Dairy Health & Management Services, LLC

07/11/2023

Position Listing: Office Manager
Part time, permanent
Lowville, NY
Resumes can be sent to [email protected]

The Office Manager oversees the administrative activities of Dairy Health's office in Lowville, NY. The person will be an integral team member who keeps the office running smoothly and enabling fellow employees to succeed in their roles. Duties include managing the office budget and establishing and maintaining office policies and procedures. Additionally, this person serves as the first point of contact for human resources, client billing, and accounting and has a prominent role in recruitment of new staff, benefits administration, HR compliance, and bookkeeping.
The position requires strengths in coordination, organization, planning, time management, and flexibility in roles, as well as an attention to detail and creativity. The individual must be able to communicate effectively with clients, vendors and colleagues and be able to work independently and as part of a team.

07/01/2023

We are proud of our 10 team members who represented Dairy Health at this year’s American Dairy Science Association (ADSA) Meeting in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. In addition to networking and discussion, Sair Ordaz, Casey Havekes, Hanne Goetz, Luciano Caixeta, Rita Couto Serrenho, Matias Stangaferro, and Mark Thomas had abstracts on display for presentation from research studies they recently conducted ranging from reproduction to health. Dairy Health team members Salvador Ordaz, Frans Vokey, and Jimena Moncada were also in attendance at this year’s meeting.

06/01/2023

Effect of feeding a Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentation product to Holstein cows exposed to high temperature and humidity conditions on milk production performance and efficiency—A pen-level trial.

This publication in The Journal of Dairy Science, available June 1, 2023 is the first Dairy Health publication without University collaboration. A huge thank you to our team members Mark J. Thomas, Rita Couto Serrenho, Salvador Ordaz Puga, Jimena Moncada Torres, Sair Ordaz Puga, and Matias Stangaferro for their hard work in this research trial.

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of feeding a Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentation product (SCFP) on milk production efficiency…

05/16/2023

Dairy Health is looking forward to seeing Dr. Mark Thomas and Dr. Matias Stangaferro present at the upcoming Precision Dairy Conference (www.precisiondairy.org) organized by the University of Minnesota. A unique event, in a neutral space, focusing on dairy technology at the farm level! The theme of the conference is “Partnering with tech to improve dairy farm profitability and sustainability”. Short talks by dairy producers and industry leaders on their experience and insights with various technologies. Sessions will focus on key topics in Precision Dairy. How can technology help producers improve and demonstrate environmental sustainability? What about labor management and efficiency? Dairy cattle health and welfare? How to integrate all the data to help producers make effective decisions? In addition, a session on dairy tech startups and a graduate student session highlighting a handful of current US research on precision dairy. Each session includes 30 minutes of discussion and Q&A! We encourage you to register (z.umn.edu/PDCreg) for the conference and reserve your hotel room (z.umn.edu/PDChotel) before the room block ends May 29!

2023 Precision Dairy Conference June 20 - 21, 2023 Hyatt Regency Bloomington 3200 East 81st Street Bloomington, MN 55425 Cost: Feb - Jun 6 Early Registration: $255 Jun 7 - 20 Registration: $325 For conference details, including program information, in-person location details, presenters, etc., pleas...

04/09/2023

Wishing you all a fun, safe, and Happy Easter celebrating with family and friends.

03/27/2023

Dairy Health & Management Services is excited to present the following webinar:

"Impacts of Flies on Confined Cattle and Control Options"

* Tuesday, March 28th at 3:00PM EDT (in English)
* Wednesday, March 29th at 6:00PM EDT (in Spanish)

We welcome and encourage you to connect on Tuesday March 28th at 3:00PM EDT (in English) or Wednesday March 29th at 6:00PM EDT (in Spanish) for this important topic. Feel free to share these links with employees, managers, associates- anyone who has a part on a dairy would find this information valuable.

Our guest presenter is Alejandro Sanchez Sandoval, MVZ, MSc, PhD an expert in the topic an associate researcher at New Mexico State University.

To register follow one of the links below:

Follow this link to register for the English Version on Tuesday March 28th at 3:00 PM EDT (12:00PDT Pacific 1:00PM MDT)

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Follow this link to register for the Spanish Version on Wednesday March 29th at 6:00 PM EDT (3:00PM PDT 4:00PM MDT)

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03/07/2023

Pictured below is one of our consultants Salvador Ordaz with his wife, Andrea Pérez. Over the weekend, Salvador successfully finished a one-year program at ICAMI-IPADE Torreón, MX.

ICAMI focuses its efforts in developing and perfecting soft skills for directives and leaders of organizations. Dairy Health encourages people development to help our business not only grow, but provide our clients with the most qualified professionals to generate a positive change in their operations. All of us at Diary Health would like to congratulate Salvador with this great accomplishment!

