herd retirement

DairyCast 0168 Show Notes:

• What should the US policy be for ethanol and energy production? Matt Roberts, the Ohio State University, shares an economist perspective
• Don Lay, USDA, highlight the latest research on cattle welfare that the USDA is working on for you.
• The cwt program is offering a herd retirement opportunity unlike any before and the program will likely

DairyCast 0085 Show Notes:

• FMD Update
• CWT herd retirement survey provides insight to U.S. Dairy herd direction
  
• Monitoring water consumption as a health indicator shows promise
  
• Don Tyler checks personality traits and communication styles