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- KILLING DANDELIONS AND WEEDS IN YOUR LAWN
- THE BENEFITS OF MULCH IN YOUR GARDENS
- TURNING YOUR LAWN INTO A “GREEN CARPET” THIS SPRING
- CARING FOR YOUR “GREEN CARPET” LAWN
- STARTING YOUR NEW “GREEN CARPET” LAWN
- CORN GLUTEN MEAL AS WEED CONTROL?
- GRUB DAMAGE IN YOUR LAWN THIS SPRING?
- GROWING ALFALFA — GRASS MIXTURES
- LAMB SURVIVAL — The first 24 hours
- WINTER FOOTBATHS
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Category Archives: DAIRY
WORKING WITH LOW FORAGE INVENTORIES
Posted in DAIRY
Tagged cottonseed, cottonseed hulls, factors affecting forage quality, feeding ingredients to replace forages, replacing forages, working with low forage inventories
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ICE-FREE WATER FOR FARM ANIMALS AND PETS
Whether you have cattle, horses, chickens, sheep or any other farm animals, our De-Icers, Heated Plastic or Rubber Buckets and Heated Fountains will make the job of keeping the water from freezing during the winter months much easier. From … Continue reading
Posted in BEEF, DAIRY, GENERAL INTEREST, PETS
Tagged de-icer, deicers, heated bucket, heated pail, heated pet bowl, heated pet mat, heated poultry fountain, ice-free water, pond deicer, Ritchie fountain, waterers
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Drought Stress in Corn Silage & Green Chop Concerns
Posted in DAIRY
Tagged drought stress, drought stress in corn silage, feeding green chop, green chop, harvesting drought-stressed corn silage, high nitrates in corn, mitigating the effects of drought-stressed corn, nitrates, problems with drought-stressed corn crop
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DRY SOIL TIPS FOR ELECTRIC FENCING
Many folks find that their electric fences “stop working” when the soil becomes so dry that the grass turns brown. Why does this occur? Electric fences work by sending out an energy pulse that must return to the energizer for … Continue reading
Posted in BEEF, DAIRY, ELECTRIC FENCING
Tagged dry grass, dry soil tips, electric fence, electric fencing, fixing electric fence, ground stake
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DRY TMR PROGRAM FOR TRANSITION DAIRY HEIFER CALVES
Posted in DAIRY
Tagged 22% Rumimax for Transition Heifer Calves, chopped straw, dairy ration, feeding chopped straw, SOP for mixing & feeding Dry Transition Calf TMR, TMR program, TMR ration, transition calf ration, transition heifer ration
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