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 ›
Finisher Pig
Challenging dogmas
By ,
An open and curious mind is an asset worth having, even if it sometimes leads to taking…READ MORE ›

Checking Forage
Calculating forage inventory
By Ben Jensen,
For all businesses, inventory is a crucial part of the day-to-day and year-to-year…READ MORE ›

Dairy Cow Eating Forage
2021 Forage Quality and Digestibility
By Angie Golombeski, Ph.D.,
Utilizing high-quality forages presents the largest opportunity for ration cost-savings…READ MORE ›

Calf drinking Milk Replacer
Calf Success: Milk Replacer Ingredients and Additives
By Ellan Dufour, M.S.,
In the Unites States, most dairy heifers in the pre-weaning phase are fed milk replacer…READ MORE ›

Pigs at LLRC
Firsthand research and experience with PRRS 1-4-4
By Ernie Hansen, M.S.,
Although the LLRC-1 wean-to-finish research barn is fully filtered, the reality is that…READ MORE ›

Animal Feed
Maximize dairy profitability through reduced feed shrink
By Jon Pretz, PH.D.,
Feed costs represent 40–60% of the total cost of producing milk on dairy farms in the…READ MORE ›

Beef cattle
Strategies to market calf-feds earlier
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Every year, around the end of the fall harvest, cattle producers contemplate what to do…READ MORE ›

Dry corn
Drought-Stressed Corn Silage: What You Can Expect
By Bruce Ziegler,
The 2021 growing season has been quite variable in many parts of the country. As of late…READ MORE ›

Dairy Cows
Grouping strategies to maximize efficiency
By Angie Golombeski, Ph.D.,
Strategically grouping cows on the farm can result in efficiencies and benefits. It can…READ MORE ›