California Dairy Newsletter

Topics related to commercial dairy cow milk production and allied industry relations. Oriented to typical California enterprise.

Issues	Articles
February 2012	Mycotoxins TMR Mixing Calf Pneumonia Technology & Cows Announcements
December 2011 Spanish	UCCE Herdsman Shortcourse Announcement Back to Basics: Milking Procedures Trouble-Shooting High LPC Heat Stress in Cattle Managing Retained Placentas Looking at the Dairy from an Outside Perpective
November 2011	Forage Dry Matter Milk Quality Research Update Announcements
September 2011	Management Considerations Plant Tissue Sampling Diagnosing Downer Cows Supply Well Sampling Utilizing Checklists NRCS Announcement
June 2011	Antibiotic Residues Identifying Sick Cows Monitoring Mastitis Water Board Updates Corn Silage Field Day
February 2011	To Our Readers Silage Face Management Milk Quality WDR Reminders Protected Amino Acids Nutrient Efficiency
December 2010 Spanish	Estrés por calor en vacuno Manejando la Retención de Placenta Pricipios Básicos: Procedimientos de Ordeño Muestreo de Leche Estéril Cursillo para Manejadores de Lechería
November 2010	The EU Challenge Milking Procedure Milk Sampling Irrigation Update SJVAPCD WDR Reminders Announcements
August 2010	Heat Stress Timing Corn Harvest Sampling Corn at Harvest Milk Quality Meet Dr. Rossow Fly Management WDR Reminders Repro. Short Course
May 2010	Carbon Footprints Feeding for Animal Requirements Training Videos Milk Urea Nitrogen When the Media Calls Incinerators in CA? Increasing Efficiency
January 2010	Dairy Wage Survey Overfeeding Nutrients Retained Placenta Water Use by Cows Crop Irrigation Animal Welfare Forage Seminar Herdsman Course North Valley Dairy Day
December 2009 Spanish	Pausterizando Calostro Alimentando a terneros Altos LPC Leche + Remplazante de leche? Mortalidad Menos Visible Residuos de Antibioticos Vacas de Desecho Confort de la vaca Eficiencia en la conversión de alimentos Signos de depresión Enfermedad de Johne’s Huella del Carbono
October 2009	Carbon Footprints Employee Giftedness Residue Violations Johne's Disease Tail Docking Update UC Davis News Nutrient Management CDQAP Updates Small Grain Mycotoxins Announcements
July 2009	Impact, 1944 vs. 2007 High LPC's? Purchasing forage? Mineral content in feedstuffs Know the signs of depression Increase cow comfort Concealing animal mortalities Feeding Calves Managing irrigations Reproductive short course WDR sampling Heat stress tips Dairy Advisor Letter
May 2009	Heat Stress Feeding Toxic Weeds Milk + Milk Replacer Powder? Culling Considerations Tail Docking Survey Tail Docking Practices UC Davis Teaching Prize Bulk Tank Milk Quality Systems Management Feeding Gin Trash? Dairy Facility Options
January 2009	What does Proposition 2 mean for dairies? Ruminant feed ban rule gets "enhancements" Feed conversion efficiency WDR deliverables, July 2009 Tricolored blackbirds New faculty at UC Davis Pasteurized colostrums Dairy beef quality assurance Top Notch Dairy Practices Nutrient tracking on your fields Dairy Herdsman Shortcourse Regional Water Quality Control Board inspecions