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She’s bright, cheerful, welcoming – and very passionate about life and her dairy business. Raised on a farm with a beef feedlot in the Cobourg, Ontario, area, along with a sister and two brothers, Cynthia Crowley wasn’t planning a career in the dairy business.
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.
The immune system is comprised of many complex biological structures and processes that work together to protect an organism from disease. In the newborn calf, the immune system is functional, but naïve and immature. Unlike most mammals, cattle do not transfer antibodies or immunoglobulins via the placenta. Instead they transfer it through the colostrum.
‘Tis the harvest season and that means farmers on tractors for hours and hours. If your farmer is like mine, he appreciates food once or twice a day. Yes, some might think bringing my husband food is an act that dates us back to the ’60s or a time when a woman’s time wasn’t valued.
How do you breed more 100,000-kilogram cows than anyone else in the world? If you ask Dave Loewith, part owner of Joe Loewith & Sons Ltd, which currently holds that title according to Holstein International, he’ll tell you to focus on cow comfort. His reason: Comfortable cows stay in the herd longer and produce more milk.
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