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SHOWS AND EVENTS February 12-14: World Ag Expo, Tulare, CA February 20-22: VSFA Nutritional Management & Cow College, Roanoke, VA 28th Annual Southwest Nutrition and Management Conference, Tempe, AZ February 21- 22: 8th Annual I-29 Dairy Conference, Sioux Falls, SD February 27-28: March 6-8: Western Dairy Management Conference, Reno, NV Annual Meeting of the ASAS Midwestern Section and the ADSA Midwestern March 11-13: Branch, Des Moines, IA March 12-14: 48th NDHIA Annual Meeting, TradeWinds Island Grand Resort, St. Pete Beach, FL March 12-13: Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin Annual Business Conference, Madison, WI March 18 12:00 CDT: Far Off to Fresh Cow – Opportunities to Improve Transition Performance. DAIReX NET Webinars Mid-East Spring National Holstein Show, Columbus, OH March 29-30: Quebec Spring Holstein Show, Victoriaville, QC, Canada April 3-4: April 4-5: Dairy Calf and Heifer Association Annual Conference, Lancaster, PA April 8 12:00 CDT: Economic Analysis Tools for Dairy Reproduction Programs. DAIReXNET Webinars 49th Florida Dairy Production Conference, Gainesville, FL April 10: New York Spring Dairy Carousel, Syracuse, NY April 12-15: April 20: Midwest National Spring Show, Jefferson, WI
New life and the start of a new lactation Picture: Nick Sarbacker
C O N TA C T S Cow Management is published six times per year by CRV Publishing
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April 2013 – We take a closer look into A2 milk, a milk variation which is popular in Australia and the United Kingdom. Cow health always is an important topic in CowManagement, plus we have farm report about a producer in South Africa.
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Illustrations/pictures Photographs by CRV Publishing Photography, Rick Mooney (5), Matt Wisniewski (5), Francois Wieringa (11), Nick Sarbacker (12, 13) and Els Korsten (17, 29).
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