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MSU research pushes dairy cattle management forward

EAST LANSING — Research from Michigan State University Professor J. Richard Pursley is trailblazing an area within dairy cattle management that Wendell Van Gunst says is essential to keep farms profitable. “I think almost every dairy farmer would agree that nothing is as critical to the success of a dairy farm than the reproductive success of cows on a farm,” said Van Gunst, owner of Country Dairy, a fourth-generation, 1,200-cow dairy farm in the western Lower Peninsula. Reproduction is the key driver of lactation for dairy cows. After a cow gives birth, a new lactation begins. ...

Teens skeptical even as they embrace social media, influencers for news

NEW YORK — Teenagers are more inclined than their elders to get news from nontraditional sources such as social media and influencers, heralding a generational shift in how people seek out information. A national study by the Media Insight Project finds 36% of U.S. adults say they get news ...

Warmer weather really brings out bird sightings

By SCOT STEWART Marquette-area bird enthusiast “April hath put a spirit of youth in everything.” — William Shakespeare Nothing like some warm weather to really get things moving. Young great horned owls are just about ready to leave their nests and start learning how to take care ...

Spring reveals truths, even about yesteryear

By JOHN PEPIN Michigan Department of Natural Resources “This world can take my money and time but it sure can’t take my soul and I’m going down to the railroad tracks and watch them lonesome boxcars roll.” — Butch Hancock I stood on the decking at the top of an old railroad ...

MSU research pushes dairy cattle management forward

EAST LANSING — Research from Michigan State University Professor J. Richard Pursley is trailblazing an area within dairy cattle management that Wendell Van Gunst says is essential to keep farms profitable. “I think almost every dairy farmer would agree that nothing is as critical to the success of a dairy farm than the reproductive success of cows on a farm,” said Van Gunst, owner of Country Dairy, a fourth-generation, 1,200-cow dairy farm in the western Lower Peninsula. Reproduction is the key driver of lactation for dairy cows. After a cow gives birth, a new lactation begins. ...

Outdoors North: Venturing out into the Land of Oz

“The fog is so thick that you can’t even spy the land,” – Bob Dylan It was chilly and cold. I jumped in my Jeep and headed west, not sure what I’d find. As it turned out, I never would have expected the things I experienced. Hitting the highway, the mist got thicker the ...