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Manure management are buzzwords that often bring a scowl to the face of a dairyman. It is often due to the huge costs of maintaining a manure system on a dairy, including equipment, personnel, regulatory costs, custom services, nutrient management plans, neighbor relations, odor control, sampling, maintenance, etc.
Imagine that someone filed a lawsuit in the courts saying, “I am offended by the danger signs posted along the roads. They block my view of wildlife and the beautiful scenery along the highway. It not only bothers me – think of the animals and wilderness environment of their sacred habitat.
A piece of equipment that is not maintained properly is probably costing its owner in loss of production.
With a compost turner, the consequences can also extend to the end product. Compost that is not turned when needed suffers, and if it continues to go unturned, that compost becomes worthless.
In layman’s terms, what does sub-acute ruminal acidosis (SARA) mean?
The period when the cow’s rumen pH is below 5.8 for more than three hours at a time is known as sub-acute ruminal acidosis (SARA).
“You put a suit on a monkey – and it’s still a suit,” I’ve always said. Usually the other person would try to correct me and suggest that I’ve switched the expression, that it’s “still a monkey.” “No,” I would reply. “It’s my belief that it’s OK to be a monkey. It’s the suit that should be called into question.”
With nutrient pollution and water quality issues gaining attention in the media, as well as rising costs of fertilizers, retaining nutrients from fall manure is both economically advantageous and environmentally imperative.
Answer me this: Why at “retirement parties” do they give the retiree a new watch? At this point in their lives, do they really need a watch? If there were such a thing as a retirement party for a farmer, and he received a watch, chances are he would shoot the rooster the next day. The rooster didn’t retire, but the hand of the watch terminated his job.
After years of hard work, you’ve built the family business into a great success and you take pride in meeting the challenges that each day brings. At some point, though, the day arrives when it’s time to turn the reins over to the next generation.
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