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More than 200 stakeholders from various segments of the dairy and food industry gathered in Ottawa, on Nov. 7 and 8, to discuss the state of sustainability in the dairy industry and where it is headed in the future.
A monthly safety meeting. “It’s too hard to get everyone together.” “We’re too busy working.” These reasons to avoid meeting monthly to discuss safety may seem valid at the time of delivery.
Our 33-year-old daughter was lamenting the fact there is no longer a Sears Christmas Wish Book. Decades ago, she delighted in flipping pages of the coloured catalogue seeking out requests for her wish list, hoping the cherished gifts would be under our Christmas tree.
An investment on a dairy barn floor should set the operation up for the future. However, a faulty floor can lead to costly losses due to down cows and lameness.
Pre-hydrating calves is not a regular farm management practice; however, it is commonly known among many athletes. An athlete’s main goal is to avoid dehydration during a sporting event because dehydration has been proven to negatively impact performance.
In 2015, the Hammond family built a four-robot barn with 240 freestalls and sawdust bedding. The previous freestall barn is now used for heifers and dry cows, while the old parlour and holding area were renovated for calves in group pens with automated feeders. The family is looking to expand their new barn this spring with two more milking robots and a maternity area.
Overcrowding and an aging parlour had the Hammond family contemplating the next step for their dairy farm near Ingersoll, Ontario.
“We decided going forward that robots were the best idea for the long-term,” Glen Hammond says.
As a parent, you try to incorporate teaching the alphabet into daily life, and as dairy farmers, what better way to learn your ABCs but to use the letter of the dam and come up with another word that starts with the same letter?
Mycotoxins are a regular concern for producers, as they influence feed quality and animal safety. They are produced by certain species of moulds and can have toxic properties that impact ruminant health and performance.
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