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Animal welfare in the milking parlor is one piece of the bigger picture of how improving cow comfort and removing barriers to production can increase milk production efficiency and profitability on your farm.
Horses tied and waiting, we watched 386 commingled spayed heifers move across a large mountain meadow as a cohesive herd. We were camped in a meadow surrounded by aspen trees, just below the Continental Divide in western Montana.
Have you ever noticed how people tend to be captivated by the latest guru in their field – only to leave that guru behind for the next “big thing” that comes the following year? Or how some become so fiercely loyal to a mentor they feel everyone else’s thoughts or ideas must be bad simply because their mentor didn’t think of it?
