Inconsistent weather patterns this past summer wreaked havoc on the 2015 North American corn silage crop, producing irregularities in plant growth and now putting dairy and beef cattle at high risk for mycotoxin exposure, according to Alltech’s North America harvest analysis.

The HygieneStation is a new feeding station for calves, used in conjunction with the Holm & Laue HL 100 automatic calf feeder. Its new technical functions implement the latest developments and requirements, thus ensuring optimum hygiene and nutrition for calves.

Dairy producers and exporters today urged Congress to eliminate the threat of damaging new tariffs on dairy exports to Canada and Mexico by solving a trade dispute over country of origin meat labeling in the massive year-end spending bill currently being negotiated on Capitol Hill.

As the turn of the calendar brings us closer to the holidays, collegiate dairy science clubs across the nation are at their busiest – taking, cutting, packaging and shipping orders to cheese sale customers near and far just in time for the holiday season.

If you think calving season is rough on the ranch, consider what the calf has to go through once it hits the ground.

In this video from the Center for Accountability in Science, Dr. Joseph Perrone explains the judicious use of antibiotics in livestock used for food and why the term "antibiotic-free" isn't actually healthier for consumers.

This fall, I've been looking over pictures that I took this summer, some of which include our vacation. With animals and land to care for, it isn't often that our family gets away.

Ashley Knapton
Classifier
Holstein Canada
Almonte, Ontario