Videos
Videos
(Available in Spanish and English)
ABS Global
♦ Milking Them for all They’re Worth
Cost: $50.00
♦ Heat Detection in Dairy Cattle
Cost: $19.95
♦ Frozen Semen Handling
Cost: $29.95
Contact: ABS Global
1525
River
Rd.
Deforest,
WI
53532
mailbag@absglobal.com
608-846-6434
FAX
Phone:
1-800-ABS-STUD
Babcock Institute for International Dairy Research and Development
♦ Milk Quality Training Video Clips in English or Spanish
♦ Taking Sterile Milk Samples (Tomando muestras de leche en enforma aspectica)
♦ Taking bulk tank cultures (Toma de muestras de leche del tanque)
♦ Milking routines - Parlor (Buenos practicas de ordeñe - salade ordeñe)
♦ Milking routines - Stall Barn (Buenos practicas de ordeñe - en establo)
♦ Using a California Mastitis Test (CMT) paddle (Prueba Mastitis Californias)
♦ Udder hair removal "flaming udders" ('Flameado de las ubres' sacando el pelo de las ubres)
The price of the video is $10 for English, $10 for Spanish, or $15 for the 2-video set.
CD-ROM - This publication is also available on CD. It includes the six video clips above, plus a paper
entitled "Seven habits of highly effective milking." The CD has both Spanish and English on the same
CD and costs $20.
Contact: Babcock Institute
240 Ag Hall, 1450 Linden Dr.
Madison, WI 53706-1562
Phone: 608-265-4169
E-mail: babcock@calshp.cals.wisc.edu
Internet:
http://babcock.cals.wisc.edu/dairy_publications.html
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Cornell University
♦ Proper Milking Procedures
Cost: $31.50
Contact: Cornell University
7-8 Business & Technology Park
Audio-Visual Resource Center
Ithaca, NY 14850
Phone: 607-255-2090
Cooperative Resources International (CRI)
♦ Heat Detection
♦ A.I. Techniques
Cost: $10 each
♦ Obstetrics: 58 minutes. Covers equipment choices and proper use, basic anatomy and how it
affects the calving process, determining cervical dilation stages, correcting common
malpresentations of the calf, decision making in the calving process, episiotomy and recognizing
uterine and vaginal torsions. Cost: $49.00 + shipping/handling
♦ Bovine Treatment Techniques: 56 minutes. Covers proper restraint techniques, administering oral
medications, intramuscular injections, subcutaneous injections, IV injections, needle insertion,
pill guns, tubing and mastitis treatments. Cost: $49.00 + shipping/handling
Contact: Customer Service
CRI
100 MBC Drive
P.O. Box 469
Shawano, WI 54166
Phone:
888-333-1783
E-mail:
custserv@crinet.com
Dairy Quality Assurance Center
♦ 10 Points to Dairy Quality
Videos vary in length: 6-17 minutes
Cost: $100 -10 videos
$17.50 - individually
$20.00 - Employee Education Package containing 4 of the 10 videos
Contact: Dairy Quality Assurance Center
801
Shakespeare
Box
4497
Strateford, IA
Phone:
515-8388-2793
Internet:
http://www.dqacenter.org/
Herd Health Management
♦ Training the Milker
2003
Cost: $61.30
♦ Proper Milking for Mastitis Prevention
Cost: $49.95
Contact: Herd Health Management, LP
P.O. Box 809
Gilbert,
AZ
85299-0809
Phone: 602-899-5088
Fax: 602-963-3107
Hoard’s Dairyman
♦ Managing Milk Quality Training Kit
Cost: $97.00 postpaid
.
Contact: Hoard’s Dairyman Books
P.O. Box 801
Fort Atkinson, WI 53538
Phone: 920-563-5551
Fax: 920-563-7298
E-mail: hdbooks@hoards.com
Internet:
http://www.hoards.com
Merrick’s Inc.
♦ How to Raise a Healthy Calf
Cost: $19.95
Contact: Merrick’s Inc.
1-800-637-7425
National Rural Health Association
♦ Make It Safe: An Injury Prevention Program for Hispanic Farm Families at Work and Play.”
