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Carbon contracts are the current hot topic in agriculture. Essentially, a landowner or agricultural producer enters into a contract with a company or broker seeking to purchase carbon credits.
Have you ever sat down and figured out what it costs to breed a cow? It might seem like an easy number to calculate, since we can add up all of our natural service bull purchases and subtract out the salvage value of any bulls sold.
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.
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.
Have you ever been told you must keep a detailed set of records for the ranch to be successful as a manager? And have you ever considered you might be wasting a great deal of time? Hopefully that’s not the case, but it is certainly possible to be 100% efficient but 0% effective.
In the past couple of years, we have all had to adjust to the world operating differently. This adjustment on a global scale is somewhat similar to the period of adaptation people go through when they lose a family member.
“Where do we start?” A common question that runs through most folks’ minds when they decide their operation is ready for a website. Websites can be intimidating but, with a little planning and guidance, a website can be the most pivotal marketing tool a cattle operation can utilize.
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