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Farm Report
The Miner Institute Farm Report is an award-winning monthly newsletter that is mailed free to U.S. subscribers and available to others for $10 per year to cover the additional mailing costs. It's also available on our website. The Farm Report is written primarily for farmers and other agricultural professionals in the Northeastern U.S. and Eastern Canada. Most articles deal with dairy and crops topics, but also included are articles dealing with environmental issues and global agriculture as well as editorial commentary.
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September 2010
Sexed Semen Update, pg 2
Vet's Corner: Losses Due to Excess Mortality, pg 3
Food Challenges in the Coming 20 Years, pg 4
Mailbox; Murphy's Laws, pg 5
Corn Silage Harvest Checklist, pg 6
Fall Harvest of Alfalfa; High Crop Corn Silage, pg 7
Behavioral Predictors of Claw Lesions, pg 8
Time to Harvest Corn for Silage?, pg 9
Highlights from 44th Congress of ISAE, pg 10
Research Summaries, pg 11
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August 2010
Stall Design & Bedding Affect Lying Time, pg 2
What Would William Miner Think?, pg 3
ADSA/ASAS 2010 -- The Reproductive Slant, pg 4
Benefits of Intravaginal Probiotics Reported, pg 5
What's Happening on the Farm, pg 6
Particle Separator & Physically Effective Fiber, pg 7
Emergency Forage Crops, pg 8
Plant Biotechnology, pg 9
Precut Rye Straw; Notable Quotes, pg 10
Save the Date: Dairy Day 2010, pg 11
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July 2010
Atrazine in the Public Eye - Yet Again, pg 2
Vet's Corner: Parasite Evaluation Clinic 2010, pg 3
Corn is Flexible; Ag Facts & Figures, pg 4
Brown Root Rot in Northern NY, pg 5
Ev Does Ontario; Supremes Come Through, pg 6
Crops Update; A Midsummer Hay Idea, pg 7
The ABCs of Farming Coloring Book, pg 8
What's Happening on the Farm, pg 9
CPM Dictionary Update Now Available, pg 10
Empathy & Farm Animal Welfare, pg 11
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June 2010
A Growing Need for Sulfur?, pg 2
Corn Hybris & Silage Quality, pg 3
Water Addition to TMR, pg 4
Limiting Crow Damage in Corn, pg 5
Vet's Corner: Heat Abatement Problem, pg 6
Chloride and Forages Revisited, pg 7
Problems with On-Farm Welfare Audits, pg 8
Time to Move On, pg 9
Dairy Month -- Got Milk?, pg 10
What's Happening on the Farm, pg 11
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May 2010
Corn Planting Tips; Vet's Corner, pg 2
Endophyte-Free Tall Fescue; Making Milk with Grass, pg 3
Thin Cows At Greater Risk of Becoming Lame, pg 4
From the President's Desk: Make Room for Reproduction, pg 5
Horseweed, Marestail, & Horsetail, pg 6
What's Happening on the Farm, pg 7
Summary of Northeast Ag & Feed Alliance, pg 8
Behavior Changes in Dairy Cows after Calving, pg 9
Pack Thin Forage Layers for Increased Silage Density, pg 10
Cooperative Extension; Soybean Silage, pg 11
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April 2010
Vet's Corner; Global Biotech Crop Usage, pg 2
Packing Bunker & Stack Silos, pg 3
Perennial Grass Management, pg 4
Plant Population for Corn Silage, pg 5
Tweeting in Parlor, pg 6
What's Happening on the Farm, pg 7
Keys to Making Money in the Dairy Business, pg 8
Calf Management Practices in Quebec, pg 9
Role of Vitamin D in Calcium Absorption, pg 10
Forage Inventory Needs, pg 11
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March 2010
Vet's Corner: Records Should Guide Decision to Operate, pg 2
Johne's Disease and Forage Crops, pg 3
Are Dairy Farming and Animal Welfare Compatible?, pg 4
What's Happening on the Farm; Southern Exposure, pg 5
What Can We Learn From the Bovine Genome?, pg 6
How Big are Miner Institute's Cows?, pg 7
Changing From Parlor Milking to AMS Reduces Udder Health, pg 8
Weird Critter Facts; Upcoming Events, pg 9
Notill Forage Seeding; Biotechnology Facts and Figures, pg 10
Straw, Toxins and NDFD ... Related?, pg 11
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February 2010
Vet's Corner: Anovular Cows Revisited; Crop Congress, pg 2
From the President: The Importance of Undergraduate Research, pg 3
To Plow or Not to Plow, pg 4
"Temping" Cows, pg 5
Soil Nitrogen Testing for Corn: Some Unofficial Research, pg 6
What's Happening on the Farm, pg 7
Improving Cow Comfort in Tie Stalls, pg 8
Crop Input Trends: What's Up, What's Down, pg 9
Southern Exposure; No Excuse for Quackgrass, pg 10
Random Thoughts; Farm Report Survey Overview, pg 11
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January 2010
Pricing Crop Inputs; Soybean Variety Trial Summary, pg 2
From the President's Desk -- State of the Institute 2010, pg 3
Vet's Corner: Mycotoxins in Northeastern Dairy Rations, pg 4
The EU Strikes Again; Critter News, pg 5
What's Happening on the Farm, pg 6
Watch out for Alfalfa Snout Beetle in 2010, pg 7
Insect Control in Corn; Forage Variety Information, pg 8
Risk Factors for Lesions on Freestall-Housed Dairy Cows in Norway, pg 9
Rethinking Grouping Strategies, pg 10
Cornell Winter Dairy Management 2010, pg 11
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