I could hear her frustration and feel the pain as I read the lengthy email describing an all-too-common scenario for farm families today. The aging parents have been pressured to be “fair” to the non-farm siblings, who have noticed that farmland values have increased significantly.

Part of building a safe workplace is formulating a health and safety plan. A plan should be comprehensive and well laid out. It should protect you and your workers from harm and should aid you if the Ministry of Labour comes to audit your facility.

It’s an exciting time for women in agriculture. More and more women are graduating with agriculture-related degrees and joining the workforce. They will be assuming leadership positions in what has historically been a male-dominated industry, but are they prepared for that challenge?

Most bull calves will never become a lasting benefit to a dairy herd and, as such, may not always receive the same level of care heifer calves do. Harmonizing your calf-rearing programs will yield positive results for all calves and your bottom line.

This is the second article in a two-part series on converting calves to ruminants. Convert calves into full-functioning ruminants  is the first article in this series. 
There are very valuable reasons to pursue increased performance in dairy calves. Several studies indicate significant positive relationships between average daily gain (ADG) during the first 65 days (with ADG ranging from 0.37 to 1.12 kilograms per day) and future milk yield.

Claw lesions, such as those due to digital dermatitis (DD, hairy heel warts, Figure 1), are a serious problem in dairy cattle herds worldwide and often cause lameness.

Most Progressive Forage readers plant a nurse crop with a new alfalfa seeding.