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Bart Op den Kelder started milking in Canada in 1999, after moving from the Netherlands with his family in search of greater opportunity in the dairy industry.
This worker bee never shows up late or calls in sick. It quietly does its job consistently and reliably, pushing up refreshed feed to cows and delivering an extremely short payback period to farmers.
As I’ve mentioned before, I really like being a tobacco farmer because it is steeped in traditions we don’t see as much with more modern agriculture. One of those traditions is manual weed control.
It is imperative for all team members to feel safe and comfortable to be themselves within a workplace in order to allow for a positive work environment.
Lactanet Canada and Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) announced DairyTrace, the much-anticipated national dairy cattle traceability program, will become a reality in the fall of 2020, providing a single, common framework for dairy farmers to track animal identity and movements.
At Dairy Farmers of Canada, farmers can download a new fact sheet called “Drying off cull dairy cattle at high production and in emergency situations.”
Imagine how much better life would be on your farm if trust was not an issue. When a farm founder trusts the next generation, it is a beautiful thing to behold.
Ben Loewith farms in partnership with his father (Carl) and uncle (Dave) just outside Hamilton, Ontario. They farm 850 acres, with the help of custom operators, and milk 450 cows, averaging 45 to 46 kilograms of milk per cow per day.
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