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When troubleshooting udder health challenges on a dairy farm, it might be obvious to work with your veterinarian to identify the cause, but in many cases producers aren’t necessarily making full use of all the tools and knowledge dairy veterinarians can provide to help them fully investigate and enhance milk quality opportunities.
“I really like numbers and data,” says Janet Harrop of Harrcroft Acres Ltd. Janet and her husband, Ian Harrop – who operate the 120-milking cow dairy north of Fergus, Ontario, with their son Ryan and his wife, Jessie – have recently implemented telemetry cattle monitoring in their herd.
If you own an activity monitoring system, you know the efficiencies you can gain on farm. Time, labor and decision making, to name a few. But, with any piece of technology, there are likely more uses and efficiencies to gain – ones that can help you maximize your return on investment. One area to advance efficiency in is ketosis detection.
To celebrate the holiday season, we decided to round up some of the great cheeses Canada has to offer. Made on dairies across the country, here are 24 cheeses nominated by Progressive Dairy staff, readers and followers. The cheeses are presented in no particular order.
Due to ongoing measures to limit the spread of the coronavirus, my Christmas is going to be quite a bit quieter than usual this year. There will be fewer parties, no kids’ concerts and not as many holiday activities.
On Oct. 20, Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) held a virtual press conference to voice their concern at the lack of action by the Trudeau government on its oft-repeated commitment to compensate dairy farmers for the impact of three successive trade deals: the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA).
Led by Dr. Simon Dufour, Université de Montréal, experts from the Mastitis Network worked in collaboration with Dairy Farmers of Canada to develop a new fact sheet in English, French and Spanish that contains best practices and visual step-by-step procedures for the application of an internal teat sealant at dry-off.
This year has been tough for everyone, and it may be the first time or the 1,000th time you have experienced some degree of mental illness in your life. It is normal to have feelings of stress, anxiety, depression and being overwhelmed.
Farm families are stuck when it comes to getting everyone to the kitchen table to talk about timelines for transition of labour, management and ownership of the farm.
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