Hen laying eggs

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What to Expect When Your Chicks Start Laying: A Guide to the First Eggs
After weeks of anticipation—16 to 18, to be exact—your once-tiny chicks are finally on the brink of becoming egg-laying hens. It's an exciting time, and naturally, you have questions. When will they start laying? How can you support them? What’s normal and what’s not?..READ MORE ›
Extraordinary
Be Extraordinary
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“If you want to win, do the ordinary things better than anybody else does them day in and…READ MORE ›

Dry Cow
Don’t forget your dry cows this summer
By Jon Pretz, PH.D.,
Dairy producers are aware of the negative implications heat stress can have on the…READ MORE ›

Yearling Heifers
Managing nutrition and estrus synchronization of yearling heifers
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Developing and breeding yearling heifers can be equally rewarding and frustrating.  …READ MORE ›

Flies on Dairy Cow
First comes spring, then comes summer, and flies!
By Bruce Ziegler,
Spring is here and along with it comes warmer weather and eventually the summer season.…READ MORE ›

Alfalfa Stand
Evaluating alfalfa stands for winter injury
By Jon Pretz, PH.D.,
Every year in the upper Midwest, alfalfa fields are at risk for winter damage or kill due…READ MORE ›

Dairy Calf
Dairy heifer growth benchmarks
By Angie Golombeski, Ph.D.,
Heifers represent the future potential of a dairy operation. Raising heifers is costly…READ MORE ›