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Completing workplace inspections is a requirement under the Occupational Health and Safety Act. The employee health and safety representative is responsible for completing a workplace inspection every month, and the manager must examine the results of the inspection and take action to correct any unsafe conditions.
Methionine (Met) has been recognized as the limiting or co-limiting amino acid for milk production for many years. More recently, there has been a lot of interest in the benefits of supplementing methionine to transition cows as well.
In September, Dr. Gordon Atkins was awarded the “Mentor of the Year” award by Merck Animal Health and the American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP). The award is given to individuals working in bovine medicine who have shown a continued commitment towards aiding and educating those interested in pursuing a career in bovine veterinary medicine.
We often take vaccination for granted and think it’s just something we have to do, but we don’t necessarily stop to think about what we are trying to achieve. By vaccinating your cows, you want to keep your herd healthy by preventing some infectious diseases, as well as ensuring productivity and profitability.
Most dairy feeding studies are conducted in mid-lactation, providing vital information regarding the nutritional needs of cows. Since 2000, 28 such feeding experiments have been conducted evaluating canola meal as an ingredient for dairy cows.
On Feb. 9, using Herd Management Score (HMS), Lactanet named the top 25 dairy herds in Canada. To get some insight into what leads to the success of these operations, Progressive Dairy contacted the top 10 farms named on the list and asked them to name one farm management practice they never want to give up and why.
In this column, Progressive Dairy summarizes recent events or actions making dairy headlines that will have an impact on your farm business. Then we seek out experts and sources, putting that news into perspective and, most importantly, briefly describe how it might affect you.
It’s been one year since the COVID-19 pandemic changed the way in which we live and work each day. Like many other moments in history, the “where were you when” will be forever engrained in my memory. I, and several hundred other people, was at the Western Canadian Dairy Seminar in Red Deer, Alberta.
DFC has finalized the requirements and released the reference manual for the Environment module of proAction, which will come into effect on Sept. 1. The manual outlines the Environment module’s five requirements designed to mitigate risks and promote positive action on dairy farms.
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