Maintaining health on organic dairies
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Maintaining health on organic dairies
Sally Colby 
Posted on July 25, 2023
Some farmers who operate conventional dairy farms find it difficult to imagine how animals are kept healthy on an organic farm due to limits on products that can be used. Keeping a healthy herd is actually easier than it might seem. Dr. Guy Jodarski, lead veterinarian for CROPP Cooperative/Organic V...
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tecnavia 
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Crop Comments: Sorghum, sudangrasses, their hybrids & millets, in the final stretch
tecnavia 
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