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Hear from bovine specialist Reg Clinton, DVM, during the 2016 London Dairy Congress in London, Ontario. He presented a workshop on artificial insemination, offering participants hands-on instruction on the anatomy and physiology of bovine reproduction. Clinton is with the Kirkton Veterinary Professional Corporation in Kirkton, Ontario.
On Feb. 13, 42 western Canadian producers and a few WestGen staff boarded a red-eye flight in Toronto bound for Sao Paulo. The participants in the first international WestGen dairy tour had signed up to see dairies and cattle breeding operations, and to enjoy the sites and attractions offered by the fifth largest milk producing nation in the world.
By focusing on excellent calf care for both heifers and bull calves, Sterkholm Farms is capitalizing on the farm’s potential both in future milk production and diversification in veal.
When Ben Sterk took his earnings from the oil fields in Alberta to start a dairy farm in Embro, Ontario, with 35 cows, he could see the potential. Thirty years later, Sterkholm Farms Ltd. now encompasses 350 cows on two dairies with 1,900 acres, a veal operation, a custom field work business and a seed company.
As the dairy industry embraces automation, there is a shift to move calves indoors rather than house them outside in hutches. When moving calves into calf rooms or barns, the first question should be whether calves will be housed in groups with automated feeders or in individual pens with traditional nipple bottles.
As my schedule allows, I occasionally spend an afternoon in my daughter’s classroom. Our school system encourages parental involvement, for the time being my children like having Mom around, and I enjoy seeing where my child spends a good portion of her time.
Only 30 percent of family businesses survive the transition to the second generation. The odds of getting to a third are a tiny 13 percent (hence “shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations”). And yet, family business outperforms non-family business at almost every level.
“We wish parents understood” was part of the Twitter feed from young farmers attending the AgExcellence Conference held in Regina, Saskatchewan, in November.
Here is the list of the items they wish parents understood:
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