"Man is a unit and must be treated as such, otherwise there is a risk that by preparing the Man in his professional work, we will leave him partially prepared in his profession as a Man" -Carlos Llano Cifuentes, founder of ICAMI-IPADE

02/07/2023

Our most recent addition to the Dairy Health Team, Tracy Potter, DVM is pictured in California on a client site visit. The focus of this visit was to introduce Tracy to the farm staff, management structures in each department of the dairy, and work alongside the herd veterinarian to provide the best care for the farm. Welcome Tracy!

02/01/2023

01/09/2023

“What’s Next? How to use Research Data to Drive Effective Decisions”

Dairy Health’s Matias Stangaferro DVM, MS, Ph.D will be featured in the upcoming Diamond V Continuing Education Webinar on January 19, 2023 at 3pm CST.

Matias will provide important insights about how to differentiate high versus low quality information for decision making purposes. Click the link below to register for this webinar you won’t want to miss.

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/2616684890311/WN_lErLGNIUQEW31afHBrLB-Q

12/31/2022

Before the year comes to an end we wanted to acknowledge that 2022 marked our 10 year anniversary of being in business. We are thankful for the growth and opportunities we’ve had over the past decade. We are grateful for the achievements Dairy Health as a team has accomplished, and are looking forward to continuing great client relationships and team growth.

Dairy Health wants to wish you all a Happy New Year 🎉🥂🐄

12/14/2022

Today, Dairy Health’s Research Team began day 1 of a sponsored research trial in Severance, Colorado. This time lapse video can show 1 of the 2 milking shifts where our team of mixed Dairy Health personnel, Colorado State University students, and farm personnel collected quarter level milk samples from potential trial animals for laboratory analysis.

Over 1,500 samples were collected (non aseptically) in 3 hours.

12/08/2022

Dr. Peter Ostrum and Research Project Manager German Granados recently attended a 3-day workshop presented by Quality Milk Production Services (QMPS) of Cornell University.
Assessing udder health opportunities utilizing key performance indicators for herds and milking parlors provided the backbone of the seminar training. Lower herd level somatic cell counts can best be realized and managed by evaluating the cows, milking equipment, and the dairy employees.
Fine tuning our skills will allow Dairy Health personal to monitor our clients milking centers, dry off procedures, mastitis culture results, and treatment protocols.

11/30/2022

Dairy Health’s Research Team started a pen-level transition cow study recently in California. Cows are allocated to a treatment group and followed throughout the upcoming lactation. Health events, milk production, reproductive performance, and economics are our main outcomes of interest in this study period. The data we gather and analyze will help us and our client make transition management decisions tailored to their operation.

11/11/2022

On this week’s episode of The Dairy Podcast Show, Dairy Health’s Dr. Mark Thomas with guest Dr. Paul M. Fricke discuss how we can improve dairy cow reproductive efficiency.

What you’ll learn:

1. Embryo transfer and other reproduction technologies
2. S*x semen in lactating dairy cows
3. Practical application of the semen programs
4. Hormone-based programs
5. Advances in dairy cows' reproduction

Efficiency in dairy production depends on reproduction. One of dairy producers' biggest challenges today is overcoming poor reproductive performance.

11/03/2022

Dairy management is about both the cows and the people. But how often do we forget the professional development and wellbeing of the people? Motivated staff members are happier, more productive, and more likely to stay.
At Dairy Health we are both driven by and are big supporters of teamwork. Providing a meaning to each daily task along with improving and developing technical skills are keys aspects of the Dairy Health approach. Through on-farm training, we help set engaging goals and share knowledge, so we may all grow together.

We’d like to thank the Cornell Extension for the collaboration 🤝

11/02/2022

Dairy Health's research program provides clients with real-world, applicable information to assist in decision making on the dairy, using not only biological but economic outcomes. Trials like this on Selective Dry Cow Therapy (SDCT), provide the needed information to implement new strategies on the dairy. We are proud to work with other colleagues in the field to have such well recognized publications.



https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341561596_Randomized_controlled_non-inferiority_trial_investigating_the_effect_of_2_selective_dry-cow_therapy_protocols_on_antibiotic_use_at_dry-off_and_dry_period_intramammary_infection_dynamics

10/28/2022

Reproductive performance has notoriously improved over the past few decades. One of the main reasons, along with genomic selection in recent years, has been the development and fine tuning of high-fertility TAI (timed artificial insemination) protocols, like Double Ovsynch.

As activity monitors for heat detection are becoming more and more popular, we ask the following questions: Can we compliment the benefits of both TAI and heat detection, to obtain an additive effect? Can we maximize the use of activity monitors, which is very important for farms that have already invested in the technology, without losing conception?

Currently, Dairy Health is working on two large scale, on-farm randomized controlled research trials to begin answering some of these questions with the data collected.

