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Publications/Presentations
  
   
   VA DHI cows as of 12/31/09: 57,843
   VA DHI herds as of 12/31/09: 359
   VA DHI average herd size 12/31/09: 161
   Oct Mailbox Price for Virginia was $15.30
   More Mailbox prices...
   US cows for Feb 2009: 9,298,000
   VA cows for Feb 2009: 97,000
   VA dairy (cow) herds as of 1/6/10: 687
   VA herds by county: map | county list
      (currently updating map and county list)

 

2010 Area Dairy Conferences--"Updates on Dairy Reproduction"-- proceedings

Upcoming
2010 Virginia State Feed Association Conference and Nutritional Management "Cow College" to be held Feb 17-19, 2010 brochure | website

Recently by Dr. Bob James:
"Clean Colostrum and Ig Absorption"
(presented at the 2009 Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association Conference– Oct 8, 2009)
"Managing the Pre-weaned Calf"

(presented at the Western Canadian Dairy Seminar – Red Deer, AB – Mar 12, 2009)

Blog and discussion on SSC from AgWeb.com

 Hoards August 2009 Bull List

What we are learning about reducing Nutrient   Excretion in the Mid-Atlantic...(Webinar)  

 Dairy Pipeline Jan/Feb 2010
 DHI Notes...
 Dairy Guidelines
 Extension Dairy Publications...  
 Heard in the Hutch

 Cow Colleges/Dairy Conf.
 International...
 Other...

Program Areas

 DHIA/Records  
 Environmental Stewardship
 Forage Testing
 Genetics
 Nutrition & Forage Quality
 Replacements
 Youth  

Tools

 SiloCAP
  Milk Culturing
  Pasteurizer Spreadsheet
  
Pasteurizer Manual (pdf)
  Sampling Procedures (pdf)

  DAIReXNET:Resources for and   about the Dairy Industry

Additional Topics

  Animal ID Program
 Johne's Disease
 Mastitis Prevention Resources
 Organic Dairy Matters

 



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