Welcome to the Purdue Dairy Digest!

Purdue Dairy Digest is a podcast series, created by Purdue Extension Animal Scientists, designed to be a resource for industry information. A new podcast will be available each week for free download by noon on Wednesday. Each podcast will run about two minutes and will include both information directed to dairy farmers and some general information for the public.

Every Wednesday, Purdue Extension Dairy Specialists, Dr. Tamilee Nennich, Dr. Mike Schutz, and others, will speak about topics important to both producers and consumers to help bridge the gap between the two. Podcasts will include information on general dairy topics, management issues, animal welfare, updates on upcoming conferences and meetings and more.

The podcasts are intended to be used and shared by producers and others in agriculture. Each podcast has a 15 second introduction and 5 seconds of silence, followed by approximately 90 seconds of information. Podcasts can also be accessed for free on iTunes by searching “Purdue Dairy Digest”. We hope that you enjoy the Purdue Dairy Digest.

To download an episode, right click on the episode name and choose"download linked file", "save link as", or "save target as" depending on your browser.

Now Available Spanish Version

Number Episode
1 Mycotoxins
2 Net Merit Selection Index
3 Forage Harvesting and Dairy Diets
18 Somatic Cell Counts- The Situation
17 Dairy management highlighted at Kentuckiana Dairy Exchange
20 The Importance of Your Somatic Count
19 Colostrum in your Dairying Program
21 Harvesting and Storing Silages
22 Controling Environmental Mastitis
24 Cooling Dry Cows
25 Farm Safety
26 Antibiotic Residues in Milk
23 Controlling Contagious Mastitis
27 Crossbreeding in the Dairy Industry
28 Zearalenone and Feeding Dairy Heifers
29 Tail Docking
30 Raw Milk
31 Fall Manure Applications
32 Jack Albright-Pioneer Dairy Producer
33 Heifer Research Update
34 Grazing Genetics
35 The Carbon Footprint of Dairy
36 Winter Calf Care/Keeping Colustrum Usable
37 Milking in Cold Weather
38 Milk Replacer Feeding Programs
39 Changing Consumer Preferences
40 The Transition Cow
41 Indiana Livestock, Forage, and Grain Forum
42 Manure Management Record-Keeping
43 Fatty Liver Disease
44 Dairy Beef Quality Assurance
45 2011 Indiana Regional Dairy Meetings
46 Automatic Milking Systems
47 Birds and your Dairy
48 High Corn Prices and Your Dairy
50 Dairy Cattle and Drug Residues
49 Replacement Heifer Research Update
51 National Dairy FARM Program
52 Feed Shrink and Potential Feed Losses
53 The Dairy Checkoff
54 Dairy Cattle Diets
55 Dairy Consumer Preferences
56 Lameness
57 Rubber Matting
58 Potassium in Dairy Cattle Diets
59 Dietary Fiber in Dairy Rations
60 Updating the Somatic Cell Count Situation
61 Milk Quality Tests
62 Happy Memorial Day
63 Your Cow's Medicine Cabinet
64 2011 Kentuckyiana Dairy Exchange
65 Role of Protein in Dairy Cattle Diets Part 1
66 Role of Protein in Dairy Cattle Diets Part 2
67 Happy Independence Day!!
68 Reducing Heat Stress
69 Ready, Aim, Inject!
70 Precision Dairying
71 Running of the Bulls?
72 Bull Safety
73 Check that Forage-Nitrates in Forages
75 Corn Silage Harvesting Tips
74 Hold that Trailer!!
76 Happy Labor Day!
77 Standard Plate Counts
78 Preliminary Incubation Counts
79 Lab Pasteurization Counts
80 Fall Manure Management
81 Indiana Fertilizer Applicator Certification
82 Feed Efficiency
83 Cow Tipping
84 Anaerobic Digestion
85 Feeding Heifers DDGs
86 Dairy Breeds in Black and White
87 Happy Thanksgiving!
88 Preparing Your Dairy for Winter
89 Black and White, and Red All Over
90 Holiday on a Dairy Farm
91 Assessing your Human Resources
93 Happy Holidays!!
94 Motivating Employees
95 Keeping Records on your Dairy Operation
96 Indiana Spring Dairy Meetings
97 Barriers to Communication
98 Dairy Facillities
99 Cultural Sensitivity for Employees