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Purdue Dairy Digest — 370 episodes

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#387-Buttergate

2

#386-A Tour of Rumen Microbials

3

#385-Corn, soybean, and milk commodity prices for 2021

4

#384-Dietary Guidelines for Americans

5

#383 - Optimal bodyweight at first calvingOptimal bodyweight at first calving#383 - Optimal bodyweight at first calving

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#382-Can seaweed help the dairy industry become carbon neutral?382-Can seaweed help the dairy industry become carbon neutral?382-Can seaweed help the dairy industry become carbon neutral?

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#381-Ketosis: Is It a Disease?

8

#380-Cholesterol Deficiency

9

#379- Heifer Mastitis

10

378-Can Cameras Prevent Mastitis?

11

377-Hypocalcemia in Dairy Cattle

12

376-In utero heat stress

13

375-High Class III prices may not reflect higher milk checks

14

374-CFAP payments

15

#373-Is there an Optimal Culling Rate?

16

#372-Can I dump milk into my manure storage?

17

#371-Should I start feeding my calves milk instead of milk replacer?

18

#370-Why are dairy farms dumping milk?

19

369-Heat Treating Colostrum

20

#368-Recent Calf Nutrition and Management Research

21

Borden Dairy Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

22

#365 - What Calves Want at Christmas

23

#364-Digital Agriculture and Dairy Cows

24

#363-What Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Means for Dean Foods

25

Reducing Clinical Hypocalcemia in Herds

26

World Dairy Expo

27

Annual Global Agenda on Sustainable Livestock

28

Use of Intramammary Antibiotics

29

Vitamin Recheck

30

Employee Relations on the Farm

31

Prevented planting acres and the Dairy Producer

32

What if Cows Were Jet Lagged Every Three Days?

33

The Rise of Animal Rights Activism on Dairy Farms

34

Flies are not a cow's best friend

35

Update from Tri-State Dairy Nutrition Conference

36

What to Look for When Alfalfa is Scouted in the Early Spring

37

Now is the time to think about heat abatement

38

Why are dairy producers using beef semen?

39

Fever and nasal discharge, must be pneumonia?

40

Take Homes from Indiana Dairy Forum

41

Offshore Dairy Farming

42

The Optimal Range for Milk Urea Nitrogen in Dairy Cattle

43

The Use of Genomics to Predict Future Health Outcomes in Dairy Cattle

44

Facial Recognition in the Dairy

45

Daylight Length and its Influence on Milk Production

46

So Much Cheese!!!!

47

Lung Ultrasonography to Assess Health in Calves

48

USMCA

49

Dairy Tariff Relief

50

Value of Dairy Products for an Aging Population

51

Consumer Perceptions about Milk

52

Milking Frequency

53

Reminders about Corn Silage Harvest

54

The Science Behind A2 Milk

55

The California Milk Marketing order and its effects

56

Farewell Mike Schutz

57

The Impact That Inflammation has on Liver Function

58

Body Condition Scoring and its effect of Reproduction

59

Changes that Occur when Ensiling Corn Silage

60

The Tri-State Dairy Nutrition Conference is coming up soon

61

Dean Foods and the Milk Supply

62

Feeding Fat Supplements

63

Update from the Indiana Regional Dairy Meetings

64

Your Dairy Checkoff

65

Dairy Consumption and News about IN Dairy Meetings

66

Rumen Microbial Stability and Your Cow

67

Milk and Christmas

68

Water Quality and your Herd

69

Low Lignin Alfalfa

70

Factors that Contribute to low Colustrum Yield

71

The Mycotoxin Don

72

Genetics of Gestation Length

73

Selection for Gestation Length

74

Southern Corn Rust

75

Getting Ready for the Show

76

Heat Stress and Dry Cows

77

Heat Stress

78

Forages and Inoculants

79

Genetic Gains with Genomics

80

Genomic Accuracy

81

Calf Care and Future Milk Yield

82

Days Dry

83

Selective Dryoff Therapy

84

Dryoff Methods

85

Outstanding Dairy Producers of 2017

86

Avoid Needle Sticks

87

The Cold and Your Calves

88

2017 Dairy Outlook

89

Healthy Santa

90

More Skid Loader Safety Tips

91

Skid Steer Loader Safety

92

Beware of Dangerous Manure Gasses

93

VCPR and others in the Dairy Veterinary Word Soup

94

Veterinary Feed DIrective (VFD)

