Webinars
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Webinars focus on tools and methods that can be used on farm to help improve animal health and wellbeing, farm sustainability and profitability.
Get more from your beef breeding program
CentralStar Beef Specialists Trevor Yager, Adam Wood, and Scott Ellevold share insights on how to get more from your beef breeding program. It starts with pre-planning and includes great attention to nutrition, breeding protocols, body condition, sire selection, and...
The journey to A2 milk. The inside scoop with MOO-ville Creamery and Select Sires.
There’s no debating that cow’s milk and its products have long been an extraordinary nutritional source. Thanks to innovation, we now enjoy a variety of modifications, including A2 milk. Join us Wednesday, September 20, as MOO-ville Creamery, Nashville, Michigan and...
Been there, done that. What’s next for Johne’s disease?
Johne’s disease isn’t a new challenge facing herds; but it may be one that has fallen into a rut or forgotten, particularly if herd prevalence is low. You’ve been there and done that; so what’s next? In this webinar recording from May 10, 2023, Dr. Don Niles, dairy...
BLV/Leukosis: Untreatable does not mean unmanageable
Dr. Don Niles and leading Michigan State University (MSU) researcher, Dr. Tasia Kendrick, discuss recent research efforts that will help you manage the effects of BLV on dairy- and beef-cattle health and productivity. https://youtu.be/GyOcxq113iU
BVD: Vaccination is only one step in stopping the cycle.
Chances are you vaccinate for BVD and forget about it. Is that really the approach you should take? At a cost of $2.5 billion to dairy- and beef-cattle producers through sick animals, treatment costs and death, is burying your head in the sand the best approach?...
Mastitis PCR: You don’t have to settle for no-growth results.
Thermo Fisher Scientific disease and ruminant experts share insights on PCR testing, which can effectively detect mastitis-causing pathogens, allowing producers to manage milk quality more efficiently. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlVhwSsuOHo
Pregnancy: Eliminate the labor pains of pregnancy checks.
Routine pregnancy checks are necessary, but a pain due to time and labor. Learn how milk-pregnancy testing reduces and removes time and labor pains, while keeping your herd’s reproductive performance on track. https://youtu.be/D2VB6Zhq-UQ