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• Fly Control on Organic Dairies
  By Dr. Guy Jodarski
  Fly control is one of the top issues facing organic dairy farmers. This article explores the various approaches needed to establish effective fly control on your farm.
  Added February 3, 2011. MORE >

• Kevin Jahnke Fly Trap
  Added February 3, 2011. MORE >

• Spring Time Challenges for the Grass Farmer:
  Homeopathic Remedies
  By C. Edgar Sheaffer, VMD
  Added February 3, 2011. MORE >
  

• Raising Calves on Organic Dairy Farms
  Added July 17, 2010. On many organic farms there is little difference in approach between the methods used to rear dairy calves and those used on non-organic farms. But there are key differences ... MORE >

• Free Choice Smorgasbord Vitamin and Mineral Supplementation for Livestock
  Added May 17, 2010. There’s been a lot of talk over the years about free choice minerals and supplements. Some say yea, some say nay, some swear by it, some swear at it. MORE >

• Educated Cows Eat Weeds
  Added June 5, 2010. If you’re tired of spending time and money to manage the same weeds year after year, here’s some good news. The solution may already be grazing in your pasture! Teach them to eat weeds. MORE >

• Properly Preparing the Fresh Cow
  Added June 5, 2010. What determines the health of the calf, the birthing process, colostrum quality and the immune reserve of the cow at the time of parturition? Learn more >

• Homeopathy: The Mechanics and Its
  Application for the Dairy Farm, Part 2
  Added March 8, 2010. The nuts and bolts of actually administering homeopathy remedies. MORE >

• Homeopathy: The Mechanics and Its
  Application for the Dairy Farm, Part 1
  Added February 1, 2010. Of the therapeutic options available to the organic dairy, homeopathy stands alone in its elegance and simplicity. MORE >
  
  
• Johnes Disease
  by Dr. Hubert Karreman, Penn Dutch Cow Care. Added November 10, 2009.
  
  
  
• Lameness in Organic Dairy Cattle
  By Hubert J Karreman, VMD. Added July 1, 2009.
  
  
• Puzzled By PI Spikes?
  By Linda Tikofsky, DVM, Quality Milk Production Services. Added May 7, 2009.
  
  
• Nutritional Wisdom of the Body: Behavior-Based Management for Animal Well-BeingPresented by Fred Provenza, Acres Conference 2008
  Written by Lisa McCrory. Added March 31, 2009.
  
  
• Dehorning Dairy Cattle With Genetics
: Looking at the economic advantages with polled dairy cattle

. By Fred Hendricks

. Added January 24, 2009.
  
  
• MILK FEVER: “It’s all about internal mineral balance!” By Dr. Richard Holliday
  Added January 24, 2009.
  
  
• Raising Calves The Old, Modern Way: Learning from the “old” as we go into the future.
  By Steffen Schneider. Reprinted with permission from Biodynamics, Winter, 2008
  Added January 24, 2009.
  
  
• Make Your own Herbal Tinctures! By Harriet Behar. First published in the MOSES Organic Broadcaster, Nov-Dec 2006. Added November, 2008.

  
  
  
• Vaccination of Organic Livestock: Goals and strategies for a first rate vaccination program. By Guy Jodarski, DVM. Added July 21, 2008.

  
  
  
• Ecological Control of Pasture Flies, by Fay Benson, Cornell Cooperative Extension.
  Added May, 2008.
  
  
• Subclinical Mastitis—What You Can’t See CAN Hurt You. By Dr Linda Tikofsky.
  Added March 21, 2008.
  
  
• Hardy Livestock in the Land of Ice, Snow and Freezing Wind - by Dr Will Winter - January 2008
  
  
• On Fly Control, by Liz Bawden – November 2007
  
  
• Homeopathic Treatments on the Farm by Jayne Chase – November 2006
  
  
• Keeping Cows Healthy On Organic Dairies by Linda Tikofsky, DVM – August 2006
  
  
• Environmental Mastitis, part 3 of 3 by Ruth Zadocks, DVM – November 2004
  
  
• Environmental Mastitis, part 2 of 3 by Ruth Zadocks, DVM – August 2004
  
  
• Environmental Mastitis, part 1 of 3 by Ruth Zadoks, DVM – May 2004
  
  
• Dear Jim (Herpes on Teats) – May 2004
  
  
• ODAIRY: Drying off Cows  - February 2004
  
  
• Pneumonia Menace by Dr Hubert Karreman – February 2004
  
  
• Dear Jim - (Respiratory Illness) - by Jim Gardiner, February 2004
  
  
• Dear Jim (parasites) by Jim Gardiner – November 2003
  
  
• Alternative Medicine for Ruminants (notes from 2001 Acres Conference presentation with Dr Paul Detloff) by Lisa McCrory – May 2003
  
  
• Some Thoughts on Holisitic or Alternative Veterinary Medicine Part 2, by Dr Richard Holliday – February 2003
  
  
• Some Thoughts on Holistic or Alternative Veterinary Medicine Part 1, by Dr Richard Holliday – November 2002
  
  
• (W)holistic Animal Husbandry - by Jerry Brunetti, 2002
  
  
• Homeopathy on the Farm - by Anne Lazor, Butterworks Farm, 2001