These articles have recently been added to the www.milkproduction.com Library:

Monitoring Health and Looking for Sick Cows >> by C Risco, B Smith, M Benzaquen and P Melendez.   Feed Efficiency >>  by James. G. Linn  Strategies to Reduce Growth Variance and Improve Feed  Efficiency in Dairy Heifer Management >> by Patrick. C Hoffman

You will also find several Calf Management articles by Sam Leadley:

Weaning calves: Four management strategies >>   Calf Risk Assessment Checklist >>   Hot Weather and Post-Weaning Slump >>   Tube Feeding Colostrum >>   Monitoring Calf Care: Goals and Thresholds & What to do when goals are not met >>   HACCP Application: Managing Calf Diseases >>   Feeding Immunoglobulins >>   Grain Feeding in an Intensive Feeding Program >>   Milk Feeding in an Intensive Feeding Program >>   Dehydration in Calves >>

In the Library you can also find these reports and articles from the IDF (International Dairy Federation) and the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations):

• The proceedings from the IDF/FAO symposium on dairy safety and hygiene:
  A Farm-to-Table Approach For Emerging and Developed Dairy Countries (2004) >>
• Guide to Good Dairy Farming Practices (2004) >>

Since the launch of the www.milkproduction.com web site in 2000 these are the ten most read articles in the Library:

Article	Read No. of times
1)  Automatic Milking: Experience and Development in Europe (2002) - Albert Meijering, Kees de Koning, Yvonne van der Vorst	3348
2)  Milk Prices and Costs of Milk Production in 2003 - A Global Comparison (2004) - IFCN, Torsten Hemme	2594
3)  Managing the Change to a Robotic Milking System (2002)  - John Baines	2487
4)  Considerations in Flooring (2005) -Curt A. Gooch, P.E.	2463
5)  Feed Ingredients (2000) - Mary Beth de Ondarza	2442
6)  Basics of Reproductive Function (2002) - MilkProduction.com Staff	2322
7)  Calves (2004) - Mary Beth de Ondarza	2266
8) Dry Cow and Transition Cow Nutrition (2004) - Mary Beth de Ondarza	2077
9) Planning a Dairy Expansion (2002) - Joe Harner, John F. Smith	2044
10) Milking Procedures and Relationship to Milking Efficiency (2001) - Winston Ingalls	1994

To see the complete Article list sorted by Popularity, go to the Library and click on the Table heading "Viewed".