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Tina Kohlman
Dairy and Livestock Agent   
400 University Ave
Fond du Lac WI 54935
920-929-3171  

 

 

 

  

 

 

Dairy Employee Resources

Dairy Worker Skills Order Form
Dairy Employee Survey (Fond du Lac And Sheboygan County) – 2007

Dairy Partner / El Compañero  (Employee Newsletter)

  • 2011 March/April Dairy Partner / marzo/abril El Compañero
    March/April 2011 The Dairy Partner / marzo / abril El Compañero   Articles:  Moving Dairy Cattle Using Flight Zone and Patterns / Moviendo Ganado Lechero; Chemical Safety / Seguridad en el manejo de compuestos químicos; How to Tie a Quick Release Knot / Como hacer un nudo corredizo
  • 2011 January/February Dairy Partner / El Compañero
    January/February 2011 The Dairy Partner / enero/febrero 2011 el compañero  Articles:  How do you take a milk sample? / ¿Toma de muestras de leche estériles?; How to take a calf’s temperature / Tomando la temperatura del becerro/a; Skid Loader Safety / Reglas de Seguridad para Operar un Tractor de Carga;  How do you IV a cow? / ¿Como colocar una inyección [...]

 Previous Issues
 

Dairy Frontiers (County Newsletter) 

 

  • Higher Speed Internet Options for Fond du Lac County
    Higher Speed Internet Options for Fond du Lac County Paul Dyk, UWEX Dairy and Livestock Agent If you watch a little TV these days you know that there is another universe out there called the internet.  Accessing this internet universe has been difficult at times for farms and persons living in rural areas.  The initial [...]
  • Dairy Frontiers – March 2011
    Dairy Frontiers March 2011 Feed Cost Survey, Comparing Feed Costs on WI Dairies — 2011, Balancing Act of SCC — Quality Milk Seminar, Dairy Calf and Heifer Association 2011 Conference April 5-6, Field Crop News & Notes — Mike Rankin,  Calendar of Events, Transferring the Farm in a High Stakes Era — Seminar, Anerobic DigesterOperator  [...]

Previous Issues
 

Dairy Articles

  • Higher Speed Internet Options for Fond du Lac County
    Higher Speed Internet Options for Fond du Lac County Paul Dyk, UWEX Dairy and Livestock Agent If you watch a little TV these days you know that there is another universe out there called the internet.  Accessing this internet universe has been difficult at times for farms and persons living in rural areas.  The initial [...]
  • More Heifers than We Need?
    More Heifers than We Need? Paul Dyk, Fond du Lac Reporter, 040311 You can do it!  You can do it!  One last push! Whoosh!   A beautiful baby.  A little chunky, ninety pounds at least.  The little one is breathing well; the mother has jumped up in excitement.  Next step, lift the leg or lift the [...]
  • FdL County Agriculture Fact Sheet
    An updated fact sheet on FdL County Agriculture is now available.   The latest information about crops, livestock and acreage is available through this new fact sheet.  The fact sheet can be downloaded at:    FdL County Agriculture  (pdf)
  • Be My Valentine – Bessy’s Love Story
    Be My Valentine – Bessy’s Love Story The FDL Reporter – Paul Dyk 021011  Bessy dreamed of her stud.   A 2300 pound chiseled bull.  A massive bull standing more than 6 feet tall.  His muscles rippled as he walked, a pleasant aroma followed him everywhere.  If she could only write!  “Where are you my love?  [...]

 Other articles

Fond du Lac Information and Statistics 

 Impact of Agriculture on FDL County (2011)
Fact Sheet on FdL County Agriculture (Fact Sheet on FdL County Agriculture web view
Herd Size in FDL County
 Number of Dairy Cows in FDL County and WI
 Milk Production in FDL County
 Milk Price and Cow Numbers

   

Manure Management  

 Midwest Manure Summit  (February 15 & 16 2011)
 Fond du Lac County Manure Spill Emergency Response Plan (11×17) 
                        FDL County Emergency Plan (2 pages) 
 Discovery Farms Research from UW Madison and UW Extension
 Wisconsin Custom Manure Applicators (2010)
 WI Bioenergy Sites and Sources (Center for Community and Economic Development)
WI Bioenergy Information and Outreach Network

 

 

Feed Information

Real Feed Costs of WI Dairy Farm (January 2011) 
Feed Cost of FDL County Farms (Spring 2010) 
 Sweet Corn Waste Fact Sheet (pdf)
                  Sweet Corn Waste Presentation (pdf)
 Feed Price Effect on Average and High Corn Silage Diets (pdf)
              Feed price vs Ration cost simulator (High vs Low CS)  (Excel)
 Dairy Cattle Nutrition (UW Extension) - Shaver and Hoffman

Dairy Management Resources

UWEX Center for Dairy Profitability
UWEX Dairy Management (Dr. Victor Cabrera)
UWEX Reproduction (Dr. Paul Fricke)

UWEX Milk Quality (Dr. Pam Ruegg)
UWEX Understanding Dairy Markets (Dr. Brian Gould – Market info)
UWEX Dairy Calf and Heifer Management (Hoffman)
                         Cost of Raising Heifers-2007 ICPA Report

Dairy Facilities and Modernization

UWEX Dairy Modernization
Dairyland Initiative – Guide to Welfare Friendly Dairy Cattle Housing
 

Consumer Information

 

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