NEWS & BLOG
Understanding the Veterinary Client Patient Relationship
By: Russ Daly, DVM, DACVPM, originally published by Biozyme Inc.
By now, livestock producers are becoming aware of soon-to-be-implemented changes in how feed grade antibiotics are used, in the form of expanded use of the Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD). Producers using feed-grade medications such as chlortetracycline and tylosin will need to obtain a prescription-like VFD form from a veterinarian before they’re able to purchase and feed those medications.More
Iowa Soil Test Levels
By: Soil View (Midwest Independent Soil Samplers, LLC)
The International Plant Nutrition Institute has recently published the Soil Test Levels in North America report. This report gives a summary of soil test results by each state for 2015 and also includes the data for the 2001, 2005 and the 2010 sampling year. We have included the chart of the Iowa results for phosphorus, potassium and soil pH that you will find interesting. This information is the result of compiling the data of 987,917 soil samples taken in 2015 from Iowa fields. It is interesting to note that the 2001 report consist of 380,265 samples, 2005 – 355,983 samples and the 2010 results are from 775,401 samples. The increase in samples taken from 2010 to 2015 is nearly a 38% increase of samples pulled in Iowa in 5 short years.More
Protimax; Ready to Feed Antibodies
It’s no secret that eggs are considered nature’s perfect nutritional delivery system but how does this relate to feeding livestock? Trouw Nutrition’s Protimax® product consists of spray dried whole eggs containing egg-based antibodies derived from hens strategically vaccinated with specific antigens over time. Protimax may improve performance and maintain feed intake when specific challenges arise.More
All About That ALF
By: Amber Milder, Precision Ag Specialist
We cannot catch a break, can we? Although it seems like planting happened just yesterday, we are already to the fall fertilizer season and thinking about the crop of 2017. Numerous fertilizer programs already exist to fulfill each farming operation’s unique requirements. As you all have heard numerous times, there is no cookie cutter approach to the decisions you are all currently facing. However, we do have a product that can fit into everyone’s fertilizer program seamlessly and shows benefits across the board. This product goes by the name ALF.More
The Threat of Hydrogen Sulfide
We have had multiple reports this season from customers who have lost cattle due to gas emissions during pumping. Luckily, in these instances, no people were harmed. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case. We just wanted to remind everyone to take extra safety precautions when agitating and pumping manure.More
Put Back What You Pull Off
As harvest is in full swing, it is important to remember that as you pull big yields off of your fields, you are also pulling a lot of nutrients out of your soil as well. The removal rate for nitrogen off corn is 0.90 lbs/bu, the removal rate for P2O4 off corn is 0.37 lbs/bu, and the removal rate for K2O off corn is 0.27 lbs/bu. This means that if you had a poorer crop, let’s say 160 bu/ac, you are removing from the soil 144 lbs of nitrogen. If you have outstanding yields of 250 bu/ac, you are removing 225 lbs of nitrogen. If you put less than 225 lbs of nitrogen back on your rotation following an outstanding crop year, you are starving your plants.More
