Changes in Testing and Paying for Milk Components as Proposed under the Final Rule of Federal Order Reform: Implications for Dairy Producers

Agricultural and Food Policy, Livestock Production/Industries,

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Sponsored by the Extension services of Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, South Dakota and Wisconsin, in cooperation with Extension Service, USDA, Washington, D.C.Randy D. Shaver & W. Terry Howard, Feeding dairy cows for efficient reproductive performance, University of Wisconsin-Madison, August 1998

Feeding dairy cows for efficient reproductive performance

1 online resource (PDF, 6 pages)This archival publication may not reflect current scientific knowledge or recommendations. Current information available from the University of Minnesota Extension: https://www.extension.umn.edu

Repro Money: An Extension Program to Improve Dairy Farm Reproductive Performance

A farmer-directed, team-based Extension program (Repro Money) was developed and executed by the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Dairy Science in collaboration with University of Wisconsin–Extension. The goal of the Repro Money program was to help Wisconsin dairy farmers increase reproductive performance and profitability through identification of areas for improvement and implementation of action plans. For the 40 Wisconsin dairy farms that completed the Repro Money program, mean 21-day pregnancy rate increased by 2 percentage points, which was estimated to result in an economic net gain of $31 per cow per year. Extension professionals can apply similar team-based programs to tackle multifaceted, interrelated problems that may be only partially addressed by other, more traditional programming