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Palmitic Acid, Milk Fat, and Hard Butter - What's All of the Fuss About?

Overton, Thomas R.; Barbano, David M.; Van Amburgh, Michael E.; McFadden, Joseph W. (2021-03)

The purpose of this fact sheet is to provide information on how milk fat is synthesized and to provide additional context for the consumer and those involved in the discussion.
SAS Code for Technical note: Comparison among three methods for evaluating clinical mastitis frequency in dairy cows: cow-level risk, cow-level rate, and quarter–level rate

Alanis, Valeria M.; Tomazi, Tiago; Santisteban, Carlos; Nydam, Daryl V.; Ospina, Paula A. (2020-11-06)

The lack of standardization in reporting clinical mastitis incidence limits the ability to compare results across multiple studies without additional calculations. There is both a biological and statistical rationale for ...
Feeding Strategies During Challenging Times

Overton, Tom; Chase, Larry (2018-03)

Difficult economics in the dairy industry now and likely for much of 2018 have herd owners and their advisors working to find opportunities to increase margins and/or cut costs. Using averages from 36 New York farms that ...
Prediction of Pregnancy Following Insemination of Dairy Cows

Lay, Debbie (2007-07-06)

Plasma samples from dairy cows across two seasons (warm and cold) were re-assayed utilizing a more sensitive and uniform procedure in order to assess the use of progesterone and PGFM concentrations on the day of AI (Day ...
Management Considerations for Immature and Frosted Corn Silage

Chase, Larry (2019-08-15)

The 2019 growing season in New York has again not been “normal.” Wet conditions delayed planting in many areas of the state. Later in the growing season, some areas were dry. On many farms, there are large differences in ...