Cost: $15 + shipping
Contact: National Rural Health Association
Phone: 816-756-3140
http://www.nrharural.org
Pennsylvania State University
♦ From Feed to Milk: Understanding Rumen Function
Cost: $35
Contact: Pennsylvania State University
Phone: 877-345-0691
2003
Select Sires
♦ A.I.: Basic Training
Cost: $20 + shipping
Contact: Select Sires
P.O. Box 143
Plain City, OH 43064
Phone: 614-873-4683
Fax: 614-873-5751
Semex Alliance
♦ The Straw Bull
A video covering artificial insemination techniques
Cost: $12 + shipping
Contact: Semex Alliance
Phone: 608-233-9435 (in the US)
519-821-5060 (in Canada)
University of Florida,
♦ Proper Milking Procedures
13-minutes, geared toward hired labor. (VT-033)
Cost: $15 + shipping/handling
♦ Milking Machine Maintenance
Geared toward hired labor. (VT-239)
Cost: $15 + shipping/handling
Contact: Publications, IFAS
P.O. Box 110011
Gainesville, FL 32611-0011
Phone:
352-392-1764
Utah State University
♦ The Milking
(English and Spanish version on the same video)
Cost: $25
Contact: Clell Bagley
Utah State University
5600 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322
Phone (if questions): 435-797-1882
Office:
435-797-1880
2003
Pharmacia & Upjohn
♦ Global Mastitis Management CD
Available from your County UW-Extension Office & Herd Health Veterinarians
Printed Material
ABS Global
♦ A.I. Management School Manual
Cost: $30
Contact: ABS Global
1-800-ABS-STUD
Babcock Institute for International Dairy Research and Development
♦ Technical Dairy Guides: The primary objective of the Technical Dairy Guide series is to provide
practical information on various aspects of dairy cow management and the operation of a
profitable dairy herd. In these publications, we have focused on the cow as the "common
denominator" in every dairy production system and have placed lesser emphasis on those
** Order all 5 "Technical Dairy Guides" for $100 or a CD Version for $50.00 **
♦ Nutrition and Feeding, 136 page book
Cost: $20
♦ Reproduction and Genetic Selection , 188 page book
Cost: $24
♦ Lactation and Milking , 112 page book
Cost: $16
♦ Raising Dairy Heifers, 146 page book
Cost: $20
♦ Dairy Farm Business Management, 258 page book
Cost: $28
♦ The Electronic Dairy Herd Management Short Course on CD, in English and Spanish, the CD
includes multimedia presentations of the following 12 topics:
Feeding High Production Cows on Pasture, Grain Supplementation to Grazing Herd, Forage
Preservation, Introduction to Silage Making, Feeding Transition Dairy Cows, Transition
Feeding, Mastitis Control, Troubleshooting High Bacterial Counts in Farm Milk, Maximizing
Reproductive Efficiency in Lactating Dairy Cows, Improving Reproductive Efficiency in High
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Producing Dairy Cattle, Genetic Improvement and Choice of Dairy Sires and Selection
Decisions.
Cost: $25
♦ Dairy Essentials: The Dairy Essentials are four-page chapter summaries from the English,
Spanish, French, Russian, and Chinese Technical Dairy Guides. The Dairy Essentials introduce
the core topic areas of dairy management. (English:
http://babcock.cals.wisc.edu/de/dairy_essentials_eng_eng.html) (Spanish:
http://babcock.cals.wisc.edu/spanish/de/dairy_essentials_spn_spn.html)
Free online or for hard copy $25
♦ Discussion Papers
♦ Slide Sets: Illustrations from the Technical Dairy Guides made into colorful slides
http://babcock.cals.wisc.edu/dairy_publications.html#dss
♦ Dairy Modernization Planning Guide, Roger Palmer
Cost: $15
♦ Technical Workshop Proceedings
Contact: Babcock Institute
240 Ag Hall, 1450 Linden Dr.
Madison, WI 53706-1562
Phone: 608-265-4169
E-mail: babcock@calshp.cals.wisc.edu
Internet: http://babcock.cals.wisc.edu/dairy_publications.html
El Hispano
♦ El Hispano – Hispanic Newsletter
Contact: El Hispano
PO Box 1531
Green Bay, WI 54305
Phone:
920-465-7639
Attn: Luis Asibinac
($55 for a 2x4 help-wanted ad, will translate text for no charge)
Hoard’s Dairyman Books
♦ Fertility and Sterility (Fertilidad y Esterilidad)
A guide to reproduction – heat detection, cycles, A.I., reproductive diseases, calving. Translated
to Spanish in 1996.
