California Dairy Newsletter

In this issue:

• Byproduct Feeding
• Dairy Plus
• Teat Sealants
• Farm Show Seminars
• Updates/Announcements
• Winter Forage Harvest

• Horn Removal Options - Opciones de descorne
• Calves scour - Diarrea en terneros
• Udder Prep Towels - Toallas de paño para preparación
• Calf Pneumonia - Neumonia en terneros

Celebrate with us at VMTRC!

Join us to honor the 75th anniversary of UC Davis Veterinary Medicine and 40th of VMTRC. Enjoy a social hour, lunch, and tour at our Tulare location.

Date: December 7th, 2023

Time: 11 a.m.

Location: VMTRC (18830 Rd 112, Tulare, CA 93274)

This is a wonderful opportunity to connect with peers, celebrate our shared history, and look forward to future advancements in veterinary medicine.

Looking forward to seeing you!

RSVP appreciated: call (559) 684 - 3300

In this issue:

Livestock Drugs......... …….1

Farm Advisor Hires............. 3

Calf Feeding Tips................ 4

Summer Electrolytes........... 5

Vesicular Stomatitis............ 6

In this issue:

Announcements......... …….1

Stress & milk production.... 2

Crossbred feedlot data........ 3

SDCT Study Invite............. 4

Detecting mastitis, AMS..... 5

2021 Golden State Dairy Management Conference Webinars

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November 2020

By-Product Management

Early Lactation Milking

AMMP Funds

Research Opportunity

CA Breeding Strategies

March 4, 2020

UCCE Stanislaus  

3800 Cornucopia Way

Modesto, CA

For more information, please contact:

Jennifer Heguy, UCCE Dairy Farm Advisor

jmheguy@ucdavis.edu or (209)525-6800

• Starting Out Right with this Year's Irrigated Double Crop of Small Grain Forages
• What do California Dairies Look Like?
• Funding Opportunities for Alternative Manure Management Projects
• High Bacterial Counts in Pasteurized Waste Milk?
• Research Roundup: Preliminary By-Product Feeding Survey Results

A new issue is available for Field Crop & Nutrient Notes.

Feeding Beets on California Dairy Farms Contents:

September 19th
Kearney Ag Center
9240 S Riverbend Ave
Parlier, CA

SAVE THE DATE!

In this issue:

Dry Cow Therapy

Naval Infections

New Dairy Advisor

Manure Funding Available

2017 Tulare County Blackeye Cowpea Strip Trial

Sugarcane Aphid of Sorghum - Insecticide Efficacy

In this Issue:

Next Generation of Carbon Management    

Reducing Antimicrobial Resistance in Waste Milk        

Heifer Operation Regulation      

Gene Editing for Polled Trait into Elite Germplasm          

Dairy Needs Assessment Results 

Tips for a Successful Sorghum Crop

In this issue:

De-Pooling of Milk in the Proposed CA Federal Milk Marketing Order

Colostrum IgG

Manure Pipes and Struvite

Calf Respiratory Disease

Reproductive Performance

Golden State Dairy Management Conference

FARM Club at UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine Presents:

7th Annual Cattle Improvement Symposium

February 3, 2018 at UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine

In this Issue:

Forage Particle Length

Disbudding calves

Managing lagoons

Sugarcane Aphid

In this issue:

Needs assessment survey

Report of Salmonella in California cull cows

2016 sorghum quality & survey results

Heat abatement strategies: tips & reminders

Understanding your annual report numbers

Spring sampling reminders

Timed-AI Programs 
TMR Audits 
Sorghum Field Research
Sugar-Cane Aphid 
BRD App 
Winter Storms 
Meeting Announcements 

Methane in the News
Welcome JP Martins
Silage Structure Options
Fresh Pen Milk Yield
Research Roundup:
     Sorghum
     Greenhouse Gases
2016 Small Grain Variety Trials
Dairy Genomics Workshop

Biosecurity
Maximize Manure Nitrogen Value
Metritis Diagnosis Considerations
Announcements:  Project Cooperators Needed & Position Opening

CA Dairy Conference
Silage Underlay, Part II
Sorghum Silage Project
In-Crop Corn Management
IV Calcium & Subclinical Hypocalcemia
Raising Healthy Calves
C & N Management

Gene Editing
Silage Underlay
Winter Reminders
Water Board Violations
Dairy Advisor Recruitment
Golden State Dairy Conference

