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Good health and well-being of farm team members is paramount to a farm’s sustainability. As part of a mini-series focused on Alltech’s global sustainability goals, the company offered a virtual panel discussion on June 25, highlighting health and wellness from a Canadian perspective.
As the world’s population grows, demand for animal products is expected to rise as well. Developing countries are projected to have the biggest growth in demand for animal-based proteins, as their incomes begin to rise and urbanization intensifies.
Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) was ratified by Canada in March 2020 and came into force as of July 1. The Canadian dairy industry generally has a defensive interest relative to CUSMA, with great sensitivity to dairy market access concessions that pile on other recent trade agreements, along with important provisions impacting classified milk pricing and exports of skim milk powder and milk protein concentrate, and little practical ability to respond to access to the U.S. market provided under CUSMA.
The COVID-19 pandemic has drawn many war-like comparisons, some of which are warranted, as many people have and continue to experience unprecedented changes to daily life.
Over the years, the dairy industry has been faced with challenges – many of which took place just last year. From dairy being removed from the Food Guide to Starbucks wanting to reduce its carbon footprint by half by 2030, to Greta Thunberg turning heads about a climate crisis, to rapidly changing consumer habits, the industry is at a crossroads.
Labour is a major expense for many farms in Ontario. Finding and retaining employees continues to be a challenge for agriculture. Key aspects of building a strong labour force include recruiting qualified candidates, developing a strong training program, creating a safe and motivating workplace culture, and retaining your best employees.
Calf diarrhea is the leading cause of death among dairy calves and likely contributes at least in part to the second leading cause, pneumonia, due to calves being in a weakened state.
This is not another article about how important fresh, clean water is for calves. Instead, this article focuses on why feeding water from day one is so vital.
For 135 years, DeLaval has nurtured a strong tradition of dairy innovation. Whether the aim has been to improve a physical process, such as harvesting milk, or ease a mental task, like a management decision, the goal has always been to help our customers do better.
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