Updated: July 31, 2023
By Sarah Potts

Dairy Management

Dairy management encompasses a variety of different attributes of dairy farming.  From cow comfort and health to business and family relations, management of the dairy is exceedingly complex.  Here you will find resources related to a variety of management topics related to animal care and financial well-being of the dairy business.

Most recent articles

  • dairy cattle up on a ridge

    Heat Stress Mitigation is Important for Dry Cows

    Maryland Milk Moos,
    July 28, 2023

  • Dairy cattle walking down a farm lane

    Organic Dairy Production Standards: Educating the Consumer

    Maryland Milk Moos,
    July 28, 2023

  • Cow hooked up to a milking machine

    What Antibiotics Will No Longer be Available OTC?

    Maryland Milk Moos, March 23, 2023

Archives

Considerations for Selective Dry Cow Therapy
By Sarah Potts, Ph.D. Extension Specialist, Dairy & Beef
Published: October 12, 2022

Heat Stress Mitigation is Important for Dry Cows
By Sarah Potts, Ph.D., Extension Specialist, Dairy & Beef
Maryland Milk Moos, July 28, 2023

How Much Does It Cost You to Produce a CWT of Milk?
By Dale Johnson. Extension Specialist, Farm Management
Published: June 8, 2021

How to Evaluate the Transition Program
By Sarah Potts, Ph.D. Extension Specialist, Dairy & Beef
Published: May 7, 2021

Ketosis in the dairy cow: Friend or Foe?
Naghme Bagheri, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Associate  and J. Eduardo Rico, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, University of Maryland Department of Animal & Avian Sciences
Published: June 16, 2022

Managing Soil Fertility in Times of High Prices
By Amanda Grev, Ph.D. Extension Specialist, Forage and Pasture
Published: December, 2021

Maryland Dairy Economics
By Dale Johnson. Extension Specialist, Farm Management
Published: September 22, 2021

Milk Fever Prevention Begins Before Calving
By Sarah Potts, Ph.D. Extension Specialist, Dairy & Beef
Published: March 10, 2022

Organic Dairy Production Standards: Educating the Consumer
Emily Stamper Extension Intern, UME—Washington County and WMREC
Maryland Milk Moo's, July 28, 2023, Vol. 4, Issue 2

Stepping up your Fly Control Program.
By Sarah Potts, Ph.D. Extension Specialist, Dairy & Beef
Published: June 8, 2021

Subclinical Mastitis: The Stealthy Intruder
By Sarah Potts, Ph.D. Extension Specialist, Dairy & Beef
Published: March 10, 2022

Short- and Long-term Effects of Heat Stress
By Sarah Potts, Ph.D. Extension Specialist, Dairy & Beef
Published: May 7, 2021

What Antibiotics Will No Longer be Available OTC?
By Jeff Semler, Extension Educator, Washington County
Maryland Milk Moos, March 23, 2023