Cost: $12.00
♦ Profitable Milking Book (Spanish)
Step-by-Step to Milk Quality. The most complete and up-to-date information on milking
management. Use as a reference and as a training tool.
Cost: $14.95
♦ Hoard’s Dairyman Espanol (Spanish)
About 80 percent of material in Spanish version is translated from original English version.
Cost: $30/year, $50 for 2 years, $75 for 3 years
Contact: Hoard’s Dairyman Books
2003
E-mail: hoards@hoards.com
Internet:
http://www.hoards.com
Select Sires
♦ Reproductive Anatomy & Physiology
♦ A.I. in Cattle
♦ Synchronizing Heats in Cattle Using GnRH and PGF
♦ Handling Frozen Semen Straws
♦ Heat Detection and Timing of Insemination
♦ Dairy Cattle Breeding
Contact: Select Sires
P.O. Box 143
Plain City, OH 43064
Phone: 614-873-4683
Fax: 614-873-5751
Internet:
www.selectsires.com
University of California, Farm Safety Program
♦ Farm Safety: a quarterly bilingual newsletter
Cost: free of charge
Contact: University of California, Farm Safety Program
Phone: 530-752-0563
References Materials
♦ The Dairy Farmer’s English/Spanish Glossary for Milkers. Phonetic pronunciation
Cost: $3
Contact: Hoard’s Dairyman
Internet:
www.hoard.com/webstore.asp
♦ English-Spanish “Glossary of Practical Dairy Terms” (Glosario de Términos Prácticos en Lechería),
108 pages of terms and definitions with an index at the back.
Contact: Babcock Institute, UW-Madison
♦ Simplified Dairymen’s Spanish Glossary: Spanish glossary of dairy farm words with explanations,
examples and a self-pronouncing (phonetic) guide.
Cost: $5
2003
Contact: Utah State University
Dept. of Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences
4815 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-4815
Attn: Nancy Daines
Phone: 435-797-2157
♦ Spanish Farm Labor Contractor Guide: safety and health training information
Cost: free of charge
Contact: OSHA Education and Training Unit
1-800-963-94424
♦ Thomson’s English to Spanish / Spanish to English Illustrated Agricultural Dictionary
Cost: $27.95
Contact: Thomson Publications Phone:
555-435-2163
♦ English Spanish Dictionary on CD
Multimedia Talking Dictionary, 20,000 Terms
+ pronounces word
- limited Agriculture terms
♦ Spanish Language CD
Spanish to Go, creative multi-media interactive Spanish lesson
+ convenient, easy to use
- limited language application
♦ Learn to Speak Spanish: software program
Cost: $75
Available: at computer stores (Best Buy, Circuit City, etc)
♦ La Loteria del Mannejo Seguro: a spanish-based driver safety training game
Cost: $10
Contact: 1-800-994-8849
Publication
number
3363
♦ “Bookman Speaking Spanish Master”: an electronic reference that translates and pronounces words
out loud in Spanish and English.
Cost: $130
Available: Radio Shack
2003
Training Programs
♦ Madison Area Technical College
Alternative Learning Division
ESL Classes and High School Equilivant Program, Call to set up classes
For information contact: Victoria Hundhousen 608-745-3124
♦ Fox Valley Technical College, English as a Second Language sites:
♦ Appleton Campus
Levels 1 through 5: Monday through Thursday 8:00AM – 11:30AM
Reading and Writing – Level 4: Tuesday and Thursday 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Evening Classes Tuesday and Wednesday from 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
For information contact: Leah Lutzow 920-735-2443.
♦ Valley Packaging Campus
Levels 1,2 and 3: Monday through Friday 7:45 PM – 11:10 PM
For information contact: Cay Xiong 920-749-5859 or Lynn Erickson 920-749-5840.
♦ Oshkosh Campus
Levels 1 through 6: Monday through Thursday 8:00AM – 2:30PM
Wednesday evenings 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
For information contact: Chris Lee 920-236-6142.
♦ Language Link
Quality immersion Spanish Language Programs. Learn Spanish in the fastest & best way…
by living it.
