Test PB Collection: FTE

Adapted by Larry Schwankl, UCCE Irrigation Specialist, Carol Frate, UCCE Tulare Forage Advisor, Deanne Meyer, UCCE Livestock Waste Management Specialist Nutrient management deals with the nutrients applied to a crop, so why are irrigation practices of concern?

Adapted by Gerald Higginbotham, UCCE Fresno/Madera Counties If you are currently purchasing corn silage for your dairy, you should consider buying (or selling) forages on the basis of their moisture or dry matter (DM) content.

Adapted by Alejandro R. Castillo, UCCE Merced County Minerals are essential in dairy cow diets for normal lactation performance (milk yield, animal health, and reproduction). But, animal mineral requirements are variable and depend on the animals productivity.

Adapted by Carol Collar, UCCE Kings County The following article is a summary of information presented by Dr. Robert Fetsch, a professor at Colorado State University. The presentation was made at the Western Dairy Management Conference last March. You can read Dr.

Adapted by Betsy Karle, UCCE Glenn/Tehama Counties As the real heat of summer approaches, we take the opportunity to review the needs of our dairies future - heifer calves.

Adapted by Nick Clark UCCE Kings, Tulare and Fresno Counties Fall planted small grain crops are at the mercy of mother nature more than their summer forage counterparts (winters in California tend to be more unpredictable than summers).

Adapted by Deanne Meyer - Livestock Waste Management Specialist, Jennifer Heguy - UCCE Merced, Stanislaus, and San Joaquin Counties, Betsy Karle - UCCE Northern Sacramento Valley, Zaira Joaquin Morales UC Davis What is a typical dairy? Why does anyone or any agency care what typical dairies are?

Jennifer Heguy, UCCE Stanislaus & San Joaquin and Jed Asmus, Independent Nutritionist No se puede simplemente llevar la dieta de una lechera, suministrarla a otra lechera y esperar los mismos resultados de produccin.

Betsy Karle UCCE Northern Sacramento Valley Aunque las vacas de desecho y los terneros machos no son una fuente primaria de ingresos para las lecheras, stos representan una muestra significativa de las violaciones por residuos de medicamentos, por eso las agencias de regulacin estn buscando solucio...

Adapted by Carol Collar and Noelia Silva del Rio Farm Advisors, UC Cooperative Extension, Kings and Tulare Counties What is the challenge?