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An economic update: a year in review and new season forecasts | Ep. 74

Talking Dairy - April 18, 2024 22:00 - 19 minutes
When it comes to budgeting on farm and forecasting spend, how do others do this? Join us as we talk to Mark Storey DairyNZ’s Head of Economics and Louise Collingwood – a South Waikato farmer, about the latest economic insights and newly updated DairyNZ Econ Tracker tool.

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Monitoring waterway health | Ep. 73

Talking Dairy - April 03, 2024 21:00 - 23 minutes
When it comes to monitoring waterway health, what makes up a holistic assessment of stream health? In this episode, we talk to DairyNZ Principal Scientist Dr. Craig Depree, who shares his approach on ecosystem health and what environmental factors influence freshwater management.  

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Dairy Economics-Factors Affecting Production

Real Science Exchange - April 02, 2024 14:00 - 37 seconds ★★★★★ - 63 ratings
While Dr. Jardon only had milk in his glass for this pubcast, he did share about his bottle of “wheyskey” (whiskey made from whey) from Wheyward Spirit Distillery in California (https://www.wheywardspirit.com/). Iowa State Dairy Extension is offering a webinar, “Fermentation and Distillation of ...

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People leadership and motivating the next generation | Ep. 72

Talking Dairy - March 19, 2024 18:00 - 24 minutes
When it comes to leadership and motivating the next generation, how do others do this? Join us for part two of our people leadership series, as we talk Tawera Nikau a retired professional rugby league player, who is now farmer, businessman and community leader, and Tina Ngatai who sits on severa...

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Breaking Barriers: Exploring Dietary Factors Influencing Gut Function for Cattle

Real Science Exchange - March 19, 2024 14:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 63 ratings
Dr. Penner describes two primary factors of gut health to be absorption and barrier function or permeability. His lab’s work on permeability is suggesting that intestinal regions really drive total gut permeability to a much greater extent than ruminal permeability in dairy cows. (7:06) Ms. Ber...

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Milking It For All It's Worth: International Women's Day 2024

Dairy Matters - March 08, 2024 10:00 - 31 minutes
To highlight this year's International Women’s Day, celebrated worldwide on 8th March, the NDC has produced a special podcast featuring four young women making strides in farming and agriculture. RTE Presenter Kathryn Thomas chats to NDC Farm Ambassador Nicole Keohane; agri influence and farmer ...

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Water quality research update | Ep. 71

Talking Dairy - March 05, 2024 19:00 - 22 minutes
When it comes to improving water quality, what does best practice look like? And how do you invest in long-term solutions to meet changing regional regulations? Join us as we talk to DairyNZ Senior Water Quality Scientist Dr Katrina Macintosh and AgResearch Senior Scientist Dr Richard Muirhead a...

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Journal Club: Association between change in body weight during early lactation and milk production in automatic milking system herds

Real Science Exchange - February 27, 2024 15:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 63 ratings
Guests: Dr. Bill Weiss, The Ohio State University; Dr. Marcia Endres, University of Minnesota Dr. Endres begins with a description of a dataset she collected containing individual body weights from 34 robotic milking herds. Weights were collected for every cow; every time that she came into the...

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How to invest in your people and be the best leader possible | Ep. 70

Talking Dairy - February 13, 2024 19:00 - 25 minutes
When it comes to managing a team, what does good leadership look like? And how do you invest in developing people when times are financially tough? In this people leadership series, we’re talking to different farm businesses across the country to get their perspectives on leading successful team...

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Not All Rumen-Protected Products Are Created Equal

Real Science Exchange - February 06, 2024 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 63 ratings
This episode is from a webinar presented by Dr. Clay Zimmerman, Director of Technical Services at Balchem. To view the full webinar and access the slides referenced during this podcast, visit balchem.com/realscience and scroll down to the webinar presented on December 12th, 2023. Dr. Zimmerman ...

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Giving Surfing for Farmers a go | Ep. 69

Talking Dairy - January 23, 2024 19:00 - 18 minutes
How do you take a break from the farm?  This summer farmers across the country, of all ages and stages, are hitting the beach to head along to Surfing for Farmers sessions. DairyNZ is proud to come on board as Surfing for Farmers “Grassroots partner” to support farmers coming together off-farm t...

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Colostrum is Liquid Gold

Real Science Exchange - January 23, 2024 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 63 ratings
This episode is from a webinar presented by Dr. Sandra Godden from the University of Minnesota Department of Veterinary Population Medicine. To view the full webinar and access the slides referenced during this podcast, visit balchem.com/real science and scroll down to the webinar presented on N...

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Journal Club: Lactational performance effects of supplemental histidine in dairy cows: A meta-analysis

Real Science Exchange - January 09, 2024 15:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 63 ratings
Dr. Räisänen completed this research during her Ph.D. at Penn State. The meta-analysis included 17 different studies published between 1999 and 2022 investigating supplemental histidine for lactating dairy cows. They divided the type of supplemental histidine between infused histidine and rumen-...

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December Journal Club: Production effects of extruded soybean meal replacing canola meal in the diet of lactating dairy cows

Real Science Exchange - December 19, 2023 16:30 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 63 ratings
Dr. Hristov started working with canola meal after he commissioned a review paper comparing canola and soybean meal when he was editor of the Canadian Journal of Animal Science. In that review, most of the studies used solvent-extracted soybean meal. Because canola has a higher oil content, it i...

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NZAEL new fertility trait update | Ep. 68

Talking Dairy - December 18, 2023 00:00 - 19 minutes
DairyNZ’s subsidiary NZAEL (New Zealand Animal Evaluation Limited) has recently made a new fertility trait update – in this episode we’ll discuss what this change will mean and how it will benefit farmers. Our guests are Ee Cheng Ooi from Abacus Bio, vet and geneticist who worked with NZAEL to d...