95

Chemical Fly Control

96

Biological Fly Management

97

Fly Management Practices

98

Fly Control

99

Summer Mastitis Control

100

Tail Switch Trimming

101

Cow Cooling

102

Fan Maintenance and Efficency

103

New Milk Processing Facility in Indiana

104

Forage Inventory Planning

105

Spring Forage Inventory

106

Indiana Farm Number Trends

107

Trends in Indiana Dairy Farms

108

Indiana's Outstanding Dairy Producers

109

Dairy Outlook 2016

110

Saving in Tough Milk Times

111

New Year's Resolutions

112

Santa and his Milk Preferences

113

CMT Scoring

114

California Mastitis Test Today

115

Dairy's Reputation

116

Animal Agriculture Perceptions

117

Perception is Reality when Talking about Animal Welfare

118

Results of Purdue University's Milk Balancer Study

119

The Dangers of Silage Gas

120

Safety at Silage Cutting TIme

121

Getting Ready for Corn Silage Harvest

122

Flooding and your Dairy Farm

123

Forage Considerations in a Wet Spring

124

Genomic Improvement

125

Genomic Testing

126

Genomic Selection

127

Feeding Dry Cows

128

Selecting the Right Group Size for Your Calves

129

Goals of Your Milking Procedures

130

Farm Succession Planning

131

Colustrum Replacers

132

California Mastitis Test

133

Tempurature Monitoring in Dairy Cattle

134

Changes Afoot

135

Are Parasites Robbing You?

136

Upcoming Dairy Meetings

137

Happy New Year

138

Merry Christmas

139

Shade and Production

140

Corn Silage Kernal Size

141

Its Half-time, time to rest. . . Not!

142

Happy Thanksgiving!!

143

Grazing Merit Index

144

Genetic Base Change

145

Reducing Calf Stress

146

Locomotion Scoring

147

Milking Parlor Etiquette

148

Margin Protectio Program Meetings

149

Indiana State Forage Field Day

150

Total Mixed Rations

151

Heifer Research feeding NFC Diets

152

Send Your Cull Cows to Rehab

153

Water

154

Cow Culling

155

Happy Labor Day!!!

156

Extension's Cenntenial

157

State Fair!!

158

Results of a Calf Starter Study

159

Silage Inoculants

160

Milk vs Milk Replacer

161

Dairy Producers and the Beef Checkoff

162

Eliminating Biofilms in the Dairy Operation

163

Have a Happy and Safe Independence Day!!

164

Maintain Your Milking Equipment

165

2014-KentuckIana Dairy Exchange Tour

166

Genetic Selection Indices in the US

167

Genetic Selection Indexes

168

Memorial Day

169

What does Reliability Mean in Genetic Terms?

170

Traits for Genetic Selection

171

Predictive Transmitting Abilities

172

Ketosis in Dairy Cows

173

Evaluating Forage Quality and Forage Inventories

174

Integrated Bird Control Measures

175

Evaluating Forages in the Spring

176

Purdue Legacy Dairy Sale

177

Body Condition Scoring your Dairy Herd in 2014

178

Heifer Management Programs

179

Birds on Your Dairy Farm

180

Toxicants and Bird Control

181

Risk Management in Marketing

182

Heifer Breeding Programs

183

Respiratory Health of Calves

184

Voluntary Waiting Period

185

Automatic Calf Feeders

186

Calf Nesting Scores

187

Calf Bedding Choices

188

2014 Indiana State and Regioanl Dairy Meetings

189

Happy New Year!

190

Merry Christmas

191

What's up with this Year's Corn Silage Crop?

192

The Importance of Choline in Dairy Rations

193

Folate in Dairy Rations

194

Happy Thanksgiving

195

Winter Calf Feeding

196

Strategies to Improve Preganacy Rates

197

Supplementing Niacin to your Dairy Herd

198

Conception Rates vs Pregnancy Rates

199

Calving Procedures

200

Supplementing Biotin to Dairy Cows

201

Preparing for AI, Handling Semen

202

World Dairy Expo

203

Using Sexed Semen in you Dairy Herd

204

The Changing Dairy Industry Structure

205

Happy Labor Day!

206

Dry Cow Diets

207

Dairy Outlook 2014

208

Its Calf Feeding Time

209

Grain Inclusion Levels for Dairy Heifers

210

Preparing to Harvest Corn Silage

211

Managing the Compost Pack Barn

212

Considerations for Compost Bedded Pack Barns

213

Long Day Lighting for Dairy Cattle

214

Happy Independence Day

215

Kentuckiana Dairy Exchange

216

Forge Particle Sizing

217

Compost Bedded Pack Barns

218

Using Recycled Manure as Bedding

219

Happy Memorial Day!

220

Contracts for Raising Dairy Heifers

221

Waterbeds for Dairy Cows

222

Vegatative Filter Strips

223

Pricing Corn Silage

224

Bedding Dairy Cows on Sand

225

Treatment and Prevention of Hypocalcemia (Milk Fever)

226

Causes of Hypocalcemia (Milk Fever)

227

Assessing Forage Stands

228

Accessing Forage Supplies

229

Fresh Cow Monitoring

230

Indiana Fertilizer Use Rule

231

Selection and Care of Needles

232

The North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge

233

Dairy Beef Quality and Antibiotics

234

Willingness to pay for Ice Cream's attributes

235

Ropey Milk

236

Cow Hygiene Scoring

237

Are You Willing to Handle Raw Meat?