10/21/2022

The relatively neutral World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates published last week, compared to todays Milk Production Report makes us think of a quote from Babe Ruth “yesterdays home runs don’t win todays games.”

This brings up a question. What are you doing to challenge your production system? There is no shortage of ideas, but do you have the tools to evaluate, analyze, and execute? Dairy Health can help you reach your production goals with tools tailored to your specific operation and needs. Our team is equipped with these tools to help you challenge your production system at a Feed, Reproduction, Health, Milk Quality, Performance Enhancement, and Research level.

https://www.usda.gov/oce/commodity/wasde/wasde1022.pdf

https://downloads.usda.library.cornell.edu/usda-esmis/files/h989r321c/3197zw874/st74f049d/mkpr1022.pdf

09/14/2022

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06/16/2022

Members from our Dairy Health Mexico team toured farms in La Laguna with Dairy Health collaborator Alex Sanchez, PhD from New Mexico State University. Coming into these warm summer months, this farm visits was focused on fly control and cow comfort.

05/24/2022

“Dairy producers and advisors working with all types, sizes, and breeds of dairy herds are invited to the first of it’s kind Data and Innovations Summit (DIS) held in conjunction with the National Holstein Convention.”

Dairy Health is proud to sponsor this in person only event held on June 30, 2022 at the Sioux Falls Convention Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

More information provided in the link below 👇

https://www.2022nationalholsteinconvention.com/data-innovation-summit

04/26/2022

We had a collaboration over the weekend in Torreón, MX with our sister company, Feedlot Health & Manegement Services. Team members from both DHMS and FHMS joined together to consult a local dairy client in many areas of the site, including future operation opportunities.

04/11/2022

These newly weaned heifer calves are getting ready for the upcoming Easter weekend! 🐣🐇💐🍫

02/24/2022

We are loving this hand painted piece in our Dairy Health Mexico office by La Pintura TRC 🐄

02/17/2022

Dr. Matias Stangaferro is featured in the Argentinian based Podcast Ganadería Inteligente available in Spanish on Spotify.

“In this episode we talk with Matías Stangaferro (Doctor in Animal Science from Cornell University) about the relationship between monitoring and reproductive management and also about what variables are looking at dairies that are at the forefront in the United States.”

Link to the podcast ⬇️
https://open.spotify.com/show/7GX0khfpsg0LSgO6EXDfNJ

Link to the episode ⬇️
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1wrspcdrSKyRN1KCeVNRD9

02/04/2022

Our team had a very successful three days in San Diego, California at the 2022 National Mastitis Council Annual Meeting. Dr. Mark Thomas presented on selective dry cow treatment, and moderated the Spanish session. Dr. Rita Serrenho and German Grenados also attended the conference and participated in multiple short courses over the three days. The group even had a chance to enjoy some of California’s beautiful beach sunsets 🌅🐄🥛

01/11/2022

Today is National Milk Day 2022! Let’s raise a glass to the farmers, farm employees, and of course the cows that make delicious and nutritious milk 🥛🐄

01/09/2022

The 2022 National Mastitis Council Annual Meeting is approaching soon February 1-3, 2022. Meetings are available in English, and also a separate Spanish program.

This is a great continuing education opportunity for milk quality. Many of you know the NMC well, but if not: The NMC (National Mastitis Council) is a professional non-profit organization dedicated to reducing mastitis and improving milk quality. The NMC promotes research and provides information to the dairy industry on udder health, milking management, milk quality, and milk safety. Founded in 1961, NMC now has around 1,100 members in more than 40 countries around the world.
There are virtual sessions, but San Diego is just a flight to Tijuana and a short train ride for three days of courses, presentations, and great connections with friends and colleagues. See also the online program.

Esta es una gran oportunidad de educación continua para la calidad de la leche. Muchos de ustedes conocen bien el NMC, pero si no: El NMC (Consejo Nacional de Mastitis) es una organización profesional sin fines de lucro dedicada a reducir la mastitis y mejorar la calidad de la leche. El NMC promueve la investigación y proporciona información a la industria láctea sobre la salud de las ubres, el manejo del ordeño, la calidad de la leche y la seguridad de la leche. Fundada en 1961, NMC tiene ahora alrededor de 1.100 miembros en más de 40 países en todo el mundo.
Hay sesiones virtuales, pero San Diego está a solo un vuelo a Tijuana y un corto viaje en tren por tres días de cursos, presentaciones y excelentes contactos con amigos y colegas. Consulte también el programa en línea.

https://meetings.nmconline.org/

The National Mastitis Council is a not-for-profit professional organization devoted to reducing mastitis and enhancing milk quality.

01/01/2022

Happy New Year! We are looking forward to another great year at Dairy Health with our staff and clients. Here’s to 2022 🎉🥂🍾🐄 #2022