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“What’s your why?” Heath Slawner, a member of Simon Sinek’s “Start With Why” team, says. “And by why, I mean what’s your cause? What’s your purpose? What inspires you in the morning to wake up and go to work?
Summer months, and the stress that comes with them, can take a substantial toll on herd health and productivity. Understanding heat stress is critical for producers managing herds in warm, humid climates.
Forage harvest and quality can be like a wedding. This may seem comical at first read, but stick with me and understand how. With both harvest and a wedding, we start with great expectations, but in some cases those expectations are not met.
Kernel milkline (starch deposition) should drive the time to start harvesting corn silage, not plant dry matter. For some, this statement may be puzzling, as in the past using plant dry matter was a key tool for harvest timing.
Although some dairy herds do have excellent reproductive performance, the average Canadian herd is still showing unsatisfactory performance with an insemination rate of 44.1 percent, pregnancy rate of 17.6 percent and conception rate of 40.5 percent; those performances were shown to be similar in other countries.
Recently, it has become common practice to feed calves using an automatic milk feeder, which offers the ability to feed higher volumes of milk. Despite this prevalence, many questions about automatic feeding practices remain unanswered.
Growing up, I had multiple pen pals. There was my cousin in Quebec, the daughter of family friends, a goat farmer and various exchange partners. Nothing could beat the thrill of a personal letter arriving in the mail.
Like most businesses, dairy farming faces challenges from time to time. Weather is often high on the list as is politics. At the moment, milk price is leading the charge.
Just as no two dairy farms are alike, there is no single way to measure success.
At the 2017 Western Canadian Dairy Seminar in Red Deer, Alberta, three North American dairy producers shared the various ways they have found success.
When we talk about calf barn ventilation, there are as many ventilation options out there as there are calf facilities. Many people promote positive-pressure tube ventilation, while others suggest tunnel or cross ventilation, and some claim that outdoor calf hutches are still the best way to go.
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