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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of CA_0412
CA_0412
Serving Canadian Dairymen | May 1, 2012 | Vol. 2 No. 4
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Time to open the barn doors
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PD NEWS
News, cont’d from page 3
Seven ways to lead by example
Seven ways to lead by example, cont’d from page 5
Avoiding the Derek Principle: Promoting the best to leadership
they’d like to be a manager, taken
How to use three types of feedback to improve performance
Three types of feedback can help improve performance, cont’d from page 9
Protecting your business
Where I start planning with a dairyman on Day 1
If I am charged with the expectation of helping someone
Producer tour showcases Alberta farms
LEFT: Ten Brummelhuis Dairy Ltd. TOP:
Spring has sprung: Watch for changing starch digestibility
Figure 2
Producers should consider baleage as a feed option
specialist in the Biological Systems
Consider benefi ts of balancing dairy rations for amino acids
Table 1
Audit team: Worn mixer knives frustrate feeder and milk yields
a healthier rumen environment for
ELIMINATE
Watch for silage mycotoxins’ effects on herd performance
PD Timeline
nglish
Factors to consider when buying high-quality forage seed
High-quality forages key for increased milk production
At Veldale Farms, they believe every part of the process is important to producing high-quality forage. To begin, soil tests are completed and
Aerobically unstable ensiled forages: An avoidable loss
Aerobically unstable ensiled forages: An avoidable loss, cont’d from page 31
LEGEND SUPER BED
Big changes brought to Holmdale Farms
LEFT: A raised drive-through aisle allows feed to be dropped into bunks, eliminating the need
Endoscopy in cattle with left abomasal displacement
For heifer and heifer, Amen
For heifer and heifer, Amen, cont’d from page 37
Take a look at the needs of your transition heifers
Take a look at the needs of your transition heifers, cont’d from page 39
costly disease that aff ects dairy
Create a dairy fl y control plan
Remember that generally 90 percent of your fl ies will be developing
PD NEW PRODUCTS
The Milk House
Just dropping by ...
Career-Minded Person Wanted For
QUALITY PLASTIC at the
Safely using loaders
PD CALENDAR
Agri-Plastics Mfg.
On the Edge of Common Sense
“... heifers take off better after calving and are
dairy n & DEALERS