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Back to SearchEpisode 319 - Inbreeding: Is It An Impending Doom? - UMN Extension's The Moos Room
Episode 320
In this episode, Brad is back from Europe—jetlagged but full of insights from farms and conferences in Germany and the Netherlands. He dives into one…
9 months, 1 week ago
Episode 318 - Cattle, Shade & Solar: What Agrivoltaics Really Looks Like (with Anna Clare) - UMN Extension's The Moos Room
Episode 319
Brad kicks off a solo episode (recorded before a trip to Germany) and turns the mic to rangeland scientist Anna Clare for a deep dive into “the solar…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 317 - Emily’s Back! Farm Emergency Planning You’ll Actually Use - The UMN Extension's Moos Room
Episode 318
Emily is back from medical leave (hooray!) and she and Brad dig into an essential topic for every operation: emergency planning. You can’t predict ev…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 316 - Genomic Testing: Is It Worth It and How to Use It Effectively - UMN Extension's The Moos Room
Episode 317
In this episode, Brad shares his fall updates from western Minnesota before diving into a detailed discussion on genomic testing in dairy herds. Draw…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Episode 315 - How Genetics Drive Dairy Profitability: Insights from Minnesota Herds - UMN Extension's The Moos Room
Episode 316
Host Brad Heins welcomes Becca Weir, a Minnesota native and newly appointed assistant professor of agricultural economics at Penn State. Growing up o…
10 months ago
Episode 314 -The Future of Grazing? Brad Tests Virtual Fencing - UMN Extension's The Moos Room
Episode 315
In this episode, Brad shares his firsthand experience with virtual fencing on the University of Minnesota’s Morris dairy herd. After a long grazing s…
10 months, 1 week ago
Episode 313 -Robots, Rotaries, or Both? Jim Salfer on Where Dairy Automation’s Headed - UMN Extension's The Moos Room
Episode 314
Today, Brad brings on University of Minnesota Extension colleague Jim Salfer to talk through the state of dairy automation. Robots are still going in…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 312 - Managing the Stress of Weaning: Research Insights for Farmers - UMN Extension's The Moos Room
Episode 312
This week on The Moos Room, Brad shares updates from the University of Minnesota’s dairy research center, where staff have been on strike and he’s be…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 311 - Milk Fatty Acids: The Next Frontier in Dairy Nutrition - UMN Extension's The Moos Room
Episode 313
In this episode, Brad dives into the growing interest in milk fatty acid profiles and what they can tell us about cow health, nutrition, and manageme…
11 months ago
Episode 310 -Faster Cows, Faster Parlors: New Genetic Evaluations for Milking Speed - UMN Extension's The Moos Room
Episode 312
In this Labor Day episode, Brad highlights the history of the holiday in the U.S. and Canada before diving into a brand-new genetic evaluation for Ho…
11 months, 1 week ago