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10 Things to Maximizing Your Feeding Program
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2.A. Antibiotic resistant bacteria - Prevalence in dairy manure
(2018-07)Generally, less than 15% of tested bacterial isolates from US dairy manure samples are ARB, though for some bacterial species and antibiotics, higher prevalences have been reported. Resistance to tetracycline appears the ... -
2.B. Antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) - Measuring ARB in dairy manure
(2018-07)ARB are bacteria that have the ability to resist the effects of an antibiotic. They are naturally occurring, and can be found in dairy manure (See Fact Sheet 2.A.). Phenotypic [i.e. by growth patterns] or genotypic [i.e. ... -
2006 NEDPA Conference Update on Air Emissions from Dairy Farms
(2006)A presentation created by the PRO-DAIRY DES Program for the 2006 NEDPA Conference on air emission from dairy farms. Ammonia Emissions, Emission Sources, National Air Emission Monitoring Study and more are discussed. -
2017 Corn Diseases and Plant Health in a Wet Growing Season
(PRO-DAIRY, 2017)The current 2017 wet/rainy weather and high humidity can create a situation where diseases can become an issue in corn. While there are several foliar diseases that can occur on corn under these conditions, gray leaf ... -
2021 Corn silage overview
(2021-11)The growing season across much of the Northeast started with average to slightly above average heat unit accumulation and below average precipitation. This provided relatively good conditions for corn planting, with trial ... -
2022 Corn silage overview
(PRO-DAIRY, 2022-10)As 2022 corn silage sits in storage, hopefully fermenting for the next few months before being fed out, it is helpful to understand how this crop might feed compared to previous years. These results offer an indicator of ... -
3.A. Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) - Prevalence in dairy manure
(2018-08)More than 60 different ARGs have been found in cattle manure; tetracycline resistance genes may be the most common. A USDA-ARS study that sequenced the genome (See Fact Sheet 3.B.) of 160 antibiotic resistant E. coli and ... -
3.B. Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) - Measuring ARGs in dairy manure
(2018-08)In spite of these limitations, molecular data is revolutionizing the ability to study ARGs and provides an approach to monitor ARGs on farm, in the human medical clinics, and in the environment. Such surveillance will be ... -
Accountability - To One's Self, Co-workers, and the Business
(2013-01-16) -
ACE Farm Poultry Waste Composting
(2003-02)ACE Farm, in Monroe (Orange County), was founded in 1917 and specializes in growing egg-laying chickens. It is a family owned and operated enterprise that annually produces 130,000 laying hens are capable of laying 39 ... -
Achieving and measuring silage density
(Progressive Dairyman, 2020-03)The topic of silage density in storage has garnered a great deal of focus in the last few decades, but it remains a key opportunity area on many farms for its role in 1) minimizing storage losses and feed quality deterioration, ...
