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Back to SearchEpisode 359 - New Calf Health and Fertility Traits: What Dairy Producers Need to Know - UMN Extension's The Moos Room
Episode 360
This episode previews new U.S. dairy genetic evaluations scheduled for release by the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding on August 11, 2026.
Two new cal…
13 hours ago
Episode 358 - Footbath Management: What Dairy Farms May Be Missing - UMN Extension's The Moos Room
Episode 359
After sharing how recent heat stress caused an average milk loss of four pounds per cow in his herd, Brad turns his attention to lameness and footbat…
1 week ago
Episode 357 - From Calf to Carcass: Early Nutrition for Beef-on-Dairy Success - UMN Extension's The Moos Room
Episode 358
Beef-on-dairy calves continue to bring strong prices, but producing calves that perform well from birth through harvest requires careful decisions ab…
2 weeks ago
Episode 356 - Heat Stress and Water Intake in Dairy Cows - UMN Extension's The Moos Room
Episode 357
This episode examines how heat stress affects water intake in dairy cows—and why farms must prepare their watering systems for increasingly hot weath…
3 weeks ago
Episode 355 - How Breed (Holstein and Crossbred) Influences Heifer Feed Intake and Emissions- UMN Extension's The Moos Room
Episode 356
Brad shares preliminary results from a University of Minnesota study examining feed intake, methane emissions, and feeding behavior in Holstein and c…
4 weeks ago
Episode 354 - Hot Calves, Lower Gains: Rethinking Summer Calf Care - UMN Extension's The Moos Room
Episode 355
Brad takes a closer look at heat stress in dairy calves and cows. This episode highlights several recent studies on how temperature-humidity index af…
1 month ago
Episode 353 - Calf Research Roundup: Colostrum, Beef-on-Dairy, and Weaning Insights - UMN Extension's The Moos Room
Episode 354
Back from the ADSA annual meeting in Milwaukee, Brad shares highlights from several calf-focused dairy studies. This episode covers new research on c…
1 month, 1 week ago
Episode 352 - Somatic Cell Count Genetics and Heifer Feed Efficiency - UMN Extension's The Moos Rom
Episode 353
Brad shares two studies He presented at the American Dairy Science Association annual meeting. First, he examines records from more than 150,000 lact…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Episode 351 - High Oleic Soybeans: A New Tool for Dairy Rations? - UMN Extension's The Moos Room
Episode 352
Brad discusses what he learned about high oleic soybeans at the Four State Dairy Management and Nutrition Conference in La Crosse, Wisconsin. High ol…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Episode 350 - New World Screwworm Returns to the U.S.: What Farmers Need to Know - UMN Extension's The Moos Room
Episode 351
A case of New World screwworm was recently identified in a three-month-old calf in Zavala County, Texas, near the Texas-Mexico border. In this episod…
2 months ago