In this second episode of Cornell Cow Convos, Northwest New York Team Dairy Specialists, Margaret Quaassdorff and Kaitlyn Lutz, interview Jimena Godoy, Animal Welfare Specialist and manager at Aurora Organic Dairy, to discuss preventative health care for cows, the importance of technology and training, and compassion for both employees and cows on both conventional and organic dairy farms. 
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More Resources:
Aurora Organic Dairy: https://www.auroraorganic.com/about-us/
Aurora Organic Dairy named a 2022 National Top Workplace: https://www.auroraorganic.com/news-updates/aurora-organic-dairy-named-a-2022-national-top-workplace/
Understanding and Improving Cow Lying Behavior: https://nydairyadmin.cce.cornell.edu/uploads/doc_403.pdf 
Economic Benefits of Improved Cow Comfort: https://www.dairychallenge.org/pdfs/2016_National/Economic_Benefit_Cow_Comfort_Rick_Grant.pdf
Technology Tuesdays webinars https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBMGyzTr13dtddjCtjc3nnyWtMUpOdhJS 
Cornell’s Agriculture Workforce Development: https://agworkforce.cals.cornell.edu/
Training Techniques: Plan, Conduct, Evaluate: https://cornell.app.box.com/file/705025206146?s=pi3zvgcgrkfjivtn2u0vqkgti3epy9ue

Cornell Cow Convos E2 Preventative Health Care In Cows

Episode 1:  Welcome to Cornell Cow Convos!

In this first episode of Cornell Cow Convos, Dairy Specialists Lindsay Ferlito and Betsy Hicks briefly cover what to expect in this new on-going series, introduce the other hosts and hear about their areas of specialty, and present topics for the first few episodes. To give suggestions for future topics, enter them here:  https://cornell.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bHF0mJo62tFans2.

Cornell Cow Convos E1 Welcome

In this episode of Cornell Cow Convos Daniela González Carranza, CCE Dairy Management Specialist and Kathryn Barrett, Sr. Extension Specialist, Cornel PRO-DAIRY interview Tom Overton, PhD, Professor and Chair, Animal Science Cornell University, and Director of the Cornell PRO-DAIRY program.  Dr Overton outlines the key factors dairy farmers should be looking at to evaluate their farm businesses as we head into the new year.

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Cornell Cow Convos E4 Looking Ahead to the New Year

In this episode of Cornell Cow Convos, Lindsay Ferlito, CCE North Country Regional Ag Team Dairy Specialist, and Camila Lage, CCE Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops Program Dairy Specliast, interview Dr. Jennifer Van Os, Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist in Animal Welfare on the faculty of the Department of Animal & Dairy Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Van Os discusses the benefits of pair housing calves, management tips, and challenges and potential solutions. 

She provides more resources on her website: https://animalwelfare.cals.wisc.edu/calf_pairing/.

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Cornell Cow Convos E5 The Research Behind Pair Housing Calves

Pair Housing Calves from a Farmer’s Perspective
In this episode of Cornell Cow Convos, Lindsay Ferlito, CCE North Country Regional Ag Team Dairy Specialist, and Kaitlyn Lutz, CCE Northwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops Program Dairy Specialist, interview Sam Peetz, Youngstock manager of Rosy-Lane Holsteins, LLC. in Watertown, Wisconsin. Sam shares his experience with managing pair housed calves in their facility, including the challenges and benefits. To learn more about Rosy-Lane Holsteins LLC, and view photos of their calf program, visit rosylane.weebly.com/our-calves.

