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The ongoing health crisis has generated additional losses to cow-calf producers already suffering multiple years of low margins due to market prices below the average total economic cost of production.
When troubleshooting udder health challenges on a dairy farm, it might be obvious to work with your veterinarian to identify the cause, but in many cases producers aren’t necessarily making full use of all the tools and knowledge dairy veterinarians can provide to help them fully investigate and enhance milk quality opportunities.
“I really like numbers and data,” says Janet Harrop of Harrcroft Acres Ltd. Janet and her husband, Ian Harrop – who operate the 120-milking cow dairy north of Fergus, Ontario, with their son Ryan and his wife, Jessie – have recently implemented telemetry cattle monitoring in their herd.
My last two articles briefly summarized some differences between our conventional industrial production models in the beef industry and the growing “niche” markets that are becoming more prominent. As niche markets grow, so has the focus on regenerative production models because the niche market consumer and producer both tend to have desires to break free from the high input, “bigger is better” industrial mindset.
If you own an activity monitoring system, you know the efficiencies you can gain on farm. Time, labor and decision making, to name a few. But, with any piece of technology, there are likely more uses and efficiencies to gain – ones that can help you maximize your return on investment. One area to advance efficiency in is ketosis detection.
This year has been tough for everyone, and it may be the first time or the 1,000th time you have experienced some degree of mental illness in your life. It is normal to have feelings of stress, anxiety, depression and being overwhelmed.
Farm families are stuck when it comes to getting everyone to the kitchen table to talk about timelines for transition of labour, management and ownership of the farm.
In today’s world of technology and recordkeeping, you can record mountains of information about your cattle herd. Recordkeeping is quick, generally easy, and most programs have a spot for the information you collect.
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