Animals

Author(s) Anders Gurda, Peg Reedy, Mark Renz. Prevention is the best way to avoid toxicity problems in forages. While most plants are safe for liv...

Author(s) Dan Undersander, Beth Albert, Dennis Cosgrove, Dennis Johnson, Paul Peterson. Make a profit from your pastures using this simple managem...

Author(s) Adam Hady, Ron Kean. Thinking about raising poultry on a small scale? Whether as a hobby or as a source of food or extra income, the rai...

Author(s) John Skinner, Adam Hady. This full-color guide identifies classes, breeds, and varieties of chickens, which come in many colors, sizes,...

Author(s) Adam A. Hady. Producing Poultry on Pasture (A3908-01) is the first in a new series of publications called "Poultry for Small Farms &...

Author(s) Adam A. Hady. Pasture Poultry Ark is the second publication in a new series called Poultry for Small Farms & Backyards that addresse...

Author(s) Aerica Opatik. An increasing number of sheep are being raised on small farms instead of on large ranches. New and emerging specialty mar...

Author(s) Adam A. Hady, Ron Kean.  Urban chickens are popular, but are they for your home or your community? If you are a homeowner thinking of r...

Author(s) Rhonda Gildersleeve. If you are thinking about raising beef cattle on a small scale, this publication will help you consider key aspects...

Author(s) Laurence E. Baumann. The large number of cattle vaccines currently on the market has generated many questions about their content and us...

Author(s) Dan Undersander, Jim Morrison, Ellen Phillips, Richard Leep, Paul Peterson, Craig Sheaffer. Buying Horse Hay debunks the myths surroundi...

Author(s) Dan Undersander, Ray Antoniewicz. Save money and raise healthier horses by improving the pastures they graze on. This 8-page publication...

Author(s) Michael Siemens, Tim Erickson, Gary Applegate. Dairy beef and newborn calves pose many challenging health and nutrition management decis...

Author(s) Michael Siemens, Tim Erickson, Gary Applegate. In spite of management challenges, many dairy and beef producers have chosen to raise dai...

Author(s) Caleb R. Besson, Rebecca A. Larson, Horacio A. Aguirre-Villegas. Animal agricultural operations are a major contributor to ammonia emiss...

Author(s) Caleb R. Besson, Rebecca A. Larson, Horacio A. Aguirre-Villegas. The focus of this study is to quantify ammonia emissions from typical m...

Author(s) Caleb R. Besson, Rebecca A. Larson, Horacio A. Aguirre-Villegas. Quantifying ammonia emissions is important to establish baselines ...

Author(s) Rebecca A. Larson, Horacio A. Aguirre-Villegas. Manure to clean water systems can reduce issues associated with on-farm handling, storag...

Author(s) Victor M. Zavala, Rebecca A. Larson, Horacio A. Aguirre-Villegas. When used effectively, manure can provide a sustainable source of fer...

Author(s) Joe Harrison, Keith Bowers, Steve Norberg, Rebecca A. Larson, Horacio A. Aguirre-Villegas. Phosphorous is an important mineral in a...

Author(s) Linda Schott, Horacio A. Aguirre-Villegas, Rebecca A. Larson, Mahmoud A. Sharara, Joseph Sanford, Zong Liu. Composting can be implemente...

Author(s) Joseph Sanford, Horacio A. Aguirre-Villegas, Rebecca A. Larson, Mahmoud A. Sharara, Zong Liu, Linda Schott. Transporting livestock manur...

Author(s) Zong Liu, Horacio A. Aguirre-Villegas, Rebecca A. Larson, Mahmoud A. Sharara, Joseph Sanford, Linda Schott. Including sloped screens for...

Author(s) Rebecca A. Larson, Horacio A. Aguirre-Villegas, Mahmoud A. Sharara, Joseph Sanford, Zong Liu, Linda Schott. Screw press separators can d...

