Podcast Episodes
Back to Search60: Why Traditional Mycotoxin Binders Fail in Dairy Herds and What to Do Instead
Today’s dairy herds are facing a new class of mycotoxin challenges that traditional binders weren’t designed to address. In this episode, Scott Zehr …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
59: Nine Months of Pain All Because Testing Came Too Late
Season 2 Episode 59
Mycotoxins like DON, zearalenone, and fumonisin silently drain herd health and profits, but too often, testing only happens after the damage is done.…
5 months, 1 week ago
58: The Truth About Calcium Carbonate in Dairy Nutrition
Season 2 Episode 58
Most people see “calcium carbonate” on a label and assume it’s all the same, cheap limestone that barely gets absorbed. However, now we know: Not all…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
57: The True Cost of Staying the Same on Your Dairy
Season 2 Episode 57
What if the biggest hidden cost on your dairy isn’t feed, labor, or genetics, but the pain of not changing?
In this episode of Ruminate This, Scott Ze…
6 months, 1 week ago
56: Shaping the Future of Transition Cow Health
Season 2 Episode 56
Most dairies focus on calcium deficiency during the transition period, but what if that’s just a symptom, not the root cause? In this episode of Rumi…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
55: Best practices for disbudding
Season 2 Episode 55
Disbudding is performed on nearly 94% of U.S. dairy farms. Dr. Alycia Drwencke, PhD, Tucker Lab Member at the University of California, Davis, shares…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
54: The next generation of transition cow care
Season 2 Episode 54
Preventing milk fever is important, but it’s not the whole story. The real wins in transition care happen when you go beyond calcium.
In this episode…
7 months, 1 week ago
53: Silage inoculates: what they do and don't do
Season 2 Episode 53
Do forage inoculants really work, or are they just “insurance”?
Can they prevent or reduce mycotoxins in silage?
In this episode of Ruminate This, Agra…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
52: Corn Silage Secrets: Stop Shrink, Boost Quality
Season 2 Episode 52
In this episode of Ruminate This, we discuss simple, no-nonsense strategies to set up your silage season for success and stop costly feed losses befo…
8 months, 1 week ago
51: Optimizing Transition Cow Health to Boost Fertility and Milk Production
Season 2 Episode 51
The first week after calving is a critical window that impacts reproductive performance and overall lactation success in dairy cows. In this episode,…
8 months, 3 weeks ago