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Ultrasonography is gaining momentum as a way to monitor lung health in young dairy cattle. An ultrasound exam takes less than a minute and helps us understand the presence and severity of underlying pneumonia.
With the growing popularity of online food subscription services across Canada, Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) is excited to announce a partnership with MissFresh, a Canadian company that strives to help people lead a healthier lifestyle by making eating healthy at home easy and accessible to everyone.
Recent research results from a study under the Dairy Research Cluster 2 demonstrate a positive relationship between cow welfare and farm profitability, but researchers also observed differences depending on the type of dairy cattle housing.
Successful calf and heifer raising can be measured in a few ways. Ultimately, the investment put into replacement animals results in a reduced age at first calving (optimum target of 22 to 24 months), leading to lower costs as fewer heifers are raised and higher returns due to greater lifetime profitability.
To successfully implement current scientific findings on metabolic programming in practice, and thus raise healthier calves with a better performance potential and higher milk yield, the more traditional dietary recommendations of feeding calves must be revised.
A recent survey of digital dermatitis (DD) prevalence on dairy farms in Alberta and Saskatchewan revealed a few striking commonalities among those with the lowest rates of the infectious disease.
Amanda Jeffs is the third generation of her family on the farm her grandfather established near Stirling, Ontario. She farms with her parents, Fred and Taleana, and brother, Andrew, at Jeffred and Jeffson Farms.
You’re busy – milking cows, feeding cows, managing employees, attending the Royal Winter Fair, etc. With that in mind, Progressive Dairyman introduces this column: “What Happened? What’s Next?” In recognition of your time, we’ll attempt to summarize recent events or actions making dairy headlines that will have an impact on your farm business.
Carl Phoenix of Sunderland, Ontario, will be donning the tuxedo and taking his spot in the centre of the ring on Oct. 5 and 6 as the official judge of the International Holstein Show at World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin. At his side will be his cousin, Joel Phoenix of Cannington, Ontario, the associate judge of this year’s show.
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