Cooperative Extension: Livestock

By Rick Kersbergen, Extension Professor, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, richard.kersbergen@maine.edu Welcome to the New Year! Please help us reach more dairy farmers and your employees! Cows and Crops is now available in a new online format. To receive email announcements when new issues become available, fill out our Cows & Crops Subscription Form. In […]

By Rick Kersbergen, Extension Professor, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, richard.kersbergen@maine.edu I was lucky enough to time my trip to the Netherlands with one of the largest farm shows in the world: “Eurotier” in Hanover, Germany. Of course I thought I could visit the show for a day and gather in all the sights and […]

By Rick Kersbergen, Extension Professor, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, richard.kersbergen@maine.edu There is nothing comparable to experiencing some comfort food from your childhood. I was able to do that recently when I visited the Netherlands and saw “krokettn” and “bitterballen” on the restaurant menu. Both of these delicacies are the same, except for their shape […]

By Rick Kersbergen, Extension Professor, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, richard.kersbergen@maine.edu No, not a story about a PBS comedy series, but more about dairy farms in the Netherlands and the public perception of those farms. So, during the last two weeks, I visited more than 25 different dairy farms in the Netherlands, including bio-dynamic, organic, […]

By Rick Kersbergen, Extension Professor, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, richard.kersbergen@maine.edu So my visit to the Netherlands has been an education for the scared traveler from Maine. Not only have I experienced driving in Holland, but have witnessed some of the worst traffic jams I have ever seen—but no scared selfies from me, just lots […]

By Rick Kersbergen, Extension Professor, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, richard.kersbergen@maine.edu “Cows and Crops” was the title of a newsletter that used to be produced by dairy specialists when I first began my Extension career. When I was in school, I thought that the information and the experiences that were shared by the Extension team […]