For information contact: Language Link
PO Box 3006
Peoria, IL 61612-3006
Email: info@langlink.com
Internet: www.langlink.com
Organizations, Services and Employment Issues
♦ Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs
1611 North Kent, Suite 910
Arlington, VA 22209
Phone: 703-528-4141
♦ Multicultural Center
Appleton Campus, Fox Valley Technical College
RM E113
Phone: 920-735-4820
♦ Diocese of Green Bay
Dept. of Refugee
Migration & Hispanic Services/Catholic Immigration Services
2003
This office is willing to visit with dairy producers regarding such issues as:
♦ Announcement of employment opportunities
♦ Problems with employees – has been known to help mediate and translate with employers &
employees right over the telephone
♦ Questions about immigration
Contact: Ms. Amparo Baudhuin
Phone:920-437-7531, Ext. 8248
♦ Hispanic Culture Coalition of the Fox Valley (HCC)
1161 Gillingham Rd., A-8
Neenah, WI 54956
Phone: 920-722-8020
Contact: Hector Leon
♦ Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)
Phone: 800-357-2099 (Hotline)
Fax: 202-305-2523
Email: office.business.liason@usdoj.gov
♦ The Milking School
Utah State University Logan, UT 84332-4815
♦ National Center for Farmworker Health (NCFH)
Provides bilingual (Spanish-English) health information and referral services for migrant workers.
8:00-4:00, Monday-Friday
Phone: 800-377-9968
♦ National Migrant Education Hotline (ESCORT)
Provides information related to education, school enrollment, or supportive services.
Phone: 800-234-8848
♦ United Migrant Opportunities Services (UMOS)
300 N. Appleton St.
Appleton, WI 54911
Phone: 920-734-1451
Contact: Robert Forster
♦ USDA Rural Development
If your farm employees need help in obtaining housing, this office might be able to help. It has
two programs for which farm workers might qualify. Farmers may be eligible for low interest
farm labor housing loans and grants funds may be used to build, buy, improve or repair farm labor
housing –1 % interest is paid on principle with 33 year term and no down payment
♦ Guaranteed Loan Program – worker finds loan with qualified lender, then Rural Development
guarantees that loan
♦ Direct Loan Program – worker gets loan directly from Rural Development
2003
Contact: USDA Rural Development
Phone: 715-345-7600 Ext. 7145
♦ U.S. Department of Justice
Immigration & Naturalization Service (INS)
Office of Business Liaison
This office supports efforts of the U.S. business community to comply with employment eligibility
verification requirements and to understand and utilize opportunities to employ otherwise ineligible
foreign-born workers in accordance with U.S. Government regulations from a variety of federal
agencies.
Every new employee, regardless of citizenship, must complete a Form I-9 after he or she is hired. The
employee and employer both must provide information and signatures, as indicated.
This Office of Business Liaison will send you an "employers packet" that includes the following:
Handbook for Employers: Instructions for Completing Form I-9
Several bulletins on Form I-9 and other employment issues
Several copies of Form I-9
A Guide to Selected U.S. Travel/Identity Documents for Law Enforcement Officials
Contact: Office of Business Liaison
Employer hotline: 1-800-357-2099
Fax-on-demand: 1-202-514-2033
Phone:
1-202-305-1949
Fax: 1-202-305-2523
Forms:
1-800-870-3676
E-mail:
office.business.liaison@usdoj.gov
Internet: http://www.usdoj.gov/ins/
♦ University of Wisconsin - Fox Valley (translators)
♦ Apolo Sevilla 290-727-1085
♦ Mayra Latimer 920-832-4882
Internet Sites Offering Translations and More
Translations *
♦ Babcock Institute
Dairy Term Translator
http://www.babcock.cals.wisc.edu/glossary_eng.html
♦ Transparent Language, Inc. (English to Spanish Translation)
http://www.freetranslation.com
♦ Systran Software (English to Spanish Translation)
http://www.systransoft.com * Check translations to verify intent of meaning
2003
Other
♦ American Protein Corporation
Calf Notes – Spanish
http://www.americanprotein.com
♦ Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)
http://www.usdoj.gov/ins
♦ Global Language Solutions
www.globallanguages.com
♦ Language Link
http://www.langlink.com
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