Using herd management software with producer Steve Harnish

About this episode

In this episode, host Matti McBride talks with dairy farmer Steve Harnish about using herd management software to improve dairy operations.

In this digital age, how are dairy producers making numbers work for them? Host Matti McBride chats with Pennsylvania dairy farmer Steve Harnish in this Progressive Dairy Podcast episode. Learn about Harnish’s dairy, which software reports he values and how he uses them to manage his herd. Here is the episode breakdown: 1:00 – Rapid-fire questions 3:00 – About the dairy 7:15 – System operations 9:30 – How Harnish manages workflow 14:15 – Daily reports 18:00 – Points of improvement 20:30 – Seeing results from positive changes 25:25 – Making decisions from data

People in this episode

Guest: Steve Harnish

Topics covered

• herd management software
• dairy farming
• data management

Keywords

• dairy producers
• software reports
• workflow management
• data-driven decisions

Mentioned in this episode

Products: herd management software

Places: Pennsylvania

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