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What's New in Colostrum Management?

Real Science Exchange - December 12, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 63 ratings
Dr. Godden opens this episode with a 30,000-foot view of colostrum management. Colostrum management has been a hot topic for decades, and herds still have opportunities to improve. Researchers continue to learn how to advance colostrum management. The basics include the three Qs: quality, quanti...

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Future Directions in Choline Symposium Part Two

Real Science Exchange - December 05, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 63 ratings
Today’s episode was filmed at the Future Directions in Choline Symposium put on by the University of North Carolina Nutrition Research Institute. Our day two episode opens with Dr. Eric Ciappio and Dr. Jonathan Bortz of Balchem, summarizing day one’s focus on pregnancy and early life and previe...

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Summer dry planning and management | Ep. 67

Talking Dairy - November 30, 2023 22:00 - 25 minutes
With NIWA’s prediction of an El Nino weather pattern and a high likelihood of a drier summer, how are farmers preparing? In today’s episode, we’re talking to dairy farmer Trevor Hamilton, who has dairy farm operations across the North and South Islands, and Kevin McKinley, DairyNZ regional partn...

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Future Directions in Choline Symposium Part One

Real Science Exchange - November 28, 2023 18:37 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 63 ratings
Co-host: Tom Druke, Balchem Corporation & Dr. Eric Ciappio, Balchem Corporation Guests: Dr. Stephen Hursting & Dr. Susan Smith, University of North Carolina Nutrition Research Institute; Dr. Steven Zeisel, University of North Carolina; Dr. Kevin Klatt, University of California, Berkeley; Dr. Ri...

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Measuring Methane

Dairy Matters - November 20, 2023 14:00 - 24 minutes
In this special podcast about the science behind dairy farming, Teagasc Research Officer Dr Ben Lahart joins host Jeremy Probert to talk about his  recently-published research, which suggests that the amount of methane emitted by Irish cows is actually significantly less than previously believed.

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Solving The World’s Biggest Jigsaw Puzzle

Dairy Matters - November 15, 2023 16:00 - 33 minutes
In this special podcast about the science behind dairy farming, VistaMilk PhD researcher Rose Edwin joins host Jeremy Probert to discuss her work profiling Irish soil and its implications for soil fertility, plant growth, environmental sustainability, and human health. Rose's goal is to map the ...

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Improving workplace productivity | Ep. 66

Talking Dairy - November 14, 2023 23:00 - 21 minutes
Having more productive dairy workplaces can save hours, shorten the working day, and create more attractive workplaces. But what exactly is workplace productivity and how can we measure it? What practices and technologies are farmers using, and are they effective at improving productivity? Dairy...

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Better worm management for healthy heifers | Ep. 65

Talking Dairy - October 31, 2023 19:00 - 33 minutes
What’s the best way to manage internal parasites in young dairy stock? Find out how worms limit production in calves, when to start drenching, how to choose the right drench – but importantly, why we need to focus on management factors other than drench. Our guests are Ginny Dodunski, Wormwise p...

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Wireless Comms for Cows

Dairy Matters - October 31, 2023 15:00 - 30 minutes
Nadeem Rather, a PhD researcher at Tyndall Institute in Cork, joins the pod to talk about his work developing of a completely new material that will allow the transmission of data without any electronics or batteries – and its implications for monitoring the health of cows in Ireland’s dairy far...

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October Journal Club 2023

Real Science Exchange - October 31, 2023 14:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 63 ratings
Kirby begins with a description of the mechanism of amylase-enhanced corn. The amylase is located in the kernel and, once activated by temperature change, works to increase the digestibility of the starch. A small amount of activation is thought to occur during silage fermentation, with further ...

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The High Fertility Cycle

Real Science Exchange - October 24, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 63 ratings
Guests: Dr. Paul Fricke and PhD Candidate Megan Lauber, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Dr. Fricke starts this episode by describing the long-term negative trend for reproductive performance in dairy cows that took place from the mid-1950s to around 2000.  The reversal of this trend is due...

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The low-down on deferred grazing | Ep. 64

Talking Dairy - October 17, 2023 19:00 - 16 minutes
Many farmers are looking for ways to get better value from their pasture, get through NIWA’s predicted El Niño summer, and control on-farm costs. Could deferred grazing provide a solution for some farmers?  In this episode, you’ll get the low-down on this cheap and flexible form of pasture con...

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Wild yeasts and aerobic stability of silages and TMR: Potential negative effects on intake and production

Real Science Exchange - October 17, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 63 ratings
Guests: Dr. Limin Kung, University of Delaware, and guest Bonni Kowalke, Stem Ag Consulting Our Real Science Exchange pubcast always has leading scientists and industry professionals discussing the latest ideas and trends, and tonight, we have two distinguished guests. Dr. Limin Kung and Bonni ...

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Journal Club Bach Changes in milk production and estimated income over feed cost of group-housed dairy cows when moved between pens

Real Science Exchange - October 10, 2023 14:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 63 ratings
Guests: Dr. Alex Bach, ICREA (Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies), and Dr. Bill Weiss, The Ohio State University In this journal club episode, Dr. Alex  Bach with the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies joins Dr. Bill Weiss from the Ohio State University.  ...

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Rise of the Bionanomachines

Dairy Matters - October 03, 2023 17:00 - 33 minutes
Host Jeremy Probert is joined by Dr Lee Coffey, Jennifer Drohan, and Dr Daniel Martins to talk about how the development of bionanomachines which use living bacteria to deliver molecular communications could benefit the health of animals and, potentially, humans. A special podcast about the scie...

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