Equipment

By Ann Hoskins
The best way to save on calf starter without sacrificing growth and performance is to limit waste. These seven steps can help you save money on calf starter.

By Gary Sipiorski
Lenders of all kinds – banks, Farm Credit, credit unions, equipment manufacturers and others who make credit available to farmers – have many financing options.

You may have heard many of the following terms, but it can be tough to understand what they mean for you. Lenders live and breathe this terminology daily while farmers many only hear the terms once a year.

Here are some of the more common lending “products” as they may be called by someone doing the financing. Always remember, each lender will have his or her own policies, additional terminologies and methods. In no way is should this list be considered complete.

By Laura Zagorski
As the trend of automation continues to rise in the dairy industry, so does the popularity and interest in robotic milking systems. Robotic milking systems can provide new opportunities in herd management.

By Kary Babb
In today’s dairy industry, technology is evermore integral to the management and care of dairy herds worldwide. Increasingly, producers are saying goodbye to manual labor, allowing them to focus their time on other projects.

First, we saw a huge change to the industry when robotic milking systems became available. Since then, an abundance of new technology devices has emerged, including automatic calf feeders, robotic feeding systems and the robotic feed pusher.

But with all this...