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Last night, my 6-year-old proudly stated that after one week of school she learned “the big three.” When most people think of education, especially grade school, they would consider the big three to be reading, writing and arithmetic.
Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) has been a proud supporter of dairy cattle research at the UBC Dairy Education and Research Centre in Agassiz, British Columbia, for close to two decades.
Canadian dairy farmers have always taken pride in being at the forefront of animal and food safety, and creating a traceability system is just part of that ongoing commitment.
“An experiment was conducted in 1992 at Stanford University, in which 4-year-old children were given a choice. A marshmallow was put in front of them; they could either eat the marshmallow now or wait 15 minutes, after which they would be given two marshmallows.
Brian and Amber Craswell had a decision to make, a huge decision. Dairy farmers for many years, their 62-cow tiestall facility had outlived its usefulness. They had no room to expand, and the facility was labour-intensive.
Western Canada now has an organized, regional group of hoof care professionals. The Western Canadian Certified Hoof Trimmers Association (WCCHTA) recently celebrated its founding, and in August, the group hosted one of its first official events as an association, a four-day hoof trimmer certification program in central Alberta.
Robotic milking has established itself more and more across the country – to the detriment of tiestall barns. Although this milking and herd management method provides several advantages, it also requires producers to adapt their level of management and choice of bulls in order to achieve success.
Canada is world-renowned for having outstanding dairy cattle with superior genetic potential. In 2014, the exports of dairy genetics from Canada exceeded $158 million, which was nearly a 30 percent increase over 2013 and a 43 percent increase over 2012.
When it comes to mastitis, everyone agrees that nowadays, along with lameness, it is the disease with the greatest economic impact on dairy farms. This applies here in Canada, as indeed everywhere.
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