A Dairy Herd Improvement Association (DHIA) manager in southeast Minnesota sees a correlation between on-farm research and income.
Murl Niebuhr is based at the Zumbrota DHIA laboratory.
“It’s interesting, sometimes when the farm economy starts to go south, dairymen tend to test more to get rid of those cows.”
DHIA labs take milk samples, test for disease and
pregnancy, and provide ear tag services for dairy farmers throughout the
Midwest.
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