2016 Golden State Dairy Management Conference

Avoiding Drug Residues
Lameness - Are Your Cows Stepping on Sharp Objects?
The Importance of Dry Matter:  Tips for Feeders and Dairy Producers

Preparing for El Niño
Managing Mud
Sharp Objects & Lame Cows
Pneumonia in Calves
CAHFS & Animal Disease
C. Collar Retirement
Dairy Advisor Position Recruitments

Antibiotics on Dairies
Corn Silage Processing Scores of CA Silage
CDQAP Certification & Fee Reduction
Sorghum Tips
N. Peterson Retirement

Dairy Genomics Workshop

Monitoring DCAD?
What is Dry Matter
Salmonella
Dairy Challenge in CA
Environmental Compliance Reminders
Announcements

What is IVF?
Winter "To Do" List for Compliance
Western Dairy Management Conference
Meeting - California Dairy Management Seminars, Focus on Feeding

Managing Cow Comfort in Hot Weather Meeting

Necropsy's Value
Pesticide Database
Managing Salts
BRD Management
Choosing a Lab
Announcements
Remembering Tom Schultz

Correcting Silage DM
Silage DM Requirements
Managing Nutrients w/Drought
A. Castillo Retirement
What is Energy?
Soakers & Cow Cooling
Milk Pregnancy Test

Drought Assistance
100 Years of UCCE
Managing Nutrients without Water
Sorghum for Drought?
Avoiding Antibiotic Residues
Uterine Infections
Aid for Farmers with Blackbirds
UCCE Centennial Celebration

Preventing Milk Fever
Promote your Product
Heat Stress Meeting
Voluntary Waiting Period
In Memoriam:  Don Bath
Hoof Health Meetings

Changes to the WDR General Order
Meet the New Dairy Advisor
Silage Face Management
Calf Diarrhea II
Dairy & Sustainability
Upcoming Meetings

Harvest Reminder, Kernel Processing
New AVMA Euthanasia Guidelines
Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board, General Order Reminders
Employee Heat Safety Reminders
Neonatal Calf Diarrhea
Sugar Beets as a Potential Starch Substitute
Dairy Surveys Underway & Announcement

Announcement 

UC Cooperative Extension UCCE will be conducting interviews for the position of UCCE Dairy Advisor Tulare-Kern County. You are invited to the interview seminars at the Tulare County Ag Building, 4437-B S. Laspina St.

The topics are chosen by the candidate. You will have an opportunity to provide your comments. You may attend one or all. We would welcome and appreciate your participation.

The candidates and times are listed in the attached announcement.

Regulatory Reminders
Forage NSC & NFC
Marvelous Improvement Device
Mineral Excretions
Silage Survey
Managing for Quality

Labor Turnover
Feeding Calves
Forage NDF Digestibility
Position Announcement:  Tulare & Kern Advisor

Dairy Advisor Position Open
Time for a Freestall Check?
Antiobiotic Residues in Dairies
Managing for More Milk
Preparing the Total Mixed Ration:  What Indgredients Should I Add First?
Identifying Sick Cows that Need to be Examined

Dangers of Feeding Pistachios
Intestinal Hematomas
Understanding Forage Analyses
Implement your Protocols
Announcements
California Dairy Management Seminars in English & Spanish

Dairies in the News
Corn Silage Management
Freestall Check
Calf Diarrhea
Rabies in Ruminants
By-products Use
Retirements & Awards
Announcements

Motivating Employees
Corn Silage Management
Polio in Cattle
Schmallenberg Virus
Cooling Dry Cows
Dairy Closures

Mycotoxins
TMR Mixing
Calf Pneumonia
Technology & Cows
Announcements

UCCE Herdsman Shortcourse Announcement
Back to Basics:  Milking Procedures
Trouble-Shooting High LPC
Heat Stress in Cattle
Managing Retained Placentas
Looking at the Dairy from an Outside Perpective

Forage Dry Matter
Milk Quality
Research Update
Announcements

Management Considerations
Plant Tissue Sampling
Diagnosing Downer Cows
Supply Well Sampling
Utilizing Checklists
NRCS Announcement

Antibiotic Residues
Identifying Sick Cows
Monitoring Mastitis
Water Board Updates
Corn Silage Field Day

To Our Readers
Silage Face Management
Milk Quality
WDR Reminders
Protected Amino Acids
Nutrient Efficiency

The EU Challenge Milking Procedure Milk Sampling Irrigation Update SJVAPCD WDR Reminders Announcements