Archive for July 2026

The Projected Financial Impact of Lameness Report is a management tool pointing out the additional costs and losses due to the lesions affecting individual dairies today or any time period included in the report.  The more time or cows that are included for each herd, the better the picture that the report provides of the…

What is heat stress? Heat stress occurs when cows suffer from high temperatures in combination with high humidity which in turn negatively impacts their health, productivity, and fertility. This happens when they generate and absorb more heat than they can easily rid themselves of (through sweating, respiration, and wind/fans blowing on them). Heat stress occurs…