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Consider the money you have been able to save, borrow and leverage, the years of sweat and hard work, and much of the intellectual prowess you could muster. All of these and more are carried on your cows’ hooves.
As farmers struggle to maintain the proper level of animal care without breaking the bank, an item which can potentially improve profitability while increasing cow comfort is a welcomed relief.
Specifically, adding a cow brush to the pen could increase milk production, reduce disease, decrease property damage and alleviate stress.
Dairies know routine maintenance is critical to keeping the farm running properly, but not everyone knows the impact maintenance activities have on energy use.Many dairies are needlessly wasting money by overlooking simple maintenance activities and other low-cost options that save energy.
The alfalfa is at its peak, and you’ve laid down your biggest field. Rain is in the 48-hour forecast, and at 6 p.m., you have a breakdown. It’s critical a repair be made and you get back in the field.
Rumen-protected lysine (Lys) and methionine (Met) are becoming common fixtures in dairy rations, particularly in those where milk is sold not only for volume, but also for the component values.
PerforMix Nutrition Systems, a liquid and dry feed supplement and nutrition company for the beef and dairy industry, has announced it will build a new state-of-the-art production facility in Rupert, Idaho. The company is a subsidiary of Agri Beef Co. and has facilities in Nampa and Fruitland, Idaho, and Moses Lake, Washington.
When I was a lad, I remember my brother John wouldn’t go anywhere without his “blanky.” My son and daughter each had a stuffed animal, a fuzzy rabbit and a sock monkey named Chango.
Microbiologists at Oregon State University have discovered and helped patent and commercialize a new type of dairy or food thickener, which may add probiotic characteristics to the products in which it’s used.
Expansion was not an option forFrisian FarmsofOskaloosa, Iowa, so in order for the 80-cow dairy to continue to support both brothers, their families and their father, they needed to devise a way to produce a value-added product with the milk from the farm. Cheese seemed like a good option.
One Wisconsin county has been selecting young women to serve as year-long dairy promoters for going on 60 years. Read responses from several of the current Green County dairy queens to find out why they are proud to promote dairy farming and dairy products:
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