Watch for Stalk Rot This Fall

Watch for Stalk Rot This Fall

This fall, we have been seeing quite a bit of stalk rot in the fields of our customers. Stalk rot (fusarium, anthracnose, gibberella, diplodia, etc.) has affected many fields and will impact harvest and increase harvest losses. Pictured above from left to right are...
Thoughts on MP Heifer Rations in 2014

Thoughts on MP Heifer Rations in 2014

We have been fortunate to have a surplus of forage in North Central Wisconsin so far this summer.  The quality of much of the 1st cutting is not as good as other years, but it is forage nonetheless.  I have spent some time studying MP heifer rations with mature...
Dry Cows and Metabolizable Protein Balancing

Dry Cows and Metabolizable Protein Balancing

While trying to decide what I wanted to write about, I thought of an article from February 2013 in The William H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute Farm Report. Before you read my analysis, take a look at that article: Are Your Cows Getting Enough Metabolizable...