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Cornell Cow Convos E6 Pair Housing Calves from a Farmer’s Perspective

Healthy Herds – Disease Diagnosis, Treatment, and Recording
In this episode of Cornell Cow Convos, Lindsay Ferlito, CCE North Country Regional Ag Team Dairy Specialist, and Besty Hicks, CCE South Central New York Dairy and Field Crops Team Dairy Specialist, interview Dr. Michael Capel (Perry Veterinary Clinic) and Dr. Tracy Potter (independent herd consultant). They discuss a recent project they collaborated on with the NYFVI and funding from the USDA, focusing on what healthy herds look like in NYS. The project looked at disease diagnosis criteria, treatment protocols, and record keeping for calf scours and diarrhea, and cow mastitis and metritis.
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Cornell Cow Convos E7 Healthy Herds – Disease Diagnosis, Treatment, and Recording

In this special episode of Cornell Cow Convos, Northwest New York Team Dairy Specialist, Dr. Kaitlyn Lutz, interviews Dr. Rob Lynch, Pro-Dairy’s Dairy Herd Health and Management Specialist, to discuss the recent outbreak of H5N1 in dairy cattle.

Show notes:
Cornell’s PRO-DAIRY (Biosecurity document, video presentations and other resources): https://cals.cornell.edu/pro-dairy/our-expertise/herd-health
CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/avianflu/mammals.htm#:~:text=In%20the%20United%20States%2C%20since,reported%20on%20March%2025%2C%202024.
USDA: https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-detections/livestock
NMPF: https://www.nmpf.org/resources/hpai/
NYS Ag and Markets: https://agriculture.ny.gov/news/state-agriculture-department-monitoring-cases-hpai-farm-animals-midwestern-and-southern-states
Cornell’s Animal Health Diagnostic Center: https://www.vet.cornell.edu/animal-health-diagnostic-center/news/testing-cattle-highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-hpai
HPAI Update video in Spanish for dairy employees: https://vod.video.cornell.edu/media/HPAI%20in%20Dairy%20Cattle%20Update_Spanish_4.4.2024/1_hup0qiw6

Cornell Cow Convos E8 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Updates

In this episode of Cornell Convos, Northwest New York Dairy, Livestock and Field Crops Team Dairy Specialist, Margaret Quaassdorff and South Central New York Dairy and Field Crops Team Dairy Specialist, Betsy Hicks interview John Winchell, Territory Sales Rep., Alltech about opportunities and considerations for winter forages and first cutting.
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Cornell Cow Convos E9 Winter Forages And First Cutting

In this episode of Cornell Cow Convos, Lindsay Ferlito, Cornell PRO-DAIRY’s Dairy Animal Welfare Specialist and Dr. Kaitlyn Lutz, Dairy Management Specialist with CCE Northwest NY Dairy, Livestock, and Field Crops Team, interview Katie Ballard, Research Director at the William H. Miner Institute. They discuss the impacts of heat stress in dairy cows in NY, the takeaways from Katie’s research in this area, and heat abatement strategies to consider on our region’s dairy farms.

Resources:
"The Effectiveness of Heat Stress Abatement on Lactating Dairy Cows’ Performance, Behavior & Health in NNY: Year 3"  

https://nnyagdev.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/NNYADP19HeatStressReport20FINAL_1-1.pdf

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Cornell Cow Convos E11 Impact of Heat Stress In Cows

In this episode of Cornell Cow Convos, Margaret Quaassdorff of the CCE NWNY Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops Team and Betsy Hicks of the CCE SCNY Dairy and Field Crops Team interview John Winchell, Territory Sales Rep with Alltech, on all things related to the Corn Silage crop in 2024.  The progress of the corn crop across NYS as well as strategies for staging corn harvest to maximize quality in different scenarios is discussed. John also shares his thoughts on this year’s crop in regards to molds and yeasts.
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Cornell Cow Convos E13 Corn Silage Harvest Considerations For 2024

In this episode of Cornell Cow Convos, Margaret Quaassdorff of the CCE NWNY Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops Team interviews Dr. Julio Giordano, Cornell University Professor of Dairy Cattle Biology and Management and Co-Director of the Cornell Institute for Digital Agriculture, about his research group’s progress on the “MyCow$ tool” to help dairy farmers make better management decisions using individual cow and herd level profitability calculations. 
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Show Notes:
YouTube Link to: New tools and data for improving individual cow and herd profitability webinar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPCwiZ-ofo0 
Cornell CIDA: https://digitalagriculture.cornell.edu/ 
New York Farm Viability Institute: https://nyfvi.org/

