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For our inaugural issue focused on women in the dairy industry, Progressive Dairyman asked a few industry professionals to open up about their opinions about a dairywoman’s role in the industry today.
As far back as the late 1970s and early 1980s, we discovered that long-day photoperiods of 16 hours of daylight and eight hours of darkness increased milk yield in lactating dairy cows by an average of 7 to 16 percent (2 to 3 kilograms). Several researchers have confirmed this data over the last 20 years.
A well-lit barn can also improve the farmer’s workplace safety and mood. Humans feel better and work harder in a well-lit barn. If you are looking to expand or update your facilities, now would be a good time to invest in proper lighting.
Sometimes a short conversation lights a huge fire of controversy, and this article may create a few sparks, so please read carefully all the way to the end.
Dykshoorn Farms, located near Abbotsford in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia, is a family enterprise. Originally purchased in 1945 by Mike Dykshoorn’s grandfather and his three sons, it has now supported four generations of the Dykshoorn family.
As summer comes to an end, we must remember to keep our cool when it comes to heat abatement for our dairy herds. We may be enjoying some cooler weather, but for our high-producing dairy cows, the temperature is still running plenty warm for peak production.
Days warmer than 10°C still can create problems in the holding pens and milking parlours where your cows are crowded together.
DeLaval recently sold its 10,000th Voluntary Milking System (VMS) to Glenirvine Farms in Fergus, Ontario. As a pioneer of automated milking systems, the company obtained its first voluntary milking patent in 1982, and through a subsidiary company installed on-farm milking robots in Holland in the early 1990s.
Dairy Farmers of Ontario (DFO) says that construction has begun on a new state-of-the art research facility at the University of Guelph. This new dairy research facility at the Elora Research Station is a joint project involving the Agricultural Research Institute of Ontario (ARIO), the university and Ontario dairy industry stakeholders.
At a Dairy Farmers of Nova Scotia (DFNS) special members meeting Aug. 2, the 176 licensed producers present overwhelmingly passed a motion to reaffirm support of the quota cap policy and direct the board to rescind its decision to remove the cap. The motion passed 163 to two; only one person abstained.
It’s been a tough summer, and you are wondering if this is the last season for you working on the farm because you are tired of the chronic fighting.
No matter how hard you have worked at trying to get along and make things work, sometimes the conflict situation cannot be resolved. You need to move on, realizing that you can only control your own actions. To continue in the muck takes endless energy, and it is draining you.
Dairy producers and nutritionists are evaluating rations carefully these days. When doing so, their focus should be on developing rations that will promote efficient nutrient utilization and cow health and productivity while addressing opportunities for improving income over feed cost (IOFC).
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