Proceedings from the
Western Dairy Management Conference

• Lost In Translation: Why consumers don’t understand and don’t trust  what we tell them about issues in animal agriculture
• Panel Discussion of Producers Sharing Their  “Experiences in Relocating and Expanding Dairies”
• Makin’ Me Dizzy – Pen Moves and Facility Designs to Maximize Transition Cow Health and Productivity
• Cow Culling Decisions: Costs or Economic Opportunity?
• Controlled energy diets for dry cows
• Sexed Semen: economics of a new technology
• Dollars to Donuts: How to Compete for Agricultural Labor
• Taking Advantage of Natural Behavior Improves Dairy Cow Performance
• Surviving the Integration of Management of a Dairy and Manure
• Innovations in Dairy Replacement Heifer Management
• Environmental Streptococcal Mastitis: Facts, Fables, and Fallacies
• An Outlook of the U.S. Dairy Markets Executive Summary
• Using Reproductive Records: Basics of Monitoring
• Milk quality & mastitis - troubleshooting, control program
• Effect of Flooring and/or Flooring Surfaces on Lameness Disorders in Dairy Cattle
• Comprehensive Evaluation of a Low-Profile Cross-Ventilated Freestall Barn
• Using Fat Supplementation to Improve the Chances of Pregnancy of Lactating Dairy Cows
• Managing the Milking Parlor on Economic Consideration of Profitability
• Managing Nutrition for Optimal Milk Components
• Crossbreeding: A Dirty Word or an Opportunity?
• Understanding and Managing Variation in Nutrient Composition
• Recent studies on nutritional factors affecting reproductive efficiency in U.S. dairy herds
   
• Entire 2007 proceedings in one PDF (263 pages)

• Fresh Cow Management: What is important, what does it cost, and what does it return?
• The Most Essential Nutrient: Water
• Evaluating and Selecting Cooling Systems for Different Climates
• Selecting, Training and Developing Personnel to Deliver Results
• Pregnant vs. Open: Getting Cows Pregnant and the Money it Makes
• Managing the Heat-Stressed Cow to Improve Reproduction
• Dairy Efficiency and Dry Matter Intake
• Got Starlings? Bird Control Options for Dairies
• Managing Corn Silage from Seed to Feed
• Feeding and Nutrition Management for Hot Weather
• Business Analysis: Which Financial Tools Should I Use?
• Strategies for Shortening the Dry Period
• Cow Comfort Issues in Freestall Barns
• Feeding to Minimize Acidosis and Laminitis in Dairy Cows
• Impact of Increased Milking Frequency in Early Lactation and its Effect on Lactation Persistency With and Without rbST.
• Manure Nutrient Export Strategies
• How to Fail (Miserably) at Composting Large Animal Mortalities
• Making Decisions With Data
• Pitfalls and Potholes of Dairy Farm Expansion
• Impact of Implementing Cow Comfort on a Large Dairy
• Acquisition, Transportation, and Transitioning of Dairy Cattle in an Expanding Dairy
• Dairy Facility Issues to Consider When Expanding
• Expansion Issues and Pitfalls: A Leander's Perspective

• Managing the Metabolism of Transition Cows
• Practical Application of New Forage Quality Tests
• Managing Bunker, Trench, and Drive-over Pile Silages for Optimum Nutritive Value: Five Important Practices
• The Cows are Always Right! Evaluating Rations
• Marketing Cows for Increased Profitability
• Keeping Calves Healthy
• A Systematic Approach to Calf and Heifer Rearing: "Intensified" Feeding and the Target Growth System
• Meeting the Demand for Dairy Replacement
• Monitoring Reproduction From the Starting Gate
• Fertility Factors - Which Ones Are Really Important?
• Managing Herd Bulls on Large Dairies
• Selecting and Managing Your Milking Facility
• Managing Mastitis in Today's Parlors
• Effectiveness of Cow Cooling Strategies Under Different Environmental Conditions
• Diagnosis and Control of Bovine Leptospirosis
• Mycoplasma-Calf to Cow
• Managing Lameness for Improved Animal Comfort and Performance
• Jejunal Hemmorrhagic Syndrome in Adult Dairy Cows
• Manure Technologies for Today and Tomorrow
• Farm Animal Welfare Assurance: Scientific and Retailer Perspectives
• Practical and Sensible Dairy Farm Biosecurity

• Milking Parlor Performance
• Why Unit On Time is Important for Your Dairy
• Water System Design Considerations for Modern Dairies
• Photoperiod Control Improves Production and Profit of Dairy Cows
• Recommendations for Special Needs Facilities
• Manure Quality Principles Applied to Lagoon Sludge
• Handling Sand-Laden Manure
• Navigating Manure Regulations
• Stopping Disease Before it Takes Hold
• Getting the Most From Your Dairy Beef
• Formulating Lactating Cow Diets for Carbohydrates
• Facility and Climate Effects on Dry Matter Intake of Dairy Cattle
• Quality Control in Your Commodity Program
• Managing the Transition/Fresh Cow
• Factors Influencing Reproductive Efficiency
• Using Pregnancy Rate to Monitor Reproductive Management
• Accelerated Growth for Dairy Heifers
• No See Ums: Hidden Aspects to Communicating with Your Mexican Workers
• Evaluating Nutritional Management Changes
• U.S. Top Dairies: Benchmarks for Success
• Monitoring Herd Performance
• Heat Stress Abatement in Four-Row Freestall Barns

