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It was great delight to hear Meir Statman speak to at the Canadian Institute of Financial Planners 2018 national conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He talked about normal financial behaviours and why culture matters in how we transition our money to the next generation.
Canadian Dairy Network (CDN) held an open industry session on Oct. 24, at the St. Hyacinthe Congress Centre, which was followed, as usual, by a meeting of the Genetic Evaluation Board (GEB) the next day.
Coming in 2019, Compass is a new free online genetic software allowing you to “Navigate Your Herd’s Success.” Compass comes to you from Holstein Canada and the Canadian Dairy Network, with support from Zoetis Canada.
Lameness and hoof lesions can have a major impact on farm profitability. In order to assess the situation and better control the problem in one’s herd, it is important to collect reliable data on a regular basis to track progress.
Earlier this year, brothers Teun and Ben De Beer welcomed their herd of 480 milking cows into a new facility on the farm near Mount Elgin, Ontario. The new six-row, sand-bedded freestall barn with perimeter feeding was built for the milking cows. It was built to reduce crowding in the farm’s existing four-row barn with mattresses and a slatted floor.
When Ben and Elly De Beer and their three sons immigrated to Canada in 1999, they purchased a cash crop farm in Mount Elgin, Ontario, and started to build a dairy. They put up a double-10 parallel parlour with a slatted-floor freestall barn.
In February, at the Boissevain Post Office sorting table, there were a record five white funeral notices on display. I am pleased to report the majority were an invitation to the funeral. Why does this matter?
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