Category: Livestock
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Posted on January 1, 1999
Sharemilking in Wisconsin: evaluating a farm entry/exit strategy (Research Brief #34)
In a sharemilking agreement, a young farmer operates a farm on behalf of the farm owner for an agreed share of farm income and expenses. […]
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Posted on September 4, 1998
New Zealand’s dairy career path: could it work in Wisconsin? (Research Brief #33)
Dairy farming is a solid career choice, offering good status and pay, a high quality of life, and well-defined training and career paths. That’s the […]
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Posted on September 2, 1998
Grazing’s potential: expansion’s effects on cash flow (Research Brief #31)
All farm types examined here, particularly the low and medium investment farms with high levels of debt, may find an expansion involving sweat equity to […]
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Posted on September 1, 1998
Grazing’s potential: predicting expansion’s cost, profit (Research Brief #30)
Many successful graziers, confident in their grazing and management skills, are now asking: Will an expansion pay for a labor-saving parlor within a modified seasonal […]
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Posted on February 4, 1998
Women on dairy farms: juggling roles and responsibilities (Research Brief #29)
If you want to know how important women are to running a dairy farm in Wisconsin, just ask farm couples. Six hundred farm couples were […]
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Posted on February 3, 1998
Outwintering dairy cattle: manure management issues (Research Brief #28)
The sparkling, frozen world of Wisconsin in winter presents several challenges to its dairy farmers. One of these challenges is how to manage dairy cattle […]
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Posted on February 2, 1998
Outwintering dairy cattle: animal health issues (Research Brief #27)
Farmers are finding that dairy cattle are a lot tougher and more resourceful than they have been given credit for. —Ed Brick Can dairy cattle […]
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Posted on February 1, 1998
Dairy farmer career paths: getting in, out, and by (Research Brief #26)
The experiences of New Zealand’s dairy farmers may help their colleagues in Wisconsin boost the state’s dairy industry. That’s the conclusion of a study on […]
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Posted on January 1, 1998
Spreading the word: ag professionals and MIRG (Research Brief #25)
What predicts ag professionals’ knowledge of and willingness to make recommendations on management intensive rotational grazing (MIRG)? A UW-Madison survey of agricultural professionals throughout Wisconsin […]
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Posted on October 4, 1996
Manure management research from an integrated perspective (Research Brief #24)
Solving complex agricultural problems like how to improve manure management systems requires strong disciplinary research combined with farmers and scientists coming together to apply adaptive, […]