I-29 Moo University
A newsletter for dairy producers - March 2017
February 2017 Dairy Budget
Even though the butterfat price and PPD dropped in February compared to January 2017, returns to milk production in all four dairy budgets remained positive for returns to management. Continue...
Email: Robert.Tigner@unl.edu
Website: https://redwillowfarmranch.wordpress.com/
Phone: (308) 345-3390
A Guide Written in Spanish: Dairy Cow Health and Metabolic Disease Relative to Nutritional Factors
This NebGuide written in both English and Spanish discusses common dairy cow diseases related to nutrition including ketosis, retained placenta, liver abscesses, displaced abomasum, bloat, hypocalcemia, and more.
This NebGuide is an excellent resource to print and post in the employee break room or meeting room as a resource for cow health and metabolic related diseases. Continue...
Email: kimclark@unl.edu
Website: Dairy.unl.edu
Location: Lincoln, NE
Phone: (402) 472-6065
Facebook: Facebook.com/NEDairyExt
Twitter: @NEDairyExt
Calendar of Events
Note: All times are listed in Central Standard Time (CST).
March
28: I29 Moo University Dairy Beef Shortcourse. Sioux Falls, SD. Click here for details.
29-30: Central Plains Dairy Expo, Sioux Falls, SD
April
5: Animal Care Wednesday Webinar. For topic information and to join the webinar, click here.
18-19: UMDIA meetings, Rochester or St. Cloud. Click here for details.
25: Robotics workshop; Plainview, Nebraska. Click here for details.
May
3: Animal Care Wednesday Webinar. For topic information and to join the webinar, click here.
31: Bugs on Your Farm workshop; Thiele Dairy, Clearwater, NE. Click here for details.
About Us
Website: iGrow.org/Livestock/Dairy
Location: I29 Corridor
Facebook: Facebook.com/I29DairyOutreachConsortium
University of Minnesota Extenstion
Contacts:
Jim Salfer (Extension): salfe001@umn.edu; phone: 320.203.6093
Betty Berning (Extension): bberning@umn.edu; phone: 320.203.6104
Keela Fick (Minnesota Dairy Initiative-SW Region): Keela.Fick@co.pipestone.mn.us; phone: 507.290.0576
South Dakota State University Extension
Contacts:
Tracey Erickson (Extension): Tracey.Erickson@sdstate.edu phone: 605.882.5140
Maristela Rovai (Extension): Maristela.Rovai@sdstate.edu; phone: 605.688.5488
Heidi Carroll (Extension): Heidi.Carroll@sdstate.edu; phone: 605.688.6623
Roger Scheibe (SDDP): SDDairyProducers@gmail.com;
phone: 605.692.1775
Nebraska Extension
Contacts:
Kim Clark (Extension): KimClark@unl.edu; phone: 402.472.6065
Robert Tigner (Extension): Robert.Tigner@unl.edu; phone: 308.345.3390
Paul Kononoff (Extension): PKononoff2@unl.edu;
phone: 402.472.6442
Rod Johnson (NSDA): Rod@NebraskaMilk.org;
phone: 402.261.5482
Iowa State University Dairy Extension
Contacts:
Leo Timms (Extension): ltimms@iastate.edu;
phone: 515.294.4522
Hugo Ramirez-Ramirez; hramirez@iastate.edu;
phone: 515.294.2160
Sue Ann Claudon (ISDA): sueannc@iowadairy.org;
phone: 515.965.4626
Allied Partners
Midwest Dairy Association: MidwestDairy.com
Minnesota Milk Producers Association: MNMilk.org
Nebraska State Dairy Association: NebraskaMilk.org
North Dakota Department of Agriculture: https://www.nd.gov/ndda/
South Dakota Dairy Producers: SDDairyProducers.org
Minnesota Dairy Initiative-SW Region