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Eating a big turkey dinner, served with pie and all the fixings, alongside family members and loved ones tends to go hand in hand with Christmas. John Miller says his family’s Christmas traditions are no different.
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When possible, we reached out to the authors or sources featured for follow-up commentary.
In recent years, dairy researchers have argued the social and economic benefits of a longer, healthier life for cows. Dairy producers, as well as consumers, are increasingly interested in understanding exactly how improvements to cow environments, health and decision-making tools can positively influence the lifetime productivity of cows.
Thanks to increasingly tight margins, dairy producers are searching for returns wherever they can find them. For some, that means exploring value-added opportunities outside their core operations.
Cold stress is recognized as a major challenge in managing dairy calves, and rightly so. However, a mature dairy cow can also respond negatively to prolonged cold weather, albeit more subtly.
Damon Brandner relies on DeLaval OptiDuo feed refresher to push up and remix feed at his farm’s heifer facility. Brandner Dairy has installed other brands of robotic feed pushers, but Damon says the DeLaval unit has been the most dependable.
“Are we there yet?” Like antsy children in the backseat of the car on a long road trip, we’re all wondering when we will reach the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. Is there an end? What exactly will it look like?
In September, Lactanet launched DairyTrace, Canada’s much-anticipated national dairy cattle traceability program. Designed and built in partnership with Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) to be a centralized system for the management of all dairy cattle traceability data, DairyTrace will offer protection, prosperity and peace of mind to the Canadian dairy industry through easy-to-use tools.
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