Summertime feeding tips to extend dairy cattle heat tolerance
Kentucky extension specialists outline strategies to reduce heat stress in cattle. Focus on high night feeding, smaller meals, shade, fans and sprinklers, plus ventilation and waterer checks. Emphasizes sodium and potassium in summer rations and diluting fescue with legumes to maintain intake and production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Danie Amer al Phillips
University of Kentucky College of Agriculture
Slit
Amaral-Phillips
Davrh Bullock
Bullock
Monty Chappell
George Heersche
Richard Coffey
Coffey
Dairies seek cleaner wastewater with new additives
University of Arkansas graduate student Gabe Timby reports that organic polymers and aluminum chloride can remove about 80 percent of solids and 75 to 85 percent of phosphorus from dairy flush water. The result is cleaner water for lagoons and more recycling across loafing areas, extending dairy sustainability and enabling potential use of solids as compost or fertilizer.
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Fayetteville
Ark
University of Arkansas
Gabe Timby
Leslie
Tommy Daniel
Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station
Timby
Daniel
Texas
Erath County
State Highway Department
Virginia study links teen smoking to poorer diet and exercise
Virginia Commonwealth University researchers find high school smokers, especially girls, less likely to eat dairy and vegetables or exercise regularly. The study of 8,022 middle school and 2,613 high school students in tobacco prevention programs notes 23 percent of high schoolers smoke and urges integrated interventions.
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Richmond
Virginia Commonwealth University
VOU
United States
Devel
Diane Baer Wilson
Internal Medicine
Wilson
U.S
Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation
General Assembly
Virginia
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