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Connie Kuber of Connor AgriScience and Sealpro Silage Barrier Films talks with well-known dairy business financial consultant, John Ellsworth of Success Strategies. John, a regular DairyBusiness News contributor, discusses cash flow issues that many farms are experiencing and how to get through them.

Connie and John cover the impact of inflation, feed costs, labor and supplier issues and diversification of the dairy farm. You can contact John Ellsworth at john@success-strategies.com with any questions you might have or go to success-strategies.com to learn more.

Connie Kuber of Connor AgriScience and Sealpro silage Barrier Films talks with Gabriela Acetoze and Brian Lammers of ADM, where they discuss transition cows. Connie asks for the top three challenges faced by transition cows, especially first calf heifers, and how we help transition cows overcome these challenges. Gabriele and Brian also talk about Nexulin and how it works, along with the results they have seen. You can find more information on Nexulin at https://www.adm.com.

Connie Kuber of Connor AgriScience and Sealpro silage Barrier Films speaks with Darcie Sullivan, who is the dairy records service manager at Dairy One. They talk about milk quality and why testing is so important. Darcie explains what farms need to have prepared for a test day, the accuracy of test results, benefits from testing, and the future of milk testing.

In this episode of DairyVoice, Connie Kuber of Connor Agriscience and Sealpro silage barrier silage Barriers speaks with Matt Dodd, DVM and Ruminant Field Technical Specialist with Diamond V. They discuss the concept of Productive Life and why the first 60 days are so critical. They talk about the long-term effects of Bovine Respiratory Disease and new approaches being developed to safeguard these young animals. 

As a technical service specialist for Diamond V, Dr. Dodd is responsible for providing technical support for customers in the United States, specifically in the Midwest. He earned his DVM from the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine in 2001. Throughout his career Dr. Dodd has focused on dairy production medicine, heifer development, and record and data analysis. 

The interest in dairy beef animals has never been higher. In this episode of the DairyVoice podcast, Connie Kuber of Connor AgriScience and Sealpro Silage Barrier Film speaks with Dr. Dale Woerner, Cargill Endowed Professor in Meat Science at Texas Tech University. His research has recently focused on dairy beef animals and how dairy beef animals compare to beef animals or finished dairy animals. The differences in how these animals are raised, what stages of life they are weaned and advice to dairy producers looking to enter the dairy beef market are among the many questions answered by Dr. Woerner in this interview.

In this DairyVoice episode, Connie Kuber of Connor Agriscience interviews Hannah Thompson-Weeman of the Animal Agriculture Alliance. They discuss the challenges of handling media, animal activist groups and the need for a plan. Hannah details how farmers can face these challenges and the importance of communication. Several very useful disaster planning resources to the dairy farmer are detailed throughout the episode.

DairyVoice and DairyBusiness News host Connie Kuber of Connor AgriScience and Sealpro Silage Barriers speaks with Megan Mouw, Chairman of Wester Regional North American Innercollegiate  Dairy Challenge and member of that board. They talk about the Dairy Challenge, how it benefits youth and how it works. For more information, you can email Megan at Megan.mouw@elancoah.com or go to https://www.dairychallenge.org.  The link to the Western Regional Dairy Challenge Golf Tournament Registration mentioned can be reached by clicking here.

DairyBusiness News host Connie Kuber and her partner and spouse Ron Kuber, both with Connor Agriscience, talk with Dr. Hugo Ramirez. Dr. Ramirez is a silage consultant and noted researcher on silage planning and preparation. In this episode, they discuss the use of barrier films and learning/analyzing the process with focus on getting the highest monetary and nutritional value.

Dr. Doug Hammon, DVM, PhD, is the Director of Technical Services at Zoetis. Connie Kuber of Connor Agriscience, and DairyBusiness/DairyVoice contributor, spoke with Dr. Hammon on the environmental factors, management practices, early diagnosis, and financial implications of BRD. Listen to the podcast for helpful information on fighting chronic BRD and sound preventative measures.