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• 10.15.2012

  DairyCast 0467 - Aflatoxin Issues and Answers for 2012 Corn

  DairyCast 0467 Show Notes: Kansas State's Dr. Joel DeRouchey discusses the aflatoxin issue and options for livestock producers in the months ahead as we feed out the 2012 crop.

  
• 10.05.2012

  DairyCast 0466 - Best Management Practices Using Antimicrobials In Dairy Herds

  DairyCast 0466 Show Notes: Following another good presentation in the 2012 World Dairy Expo Seminar series, I spoke with Dr. Geof Smith, Associate Professor at North Carolina State's School of Vet Medicine about his presentation on 'Avoiding Drug Residues in...

  
• 10.03.2012

  DairyCast 0465 - Nutrition Challenges/Opportunities In 2013

  DairyCast 0465 Show Notes: Purina Animal Nutritionist Martha Baker reminds us high grain prices beget high milk prices and producers need to watch marginal milk production in addition to their bottom line.

  
• 10.03.2012

  DairyCast 0464 - Where Did The North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge Originate?

  DairyCast 0464 Show Notes: The North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge has introduced young people to our industry and opened the eyes of a few more 'experienced' hands in management and production issues.  At World Dairy Expo, NAIDC took time to...

  
• 07.31.2012

  DairyCast 0463 - Dealing With High Temps and High Feed Costs

  DairyCast 0463 Show Notes: Dog days of summer and no long-term drought relief in sight.  This is a good time to talk with Don Tyler of Tyler and Associates about getting up and getting going.

  
• 07.19.2012

  DairyCast 0462 - What is the Future of Feed Grains?

  DairyCast 0462 Show Notes: Future Patterns of U.S. Feed Grains, Biofuels, and Livestock and Poultry Feeding was the topic of a presentation held in Phoenix, Arizona, July 17, 2012 at the Federation of Animal Science Societies meeting. The Institute for...

  
• 07.08.2012

  DairyCast 0461 - The Future Of Electronic Payments

  DairyCast 0461 Show Notes: The future of retail payments is online and easy to access.  Think about the businesses you do business with and get ready.  This short presentation features Carleligh Jaques of Visa, Inc., speaking at the Web 2.0...

  
• 07.08.2012

  DairyCast 0460 - Flex-Fuel Vehicles May Cause More Corn To Disappear

  DairyCast 0460 Show Notes: Additional corn stocks may eventually work their way into fuel tanks as this conversation with Kansas State Ag Engineer Ed Brokesh illustrates. The Flex-Fuel vehicles can up their ethanol intake substantially.

  
• 06.25.2012

  DairyCast 0459 - Farm Bill Passes Senate Without HSUS-Egg Amendment

  DairyCast 0459 Show Notes: Kansas State Extension Economist Troy Dumler discusses the details in the recently passed Senate version of the 2012 U.S. Farm Bill. The HSUS-UEP Egg Bill amendment did not get added to the passed version while direct payments...

  
• 06.04.2012

  DairyCast 0458 - How Will Europe's Mess Affect My Grain Prices?

  DairyCast 0458 Show Notes: Kansas State Research and Extension Ag Economist Dan O'Brien discusses the relationship between the European Community Crisis and commodity prices around the world.

  
• 05.24.2012

  DairyCast 0457 - What's The Status Of The Secure Milk Supply Project?

  DairyCast 0457 Show Notes: An update on the status of the Secure Milk Supply Project supplemental to ongoing Foot and Mouth Disease prevention and response planning with Dr. Pam Hullinger, currently with UC-Davis Department of Veterinary Medicine and Epidemiology.  Dr....

  
• 05.14.2012

  DairyCast 0456 - Manual To Help Watch For Residue Violations Updated

  DairyCast 0456 Show Notes: The importance of catching residue violations before the tank cannot be overstated, according to Dr. Karen Jordan with Dairy Farmers of America.  She overviews the recent updates to the Milk and Dairy Beef Residue Prevention Manual. ...

  
• 05.14.2012

  DairyCast 0455 - How Do Retailers View The Producer-Consumer Relationship?

  DairyCast 0455 Show Notes: National Grocers Association VP of Public Affairs, Greg Ferrara offers his insight on today's social media world as he shares with the recent Stakeholders Summit of the Animal Agriculture Alliance meeting in Alexandria, VA.   In the...

  
• 05.14.2012

  DairyCast 0454 - Farm Bill Update From Animal Ag Alliance

  DairyCast 0454 Show Notes: Anne Hazlett, chief counsel to the Senate Ag Committee, and Pete Thomson, senior professional staffer with the House Ag Committee, break down the significant portions of the 2012 Farm Bill negotiations as related to livestock production. ...

  
• 04.12.2012

  DairyCast 0453 - EPA is Not On Agriculture's Side

  DairyCast 0453 Show Notes: Attorney and Illinois farmer Gary Baise once played a role in the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency.  He tells the annual meeting of the National Institute for Animal Agriculture that the agency is now establishing...

  
• 04.09.2012

  DairyCast 0452 - Is Neutral Detergent Fiber Digestibility Nutritious and Affordable?

  DairyCast 0452 Show Notes: One dairy production manager found several good bits of information to improve the Bebow Dairy operation at the recent JBS United Midwest Dairy Conference.  Stephen Fenderhoff believes additional value can be created by moving to the...

  
• 04.09.2012

  DairyCast 0451 - Nature's Farm Develops Dairy Product Niche

  DairyCast 0451 Show Notes: Nature's Farm is developing a specialized retail channel promoting liquid milk products naturally higher in Omega 3 and CLA's.  Vice-president of Sales and Marketing, Jon Van Koy joins us at the JBS United Midwest Dairy Conference...

  
• 03.29.2012

  DairyCast 0450 - Farm Bill Action In Washington - That's Good! - No, That's Bad

  DairyCast 0450 Show Notes: Talking with a livestock group, House Ag Committee Chair Congressman Frank Lucas recently spent some time walking through the current climate in Washington, D.C. and gave his thoughts on the next Farm Bill, where it stands...

  
• 03.19.2012

  DairyCast 0449 - "Pink Slime" PR Nightmare - What's In It? What's it do?

  DairyCast 0449 Show Notes: The unfolding "Pink Slime" fiasco made its entry into social consicousness via social media, then exploded onto the national scene.  Here Eric Atkinson talks with Kansas State meat scientist John Gonzales to better understand what the...

  
• 03.15.2012

  DairyCast 0448 - How Can I Maximize Return On My Forage Investment?

  DairyCast 0448 Show Notes: David Fischer, retired University of Illinois extension specialist, recently shared the importance of properly managing critical periods in forage development and harvest to gain maximum value from those acres.  He spoke at the recent JBS United...