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The discussion around increasing productive lifespan is not new. With tight margins, very high feed costs and a limited increase in milk prices, it is essential to fine-tune every aspect of your dairy operation to make sure your farm is profitable and sustainable.
Vancouver Island’s Comox Valley is not known to be a major dairy hub, but those familiar with the area will know it is full of small-town charm, artisan goods and businesses catering to the tourists who flock year-round to experience the laid-back lifestyle and bounty of recreational pursuits the region offers.
To address consumer concerns over a change in butter hardness and a resulting finger pointing to feed supplements containing palm byproducts, Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) formed a working group of independent experts to develop fact-based explanations for the industry.
Imagine you have the power to monitor every aspect of your farm business; profitability, production, animal health, culling, reproductive success is all there, and it’s divided into specific metrics to help paint a picture of where your farm’s problems may lie.
For the past two years, our company has embraced the concept of CliftonStrengths, created by Gallup, to help us maximize our potential as individuals and across teams.
Each year during the month of March, Dietitians of Canada presents Nutrition Month to celebrate food and healthy eating by shining a spotlight on dietitians’ role in providing effective, credible nutrition guidance to Canadians.
For more than 20 years, David Fraser, Dan Weary and Nina Von Keyserlingk at the University of British Columbia have been the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) industrial research co-chairholders in dairy cattle welfare.
Employees on your farm may be exposed to a wide variety of respiratory hazards such as vapors, moulds, dust and gases. It is important to consider what respiratory hazards may be present on your dairy and then determine what controls will offer the best protection to your employees.
Methane is the second-leading driver of climate change, having contributed 0.5 degree of the 1.1 degrees of human-induced warming since pre-industrial times, according to the latest assessment by the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
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