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Manure handling in the barn is really important for barn and herd management:
Dairy cows that are clean and comfortable may profit more from their genetic potential and be less easily hit by environmental pathogens such as heel warts and mastitis.
If you’re considering canola, there’s a new tool that can help you calculate if it’s the right option for your dairy.
Dr. Essi Evans with Technical Advisory Services Inc. says the canola meal calculator is a web-based tool designed to compare the feeding value of canola and other protein ingredients relative to your choice of an available protein source.
Over the last 50 years, milk production of dairy cows has essentially doubled in Canada. Even if cows consume an increased amount of dry matter, meeting the early-lactation nutrient needs of high-producing dairy cows is a big challenge. The transition period is more than ever a critical period.
Imagine receiving income from various sources without recording where it came from or how much came from each source, and then paying it out and likewise not recording how it was spent.
It may still be cold outside, and for much of Canada there is certainly still some snow on the ground – but amazingly, in just a month we will be geared up and getting ready to plant our 2013 crops.
‘Making Profitable Dairy Management Decisions’ starts at the Triennial Dairy Symposium
Designed with dairy producers in mind, the Progressive Dairy Operators (PDO) Triennial Dairy Symposium will focus on a wide range of key management and production topics affecting the dairy industry.
The Wyoming Public Lands Coalition (WPLC) has elected Dennis Sun as its chairman and Wyoming director of the Public Lands Council. Sun will replace Niels Hansen, who ranches near Rawlins“We are extremely grateful to Niels for his leadership of the Wyoming Public Lands Coalition and we welcome Dennis into his new role,” said Wyoming Stock Growers Association Executive Vice President Jim Magagna.
The 2013 Purchasing and Ingredient Suppliers Conference (PISC), an annual two-day event of the American Feed Industry Association concluded March 14 in Fort Worth, Texas.
I recently returned from attending the Western Dairy Management Conference in Reno, Nevada. Attendance at the event exceeded that from 2011 – the last time the conference convened. This was encouraging given that the dairy industry continues to be a volatile marketplace.
