Posts by LEANNE

The scale system on your TMR mixer plays a vital role in keeping your cows healthy, your inventory accurate and rations consistent. Just a small calibration error can turn into a major issue in a very short time. At Supervisor Systems, we have adopted the following protocol for testing and maintaining TMR mixer scales with…

Ask any dairy producer what their number one expense is, and they’re likely to say, “feed.” The average 80-cow dairy farm spends more than $15,000 on feed each month and over $180,000 every year. When trying to cut feed costs, where should you focus your energy? Trying to get a better deal on a particular…

When hoof trimmer Rick Trinko of Middleton, Wisconsin, began seeing a large number of cows at one dairy with white-line hemorrhages in zone 2, he was alarmed. The typical site for a white-line hemorrhage is zone 3, and it can indicate the early stages of white-line disease. Having never seen a white-line hemorrhage in zone…