beef Quality Assurance is an ongoing process. This week Phil Reid, Indiana BQA coordinator, reminds us that there should be no "half-time letdown when implementing your DairyBQA program.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

This week Dr. Mike Schutz gives us some insight on how to use the grazing merit index.

Did you change you clocks to daylight savings time last week? This week Dr. Mike Schutz gives us some recent insight into why the genetic base changes every five years.

Today, Laura May, a student at Purdue University, will give us some insight into reducing calf stress.

Its not Little Eva, Its Dr. Nennich who this week discusses Locomotion and Lameness scoringin your herd.

Emily Post, Miss Manners lookout! This week P.J. Neff, a student at Purdue University proprieties of conduct as established

This week Dr. Nennich gives us the low down on the Margin Protection Meeting which will explain this important aspect of the new Farm Bill

This week Dr. Keith Johnson gives us an insight to the upcoming Indiana State Forage Field Day to be held late this month in Trafalgar, IN.

This week Dr. Nennich discusses how using total mixed rations can add to your bottom line by giving you more precision in mixing your herd's rations.

This week Tana Dennis bring us up to date with her research trials investigating the effects of NFC diets

Sending your cull cows for ninety days in the rehab pen can make a big difference to your bottom line. Today, in this episode, Phil Reid Tells how a little rehab and TLC can change the value of your cull cow.

This week Dr. Nennich relates the importance of the one indispensable thing on a dairy farm-water.

How do you go about culling your herd? Today, Dr. Mike Schutz gives us some critical points to consider when compiling you cull list.

Happy Labor Day!!!

This week Dr. Mike Schutz gives us some insight about the Cooperative Extension Services' history on its 100 birthday

This week Dr. Nennich revels in the summertime tradition known as State Fair.

Are all calf starters created equal? This week Dr. Nennich let's us in in on the results of a scientific study that proves that the similarities in calf starters is only protein deep.

On this week's Dairy Digest, Dr. Tamilee Nennich gives us some advice on using silage inoculants. While these inoculants can be a great aid to digestion and preservation, if not used in the proper way they can be worthless or worse.

Nick Lancaster, a student at Purdue University gives us some insight into using milk vs milk replacer in your calf program