Add More Value into Your Dairy’s Next Generation By Raegan Jacobs Bell, Marketing Specialist Every dairy has cows worth building around. They breed back consistently, remain productive through multiple lactations and produce daughters that become valuable members of the herd. Over time, these females prove their genetics deserve a larger role in the dairy’s future. The question is how to turn that genetic value into more of the right calves. That’s where a purposeful embryo p

By: Ritchie Industries When you’re choosing a livestock waterer, concrete can seem like the obvious heavy-duty option. It’s solid, familiar and has been used on operations for generations. But that doesn’t always mean they’re better. After speaking with Layton Norwood, a Ritchie Territory Sales Manager who works with feedlots and dairies every day, we’re ready to share what makes the two options different. Today’s polyethylene (poly) livestock waterers offer producers another

A closer look at what happened when three dairies traded MIN-AD for a less-researched alternative. As dairy margins remain thin, producers, nutritionists and feed mills are all looking for ways to trim costs and maintain profitability. It can be tempting to look at cheaper, less-researched supplement alternatives. This is especially true for minerals or buffers, where there’s often not a lot of quantitative analysis to differentiate between options. But what can these decisio