Calf Data, Dairy Nutrition and High-Oleic Soybeans: Conversations From World Dairy Expo

Learning from others in the dairy industry is one of the many opportunities at World Dairy Expo. Today’s episode covers conversations on calf health data, strategies for dairy farm profitability and the considerations that come with using high-oleic soybeans. First, we look at calf health and the growing pressure to maximize the value of every calf while managing disease risk and tighter replacement supplies. Assistant director of product development at DRMS Robert Fourdraine and Katie Schmitt, industry relations manager for the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding, discuss what the data shows, along with new traits and tools available to producers. Then, we hear from Paulina Letelier, a consultant with GPS Dairy Consulting, about her work with dairy farmers and strategies for dairy nutrition and profitability. Her approach comes back to keeping things simple and practical. We wrap up with Stacy Nichols, Dairy Technical Sales Manager at Vita Plus, talking about the opportunities and considerations for high-oleic soybeans. He discusses whether an on-farm roaster is needed and the questions producers should ask about their operation before getting started. Additional BONUS episodes are part of our World Dairy Expo coverage, with one released earlier this week and another coming Friday. Those episodes cover educational seminars, conversations with dairy farmers, youth and more from Expo. Subscribe to the podcast for reminders of episodes – next regularly scheduled podcast will be released on October 12 – about the dairy community and leave a review! We look forward to bringing you this brand new way to consume Dairy Star. This is Dairy Delivery. All Dairy, all the time. Today's episode is sponsored by DRMS. Visit their website at www.DRMS.org/HerdHQ/What-is-HerdHQ to learn more.