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University of Minnesota studies dairies, finds top 25% have common practices
Jul 5, 2017, 16:44 PM
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A University of Minnesota researcher found the top producing dairy herds had some things in common. Dr. Marcia Endres tells Brownfield their study measured the results of common practices on 82 dairies, and the top 25% stood out from the rest. “Things related to, for example, cow comfort, (and) looking at how they manage their pre-fresh cows and their fresh cows, providing comfortable stalls with deep beds, having long stalls for the dry cows so they can rest.”
She also says the cows in higher producing herds were not away from their resting areas as long, and top producers also handled first-lactation heifers separately from the rest of the herd.
