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With the rapid proliferation of robotic milking farms across Canada in the last few years, many producers new to robotic milking are coming to realize the many differences between milking cows with robots and the more conventional milking systems.
As the harvest season is complete and winter is arriving, nutritionists and producers alike are busy evaluating corn silage quality results and silage inventories for 2015.
Jack and Jane Danen were running out of space in their old dairy barn. The Danens view robots as the wave of the future, so they decided to include them in their new barn design.
Alltech and Masterfeeds announced that they have entered into a share purchase, under which Alltech will acquire 100 percent of the outstanding shares of Masterfeeds Inc. from Ag Processing Inc. This will provide Alltech complete ownership of Masterfeeds LP, a commercial animal nutrition company in Canada.
Hypocalcemia (low blood calcium) is one of the most common and costly health issues affecting transition dairy cows. The Animate website has been relaunched by Phibro Animal Health Corp. to help dairy producers understand more about hypocalcemia and learn how to reduce the risk through proper nutrition and management.
Women have been an integral part of the dairy industry for a long time. After watching my own mother tame a number of wild barn cats, I would guess that women were probably involved in domesticating the cow.
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