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DairyCast 0382 Show Notes:

• Arizona dairy nutritionist, Ueli Zaugg of Zaugg Dairy Nutrition provides his thoughts and recommendations on how you can improve efficiencies and profitability.

The intro note is short this week: Trent and his wife, Karen, are starting on a new venture with the birth of their son, Silas Arthur. Please feel free to send wishes and notes via Feedback@DairyCast.com.

This week is our local county fair. It is always a highlight of the year for me personally to see so many young people proudly displaying their months of hard work in an agriculture project. But it is also an excellent opportunity for all of us in agriculture to share our story with the public.

DairyCast 0381 Show Notes:

• Dr. Larry Hollis, Kansas State Cattle Veterinarian, shares his concerns over some dangerous plants and the potential damage they can cause your cows.

DairyCast 0379 Show Notes:

• Howard Jensen and Roger Calza, Biozyme, share their insights into how you can gain the Amaferm advantage and increase your cow herd efficiencies.
• Take the Amaferm Beat the Heat Challenge today.

DairyCast 0378 Show Notes:

• Dr. Jeffery Armstrong, Dean of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at Michigan State University, provides his insights on how we can increase the sustainability of our agriculture community.

DairyCast 0377 Show Notes:

• Today we learn how to properly and accurately diagnose heat stress with Dr. Larry Hollis, cattle veterinarian at Kansas State University.
• Heat Stress Chart

After a trip to Chicago last week, I am reminded once again how great the distance is between consumers and the farm. While the mileage from downtown Chicago to the nearest farm may not be long, the distance in understanding of consumers and food production is continually growing.

We need to establish education as one of our top priorities and work diligently to close this education gap that exists today. So I challenge each of us to do a little more to help consumers better understand our story of producing their food.