Author(s) Mahmoud A. Sharara, Horacio A. Aguirre-Villegas, Rebecca A. Larson,  Joseph Sanford, Zong Liu, Linda Schott. This factsheet summarizes k...

Author(s) Horacio A. Aguirre-Villegas, Rebecca A. Larson, Mahmoud A. Sharara, Joseph Sanford, Zong Liu, Linda Schott. Manure is among the lowest m...

Author(s) Maria Jose Fuenzalida, Doug Reinemann, Jackie McCarville. Mastitis is the most frequently diagnosed and treated disease in dairy herds. ...

Author(s) Rebecca A. Larson, Horacio Aguirre-Villegas, John Shutske, Cheryl Skjolaas, Jeff Nelson, James Schauer, Kevin Erb. Predicting gas emissi...

Author(s) Philip E. Harris, Daniel J. Undersander. Livestock owners who want to pasture their animals on someone else land have several options, i...

Author(s) Don Schuster, Dan Undersander, Dan Schaefer, Richard M. Klemme, Mike Siemens, Larry Smith. Cattle-grazing enterprises have become increa...

Author(s) Jonathan Rivin, Zen Miller, Olivia Matel. Discusses different types of food waste and guidelines for feeding alternative food waste and...

Author(s) Scott Gunderson, Greg Wise, John Roach, Dave Muench. Gives reasons why newspaper offers advantages over traditional bedding products (8 ...

Author(s) Horacio Aguirre-Villegas, Simone Kraatz, Franco Milani, Astrid Newenhouse, Thais Passos-Fonseca, Doug Reinemann. The process of making ...

Author(s) David C. Payer, Brian J. Holmes. This fact sheet discusses options for handling milking center wastewater and provides background inform...

Author(s) Michael Siemens. Covers techniques and strategies to help cattle producers maximize feedlot production of both traditional and Holstein ...

Author(s) D. J. Reinemann. This publication features a form to be used by farm operators, electricians, power suppliers, or others measuring stray...

Author(s) Chelsea Zegler, Mark Renz, Matt Ruark, Geoff Brink. Wisconsin has the largest number of organic dairies in the United States with over 4...

Author(s) Horacio Aguirre-Villegas, Rebecca Larson, Matt Ruark. Solid-liquid separation is a manure processing technology that has grown in popula...

Author(s) Pamela Ruegg, Morten Dam Rasmussen, Doug Reinemann. Efficient production and harvest of high-quality milk is the goal of most dairy farm...

Author(s) David C. Payer, Brian J. Holmes. This fact sheet is for dairy farmers and others in the dairy industry concerned with managing wastewate...

Author(s) Sherry Combs, Bruce Hoskins, Jan Jarman, John Kovar, Maurice Watson, Ann Wolf, Nancy Wolf. This detailed publication will help you under...

Author(s) Philip J. Clauer, John L. Skinner. This publication will help you get started raising ducks and geese. Topics include managing a breedin...

Author(s) Scott Sanford. Wood heating results in lower barn humidity, dryer litter, reduced ammonia production, and requires less ventilation whic...

Author(s) Horacio Aguirre-Villegas, Rebecca Larson, Matthew Ruark. Keeping up the levels of nitrogen (N) in soils generally results in higher crop...

Author(s) Douglas J. Reinemann, Graeme A. Mein. This publication presents the minimum performance criterion for milklines, based on the 1994 stand...

Author(s) Horacio Aguirre-Villegas, Rebecca A. Larson, Matthew D. Ruark, Di Liang, Michel Wattiaux, Larry Chase, Victor Cabrera. Enteric methane, ...

Author(s) Horacio Aguirre-Villegas, Rebecca Larson, Matthew Ruark. Manure agitation is an important part of storage as it reduces nutrient variabi...

Author(s) David C. Payer, Brian J. Holmes. Knowing how to dispose of waste milk properly is an essential part of dairy milking center management. ...