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NRCS Feed Management Program

Adapted by Bob Fry, State Conservation Agronomist & Gerald Higginbotham, UCCE Fresno & Madera The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has adopted a practice standard called Feed Management (592) and is defined as managing the quantity of available nutrients fed to livestock and poultry for...
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Silage Face Management

Adapted by Noelia Silva-del-Ro, UCCE Tulare County The goal of silage face management is to minimize silage exposure to oxygen. In the presence of oxygen, yeast can metabolize lactic acid, a strong acid that keeps the silage pH low.
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Antibiotic Residues in Dairies

Adapted by Michael Payne, DVM, PhD. Program Director, CDQAP According to the current USDA data available in 2008 cull dairy cows accounted for just over 7% of all cattle slaughtered in the US, but were responsible for approximately 90% of carcasses in which drug residues were detected.
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Are You Implementing AVMA's New Euthanasia Guidelines?

Adapted by Michael Karle, DVM- Mid-Valley Veterinary Hospital and Synergy Cattle Group, Inc. and Betsy Karle- UCCE Glenn and Tehama Counties Earlier this year, the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) updated guidelines for the euthanasia of animals.
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Managing For More Milk

Jennifer Heguy, UCCE Stanislaus & San Joaquin and Jed Asmus, Independent Nutritionist You cannot simply take one dairys diet, feed it to another herd, and expect the same production results. The reason - there are many variables that impact a cows ability to make milk.
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