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Quick Tips to Better Manage Silage
No. 1 on the list is what all quality silage should have.
November 12, 2020 11:59 PM
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Sustainability
High Risk Period for Manure Runoff
Spreading manure from now until the ground thaws have an extremely high risk of runoff.
November 12, 2020 11:57 PM
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Sustainability
Purdue Wraps Up Air Emission Study
Purdue researchers have delivered data to the EPA on a two-year National Air Emissions Monitoring Study on livestock farms.
November 12, 2020 11:56 PM
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Sustainability
Higher Forage Quality
Forage quality also contributes to an operation’s carbon footprint. We put significant research into selecting hybrids that give us good tonnage as well as high digestibility. If we can maximize forage digestibility, the cows will more efficiently turn nutrients into milk.
November 12, 2020 11:56 PM
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Sustainability
Scare Tactics
Today’s technology has greatly improved our ability to decrease our carbon footprint. As stewards of the land, farmers care more for the environment than anyone else in the world. We make our living off of the land; why wouldn’t we take care of it?
November 12, 2020 11:56 PM
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Sustainability
Making ''Udder’’ Sense
Carbon emissions and going green definitely seem to be tied to everything these days and dairy farms are in the thick of the debate. Agriculture as a whole has always been at the forefront of efficiency and maximizing productivity to survive. The economic challenges of this past year have put any and all inefficiencies and wasteful practices under a microscope.
November 12, 2020 11:56 PM
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Sustainability
In Our Vocabulary Now
I attended the Sustainability Summit for U.S. Dairy in June 2008, put on by Dairy Management Inc. The topic was reducing the carbon footprint of the U.S. dairy industry.
November 12, 2020 11:56 PM
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