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Alternative Parasite Control in Dairy Goats, An On-going Study

Alternative Parasite Control in Dairy Goats, An On-going Study Published: February 1, 2000 Download PDF (321 kB) View Fullscreen The post Alternative Parasite Control in Dairy Goats, An On-going Study...

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Grass-Based Dairy Farming in the Upper Midwest

Grass-Based Dairy Farming in the Upper Midwest Published: February 2, 2000 Download PDF (259 kB) View Fullscreen The post Grass-Based Dairy Farming in the Upper Midwest appeared first on Practical...

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Grazing Plus – What?

Grazing Plus – What? Published: February 1, 2001 Download PDF (253 kB) View Fullscreen The post Grazing Plus – What? appeared first on Practical Farmers of Iowa.

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ZJ Farm Organic Wormer Project

ZJ Farm Organic Wormer Project Published: February 2, 2001 Download PDF (248 kB) View Fullscreen The post ZJ Farm Organic Wormer Project appeared first on Practical Farmers of Iowa.

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Southeast Iowa Organic Dairy Hosts Practical Farmers of Iowa Field Day

Southeast Iowa Organic Dairy Hosts Practical Farmers of Iowa Field Day For Release: August 12, 2008 Download PDF (244 kB) View Fullscreen The post Southeast Iowa Organic Dairy Hosts Practical Farmers...

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Decorah Farm Hosts Field Day ‘Fencing and Watering for Organic Beef, Sheep...

Decorah Farm Hosts Field Day ‘Fencing and Watering for Organic Beef, Sheep and Dairy,’ July 16 For Release: July 5, 2011 Download PDF (328 kB) View Fullscreen The post Decorah Farm Hosts Field Day...

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Fairfield Dairy Farmers Hold Field Day to Explore Replacing Fossil Fuels with...

Fairfield Dairy Farmers Hold Field Day to Explore Replacing Fossil Fuels with Renewable Energy, August 27 For Release: August 17, 2011 Download PDF (325 kB) View Fullscreen The post Fairfield Dairy...

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Practical Farmers of Iowa field day will focus on ways to control flies in an...

Practical Farmers of Iowa field day will focus on ways to control flies in an organic dairy and efforts to boost profits by improving grass quality Aug. 4, near Waukon (Allamakee County) For Release:...

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How to Hire Farm Laborers, By the Books

How to Hire Farm Laborers, By the Books April 2, 2013 Listen http://practicalfarmers.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2013farminarApr2.mp3 Download audio MP3 View Farminar Pre-recorded Have you thought...

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Getting Started in Dairy Farming

Getting Started in Dairy FarmingDecember 2, 2014 View Farminar Pre-recorded Listen in as two beginning farmers, Kevin Dietzel and John Gilbert, share their experiences starting a dairy farm. Learn...

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Field Day Recap: Voluntary Robotic Milking and Baleage for Improved Dairy...

When Steve Leazer speaks of the 4th generation now on the farm, he is not referring to the new robotic milking system installed 16 months ago, but perhaps he should. This addition to the farming system...

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On-Farm, Episode 005: Phil Specht – Pearlmaker Holsteins

Phil Specht Phil Specht of Pearlmaker Holsteins was our guest this week on the show. Phil farms with his wife Sharon near MacGregor in northeast Iowa. He’s been running a grass-based, rotationally...

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Field Day Recap: Using Managed Grazing and CSP to Enhance Biodiversity

Phil Specht speaks to field day attendees while standing in the pastures where bobolinks nest and cows graze. Below, a poem written by Phil. Leaving Home, Flying Home The tall Pampas now strips,...

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Getting Started in Dairy Farming

Getting Started in Dairy FarmingDecember 2, 2014 View Farminar Pre-recorded Listen in as two beginning farmers, Kevin Dietzel and John Gilbert, share their experiences starting a dairy farm. Learn...

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Field Day Recap: Voluntary Robotic Milking and Baleage for Improved Dairy...

When Steve Leazer speaks of the 4th generation now on the farm, he is not referring to the new robotic milking system installed 16 months ago, but perhaps he should. This addition to the farming system...

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On-Farm, Episode 005: Phil Specht – Pearlmaker Holsteins

Phil Specht Phil Specht of Pearlmaker Holsteins was our guest this week on the show. Phil farms with his wife Sharon near MacGregor in northeast Iowa. He’s been running a grass-based, rotationally...

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Field Day Recap: Using Managed Grazing and CSP to Enhance Biodiversity

Phil Specht speaks to field day attendees while standing in the pastures where bobolinks nest and cows graze. Below, a poem written by Phil. Leaving Home, Flying Home The tall Pampas now strips,...

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Field Day Recap: Wedemeiers’ Transition to Organic Dairy

It was a picturesque scene at Grassway Farm in Maynard for the Wedemeiers’ first PFI field day. The milk herd grazed in a steady drizzle in the distance while the crowd huddled in one of the old barns...

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