Cornell Cow Convos E14 MyCow$ Tool – Individual Cow and Herd Level Profitability

For almost 30 years, Keith Keberle has been the farm manager at Oakfield Corners Dairy in Oakfield, NY, where they milk 2800 cows in a 72-stall GEA DairyProQ robotic rotary parlor. In this episode of Cornell Cow Convos, Regional Dairy Specialist Margaret Quaassdorff of the CCE NWNY Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops Team, and Cornell PRO-DAIRY's Dairy Animal Welfare Specialist, Lindsay Ferlito, interview Keith Keberle about his experience transitioning to a robotic rotary, and his insights in managing employees and cows in a higher tech system. We also discuss dairy data and the mindset involved in keeping the wheel turning.

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Show Notes:
Oakfield Corners Dairy:  http://oakfieldcornersdairy.com/ 
Inside look: Robotic milking at Oakfield Corners Dairy:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL3ryjLu6wI&t=47s

Cornell Cow Convos E15 Robotic Rotary Management with Keith Keberle of Oakfield Corners Dairy

E16: Managing Lameness on Farm with Dr. Gerard Cramer

In this episode of Cornell Cow Convos, Lindsay Ferlito, Cornell PRO-DAIRY, and Dr. Kaitlyn Lutz, CCE NWNY Dairy, Livestock, & Field Crops Team, interview Dr. Gerard Cramer about lameness. Dr. Cramer is a Professor of Dairy Production Medicine with the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Minnesota. We discuss Dr. Cramer’s thoughts on current rates of lameness in the US dairy industry, risk factors for lameness, what farms are doing well, and technology and the future of lameness detection.

Show notes:
gcramer@umn.edu
https://z.umn.edu/dairycowfootdoc
https://z.umn.edu/footdocyoutube
https://kinderground.org/our-efforts/kinder-hoof-care/

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Cornell Cow Convos E16 Managing Lameness on Farm with Dr. Gerard Cramer

Episode 17- H5N1 in Dairy Cattle – An Update with Dr. Elisha Frye, Animal Health Diagnostic Center
In this episode of Cornell Cow Convos, Dr. Kaitlyn Lutz and Dr. Daniela Gonzalez Carranza, regional Dairy Management Specialists with the CCE NWNY and CNY Dairy, Livestock and Field Crops Teams, talk with Dr. Elisha Frye about the current situation with H5N1 in dairy cattle in the United States.  Dr. Frye is an Associate Professor of Practice with the Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine.  We discuss where H5N1 is currently spreading, how it is being monitored here in NY, lessons learned and the importance of flu vaccination this season!
Show Notes:  

Use of Trivalent Influenza Vaccines for the 2024-2025 U.S. Influenza Season | FDA 

USDA Map of Livestock HPAI Cases: https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-detections/hpai-confirmed-cases-livestock 

Webinar: HPAI in Dairy Cattle in Spanish: https://vod.video.cornell.edu/media/H5N1+Spanish+May+17+2024+La+Gripe+Aviar+en+Vacas+Lecheras+(17+de+Mayo,+2024)/1_upk5q6qi 

NY DOH Flu Vaccine Initiative flyer https://health.ny.gov/publications/17423.pdf 

Spanish : https://health.ny.gov/publications/17424.pdf

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Cornell Cow Convos E17 H5N1 in Dairy Cattle – An Update

Daniela Gonzalez Carranza, CCE Dairy Management Specialist and Kathy Barrett, Cornell PRODAIRY interview Dr. Chris Wolf, Professor of Agricultural Economics, Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at  Cornell University.  Dr. Wolf gives an overview of the recent changes to the Federal Milk Marketing Orders.  He also discusses the milk market outlook for the Northeast dairy industry.
dairymarkets.org
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Cornell Cow Convos E18 2025 Outlook and Changes to FMMO

In this episode, Betsy Hicks of CCE SCNY Dairy & Field Crops Team and Margaret Quaassdorff of CCE NWNY Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops Team interview Dr. Tom Tylutki of AMTS. All things related to body weights in a dairy context are discussed – including time points to assess body weight and rate of average daily gain for heifers, nutritional context for growth during different time periods, and costs for putting weight on heifers. The importance for body weights in the context of antibiotic usage is talked about, and how mature weights of dairy cows have changed over time.  New technologies around monitoring cow size and implications wraps up this episode.  