• 10 Myths About Johne's Disease
• Hoof Health
• Commingling: A Herd Health Time Bomb?
• Developing The Optimum Financial Structure For Your Dairy
• Decision-Making Using Benchmarks
• Bringing BTM To The Dairy
• On-Farm Concentration of Milk
• Protein Feeding Strategies For Dairy Replacement Heifers
• Freestall Housing Or Not?
• Relocation and Expansion Planning
• Heat Stress Management In Freestall Barns In the Western U.S.
• Physiologic Factors To Consider To Help Prevent Milk Fever
• On-Farm Tools For Monitoring Feeding & Production
• Buying Or Valuing Forages Based Upon Quality
• Making Your Dairy An Appealing Place To Work
• Interacting With Employees
• Management Strategies For Dairy Systems
• Improving Pregnancy Rates In High Producing Herds
• Programmed A.I. Breeding of Dairy Cows
• Sexed Semen Applications In Dairy Cattle
• Effect of Inbreeding On Cow Performance & Mate Selection In Dairy Cows

• Welcome & Table of Contents
• Marketing Beef From Dairy Cattle - Now And In The Future
• The Outlook For Dairy Product Trade
• U.S. Cooperative Success Story: Sunsweet Sells The World On Prunes
• Replacement Heifers From Birth To Weaning
• Management Considerations For Replacement Dairy Heifers
• Labor Management Considerations In Selecting Milking Parlor Type & Size
• A Producer's Experience With Freestalls
• Alternatives To Manure Management Problems
• Panel Discussion - Labor Management
• Milking Frequency
• 4X Milking
• Vaccination Programs: Is There An Answers?
• Biosecurity On Dairy Operations
• Understanding Herd Lameness
• New Strategies For Heat Detection And Timing Of Artificial Insemination
• Extending Calving Intervals With The Use of BST
• Selecting Sires Other Than For Milk Production
• Dealing With Diary Financial Variables
• Adjusting Rations For Forage Quality, And Suggested Criteria To Use In Buying Forages
• Panel Discussion - Grouping Strategies

• Optimizing BST Response Through Nutrition And Feeding Management
• Bovine Somatotropin: Effects On Reproduction
• Financial Implications Of BST
• Making BST Work: The Producer Experience
• Footwarts In Dairy Cattle: Current Understanding Of A Complex Disease
• Colostral Management: How Good Is Your Program?
• Rational Treatment Of Clinical Mastitis
• Neosporosis: A Newly Recognized Cause Of Abortion In Dairy Cattle
• Design And Performance Of Milking Systems
• Making Manure Nutrient Management Work For You
• Freestall Housing Guidelines: Details To Enhance Management
• Dairying In The Future: Some Questions You May Want To Ask
• Economic Decision Support Systems For Dairies
• Managing Conflict In Agricultural Businesses
• Economic Impact Of Bull Choices, A. I. Or Otherwise
• Managing The Milking Parlor For Profitability
• Economical Feeding And Management Practices For Herds Approaching 30,000-lb. Rolling Herd Averages
• Feeding To Make Money: Managing Nutrients In The Total Herd
• Management Strategies For TMR Feeding Systems
• Minimizing Transitional Stress For Close-Up Dry Cows: Field Experiences And Applications
• Facts And Fallacies About The Uterus After Calving
• Dairying And The New Social Ethic For Animals

• Environmental Modification To Reduce Heat Stress
• Milking System Design for Large Herds
• Financial Planning For Expansion and Other Major Adjustments
• Alternatives to Antibiotic Therapy of Clinical Mastitis
• Body Condition, Energy and Health in High-Producing Dairy Cows
• Computerized Treatment Records For Disease Control and Residue Avoidance
• Heat Detection: Problems, Evaluation and Solutions
• On Farm Antibiotic Testing
• Immunology And Vaccines--Where We are and Where We Are Going?
• Effectiveness Of Premilking Udder Preparation Practices On Milk Quality And Udder Health
• When Is A.I. Profitable?
• Contract Considerations for Dairy Replacements
• Minimizing Stressors in the Calf's Physical Environment
• Nutrient Utilization & Cropping
• Free-Trade Agreements: Effect On The U.S. Dairy Industry
• European Milk Quotas: Success Or Failure?
• Total Quality and the Dairy Farm Business Organization
• Using Records for Large Herd Management
• Motivating Dairy Farm Employees: It's Not at All What You Might Expect
• Removing Barriers To Communication in the Dairy Farm Business
• Production Medicine in Large Dairy Herds
• Feed Additives
• Economics Of Forage Quality
• Feeding for High Production during Heat Stress
• Water Nutrition and Quality for Dairy Cattle
• The Ins and Outs of Commodity Feeding