238

Upcoming Dairy Meetings

239

New Year's Resolutions

240

Happy New Year

241

Merry Christmas

242

Milk for Santa

243

Condensed Distiller Soulbles

244

Food Safety and Animal Welfare Perceptions

245

Decision Traps

246

Supplementing Potassium to Dairy Cows

247

Happy Thanksgiving

248

Willingness to Pay for Yogurt Production Attributes

249

Dry Cow Treatment

250

Making Decisions in Volatile Times

251

Comprehensive Nutrient Management Programs

252

Silage Management

253

Bedding your herd

254

Energy Audits and your Dairy

255

Feed Delivery Methods for Dairy Heifers

256

Decisions for treating mastitis

257

Happy Labor Day!

258

The Fermentation When Making Silage

259

Coping with Aflatoxins

260

Food Safety and Import vs Domestic Products

261

Consumer Labeling and Decision Making

262

Year of the Dairy Cow

263

Heat Stress in Dairy Calves

264

Drought Stratagies for Dairy Cattle

265

The Dairy Digest Turns 100!!

266

Happy Independence Day!!

267

Yogurt and ice cream purchases by consumers

268

Indiana's New CFO Rules

269

Fluid Milk Purchasing Trends

270

Consumer Views on Dairy Product Attributes

271

Happy Memorial Day!!

272

Getting to know you consumers and how they use your products.

273

Water Intake is Critical

274

Body Condition Scoring Dairy Cows

275

Milk Feeding Study

276

Forage Maturity

277

Pasteurization's 150th Anniversary

278

Milk's Freezing Point

279

Automatic Calf Feeders

280

BMR hybrids

281

Cooling Cows in the Spring

282

Milk Urea Nitrogen

283

Prioritizing Management Time

284

DCAD prevents milk fever in dairy diets

285

Managing Farm and Family

286

Dairy Judging

287

Cultural Sensitivity for Employees

288

Dairy Facillities

289

Barriers to Communication

290

Indiana Spring Dairy Meetings

291

Keeping Records on your Dairy Operation

292

Motivating Employees

293

Happy Holidays!!

294

Assessing your Human Resources

295

Holiday on a Dairy Farm

296

Black and White, and Red All Over

297

Preparing Your Dairy for Winter

298

Happy Thanksgiving!

299

Dairy Breeds in Black and White

300

Feeding DDGs to Heifers

301

Anaerobic digestion

302

Cow Tipping

303

Feed Efficiency

304

Indiana Fertilizer Applicator Certification

305

Fall Manure Management

306

Lab Pasteurization Counts

307

Preliminary Incubation Counts

308

Standard Plate Counts

309

Happy Labor Day!

310

Hold that Trailer!!

311

Corn Silage Harvesting Tips

312

Check that Forage-Nitrates in Forages

313

Bull Safety

314

Running of the Bulls?

315

The Precision Dairy

316

Ready, Aim, Inject

317

Reducing Heat Stress

318

Happy Independence Day!!

319

Role of Protein in Dairy Cattle Diets Part 2

320

Role of Protein in Dairy Cattle Diets-1

321

2011 Kentuckyiana Dairy Exchange

322

Check your Cow\'s Medicine Chest

323

Happy Memorial Day!

324

Milk Quality Tests

325

Updating the Somatic Cell Count Situation

326

Dietary Fiber in Dairy Rations

327

Potassium in Dairy Cattle Diets

328

Rubber Matting

329

Lameness

330

Consumer Dairy Preferences

331

Dairy Cattle Diets

332

The Dairy Checkoff

333

Feed Shrink and Potential Feed Losses

334

National Dairy FARM Program

335

Replacement Heifer Research Update

336

Dairy Cattle and Drug Residues

337

High Corn Prices and Your Dairy

338

Birds and Your Dairy

339

Automatic Milking Systems

340

2011 Indiana Regional Dairy Meetings

341

Dairy Beef Quality Assurance

342

Fatty Liver Disease

343

Manure Management Record-Keeping

344

The Transition Cow

345

Changing Consumer Preferences

346

Milk Replacer Feeding Programs

347

Winter Milking Procedures

348

Winter Calf Care/Keeping Colustrum

349

Carbon Footprint of Dairy

350

Grazing Genetics

351

Heifer Research Update

352

Jack Albright-Dairy Pioneer

353

Fall Manure Applications

354

Raw Milk

355

Tail Docking

356

Zearalenone and Feeding Dairy Heifers

357

Crossbreeding (Growing Interest)

358

Controlling Contagious Mastitis

359

Antibiotic Residues in Milk

360

Farm Safety

361

Cooling Dry Cows

362

Controlling Environmental Mastitis

363

Harvesting and Storing Silages

364

Colostrum in your Dairying Program

365

The Importance of Your Somatic Cell Count

366

Dairy management highlighted at Kentuckiana Dairy Exchange

367

Somatic Cell Counts-The Situation

368

Forage Harvesting and Dairy Diets

369

Net Merit Selection Index

370

Mycotoxins in feeds