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To access the slides that Dr. Tylutki references, please email Betsy at bjh246@cornell.edu.  

The scales Dr Tylutki references can be found at:  https://primeusascales.com/product/us-ls9326-livestock-alleyway-scale-green-giant/. (Cornell Cooperative Extension is not affiliated with Prime USA Scales.)

Cornell Cow Convos E19 Body Weights for Improved Management and Efficiency

Katie Callero, Dairy Management Specialist with CCE SWNY Ag Team and Kathy Barrett, Cornell PRO-DAIRY, interview Kirsten Workman, Nutrient Management & Environmental Sustainability Specialist and Jason Oliver,  Dairy Environmental Systems Engineer with the Cornell PRO-DAIRY program about the new regulations for managing mortality. They discuss the best options, benefits, and challenges involved.

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Cornell Waste Mgt. Institute Fact Sheet and posters… https://hdl.handle.net/1813/2149.2

PRO-DAIRY Fact Sheet with the updated burial guidelines: https://hdl.handle.net/1813/113704

Incineration permit info @ NYSDEC: https://dec.ny.gov/environmental-protection/air-quality/controlling-pollution-from-facilities/crematories

Cornell Cow Convos E20 Livestock Mortality Management on Dairy Farms

In this special release episode, Lindsay Ferlito, Dairy Animal Welfare Specialist with Cornell PRO-DAIRY, and Betsy Hicks, Dairy Specialist with the CCE South Central NY Dairy and Field Crops Team, have an exciting discussion with the Commissioner of the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, Richard Ball. They discuss hot topics in the dairy industry including immigration, local processing capacity, and HPAI, as well as funding opportunities for NYS farmers.

NYS Department of Agriculture resources and information:
https://agriculture.ny.gov/
https://agriculture.ny.gov/funding-opportunities
https://grantsmanagement.ny.gov/get-prequalified

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Cornell Cow Convos E21 A Conversation with Commissioner Ball

In this episode, Kaitlyn Lutz from CCE NWNY team and Daniela Gonzalez from CCE CNY team, discuss with Dr. Erika Ganda from Penn State University, the importance of microbiome in the dairy cow. Dr. Ganda also explains insights from antimicrobial resistance research and what can NY dairies do to manage it.

Research papers mentioned in this episode: 
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0743016724002092
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022030218310646
Click here for more information on Dr. Ganda lab: https://gandalab.org/

Cornell Cow Convos E22 Microbiome of Dairy Cows

Dialing into your Best Dairy: Calves-Birth Though Weaning
In this episode, CCE Regional Dairy Specialists Alycia Drwencke and Casey Havekes discuss best management practices for the dairy calf from the time of birth through to weaning. Topics include colostrum management, cleanliness, ventilation, housing, plane of nutrition, and weaning strategies.
For more information: https://prodairy.cals.cornell.edu/events/podcasts/

E2 Dialing into Your Best Dairy: Calves-Birth Through Weaning

In this episode, CCE Regional Dairy Specialists Margaret Quaassdorff and Dave Balbian discuss best management practices for dairy heifers from post-weaning to freshening.  Topics include heifer health and nutrition, growth and breeding targets, housing facilities and ventilation, and incorporation into the milking herd.
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E3 Dialing into Your Best Dairy: Heifers and Springers

This episode features CCE Dairy Specialists Margaret Quaassdorff, Dave Balbian, and Melanie Palmer while they discuss dialing in lactating cows’ nutrition, goals as a feeder of lactating cows, and recommendations from Miner Institute for creating the Perfect Dining Experience for our cows.
For more information: https://prodairy.cals.cornell.edu/events/podcasts/

