I-29 Moo University
A newsletter for dairy producers - November 2016
Setting up your farm for success
Successfully managing a dairy farm can be challenging. There are moving parts, and they each need to be working well for success. This is not unlike successful sports teams. If the offense is great, but the defense is not, the chances of success are greatly diminished. Continue...
Email: salfe001@umn.edu
Website: http://www.extension.umn.edu/agriculture/dairy/
Location: St Cloud, MN, United States
Phone: (320) 203-6093
Not all NDF is the same!
Forage, on a dry matter basis, is composed of protein, fat, non-fiber carbohydrates (NFC), fiber (also carbohydrates) and ash. Neutral detergent fiber, or NDF, is part of the carbohydrates of forage and a significant factor in the amount of energy that forages can provide to a ruminant. But NDF is different in different forages. Continue...
Email: jcp@umn.edu
Website: http://www.extension.umn.edu/agriculture/dairy/
Location: Rochester, MN, United States
Phone: (507) 280-2871
How Do Genetics Impact Animal Well-Being?
Animal Care Wednesday Webinars
Husbandry Practices in the Spotlight
During the October Animal Care Wednesday Webinar, Dr. Michael Gonda, South Dakota State University Associate Professor of Animal Genetics, discussed the difficult topic of the impacts that genetic technologies have on food animal farming and ranching.
Genetic Engineering
Genetic engineering (GE) refers to the insertion, deletion, or modification of a specific region of DNA in an organism. This technology has the potential to transform how we improve livestock with genetics. Continue...Email: heidi.carroll@sdstate.edu
Website: igrow.org/livestock/dairy
Location: Brookings, SD, United States
Phone: (605) 688-6623
Calendar of Events
2016
November
29: North Dakota Dairy Convention, Baymont Inn & Suites, Mandan, ND.
29-December 1: Minnesota Milk Dairy Conference and Expo, River's Edge Convention Center, St. Cloud, MN.
December
7: Animal Care Wednesday webinar, 10:30 am
8-9: Risk Assessment Workshop-Lincoln, NE.
13: Avoiding Cold Stress in Winter Months webinar; 10:00 am. Click here for details and to join the webinar.
2017
January
16-20: I-29 Moo University Winter Workshop; Hot Topics on a Cold Day. Details coming soon!
16: Quality Inn, Jamestown, ND
17: Codington County Extension Center, Watertown, SD
18: Pipestone Systems Conference Room, Pipestone, MN
19: Sioux County Extension Office, Orange City, IA
20: Lifelong Learning Center at NECC, Norfolk, NE
February
3: SD Midwest Dairy Assn, District 1& 2 meetings, Brookings, SD
3: SD Dairy Producers Annual Meeting, Brookings, SD
21: Nebraska State Dairy Association annual convention; Columbus, NE
24: Cattle Handling workshop; Beresford, SD
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
Jim Paulson (Extension): jcp@umn.edu; phone: 507.251.4694
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
North Dakota State University Dairy Extension
Contacts:
JW Schroeder (Extension-Emeritus): jw.schroeder@ndsu.edu; phone: 701.231.7663
Amber Boeshans (ND Department of Agriculture): aboeshans@nd.gov; phone: 701.328.1495
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