E5 Dialing into Your Best Dairy: Nutrition and Feeding for the Lactating Cow

In this episode, CCE Regional Dairy Specialists Dave Balbian, Betsy Hicks, Margaret Quaassdorff cover best management practices for lactating dairy cows including ventilation, heat abatement, management through lactation, and time budgets. They also interview a producer on factors to keep in mind for facility design, and the changes he has seen in his herd after implementing herd management and facility design strategies.
For more information: https://prodairy.cals.cornell.edu/events/podcasts/

E6 Dialing into Your Best Dairy: Managing the Lactating Cows' Environment

This episode is hosted by CCE Regional Dairy Specialists Alycia Drwencke, Casey Havekes, and Lindsay Ferlito. They discuss management practices during the breeding, gestation and dry cow phases. Topics include feeding and nutrition, body condition score, breeding, time budgets, and behavioral considerations.
For more information: https://prodairy.cals.cornell.edu/events/podcasts/

E7 Dialing in Your Best Dairy: Reproduction, Gestation and the Dry Period

Dialing into your Best Dairy: Reaching your Herd’s Genetic Potential opens with CCE Regional Dairy Specialists Betsy Hicks, Lindsay Ferlito, and Margaret Quaassdorff giving an overview of the series. An interview with Cornell University Professor, Dr Mike VanAmburgh, gives background on epigenetics and how he came to study the effect management and nutrition play in genetic programming of the calf for her entire life.
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E1 Dialing into Your Best Dairy: Reaching Your Herd’s Genetic Potential

This podcast is a series about troubleshooting herd health issues on dairy farms. It features PRO-DAIRY and CCE Dairy Specialists who over the course of fifteen episodes will discuss specific areas to look at when experiencing issues in different life stages of the dairy cow.  Episodes focus on preweaned calves, transition through weaning, heifer phase, calving pen issues, metabolic disorders of the transition cow, specific fresh cow issues, lactating cow issues from mastitis, issues with reproduction, production, feeding behavior and facilities, hoof health and lameness, and problems during the dry period.  Some episodes feature guest speakers and case studies, and will be released starting November 30th.  Look for a new episode each week on the PRO-DAIRY website (https://prodairy.cals.cornell.edu/events/podcasts/)

Intro to Troubleshooting Herd Health Issues on Your Farm

CCE Dairy Specialists Betsy Hicks, Margaret Quaassdorff & Melanie Palmer focus on troubleshooting issues through weaning transition for calves in this episode.  Factors to be discussed include housing & facilities as well as social & behavioral factors.  Nutrition through the transition as well as management of the calves and facilities will also be focused on as areas to troubleshoot.

E3:Trouble Shooting Herd Health Issues on Your Dairy. Weaning Transition

In this episode we discuss how to trouble shoot disease and growth issues that impact post weaned heifers.
Presenters: Rob Lynch, DVM, Herd Health and Management Specialist, Cornell PRODAIRY program.
Dave Balbian, Regional Dairy Specialist, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Central New York.

E4: Trouble Shooting Herd Health Issues on Your Dairy-Post Weaned Heifers

This episode's discussion centers around how to trouble shoot transition cow problems. Casey Havekes and Margaret Quaassdorff, CCE Regional Dairy Specialists lead the discussion.

E7: Trouble Shooting Herd Health Issues on Your Dairy-Transition Cow Issues

The discussion in this episode focuses on different techniques for accurately trouble shooting mastitis issues. 
Presenters: Dr. Matthias Wieland DVM, Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine and Dr. Rob Lynch, DVM, PRODAIRY, Cornell University.

E:8 Trouble Shooting Herd Health Issues on Your Dairy-Mastitis Part 1

CCE Dairy Specialist, Margaret Quaassdorff and PRO-DAIRY veterinarian, Dr. Rob Lynch focus on troubleshooting issues during the post-fresh period.  Topics discussed include tracking fresh cow health and rumination data including using software monitoring systems, evaluating fresh cow pen management and dynamics, as well using tools to troubleshoot fresh cow nutrition and feeding behavior.

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