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Effective managers have a variety of ways of making good things happen through people. The specific style may vary by individual, but in general, there are a few important characteristics of successful dairy management.
First, successful dairy management should be based on biologically and economically sound principles that will take advantage of proven strategies.
This article was #11 of the Top 25 most well-read articles on www.progressivedairy.com in 2012. to jump to the article. It was published as /MORE content from February 11, 2012 issue. Click here for the full list of the Top 25.
The 2012 Pennsylvania Dairy Summit featured two speakers about robotic milking. Josiah Garber of Spring Lawn Farms in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and Daniel Wolf of Maple Lawn Farms in Lyons, New York, each discussed their family’s decision to install robotic milkers and some of the challenges that went along with it.
University of Guelph plans new dairy research facility A new livestock research centre intended to model sustainable animal agriculture systems is being planned by the University of Guelph, the provincial government and the Ontario dairy industry.
The Research and Innovation Centre, Dairy Phase, will be built at the current site of Elora Research Station in Elora, Ontario, one of the Agricultural Research Institute of Ontario (ARIO) facilities operated by U of G under its partnership agreement with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA).
One of the tricks of a great farm succession is the ability of the founder to let go of management and, ultimately, ownership.
There are many 60-something and 70-something farm dads on the bald prairie that just don’t know how to change from being the main manager to “the hired man.”
I know hired man is not the politically correct term, I should say “employee.” Employees make a wage, and I don’t know if dad is getting a paycheque!
In a news release, Canadian Dairy Network (CDN) Chairman Grant Roy and Holstein Canada President Paul MacLeod (pictured on the right) announced that following in-depth discussion and with the total support of their board members, their organizations will discontinue the current amalgamation plans.
Progressive Dairyman Editor Karen Lee spoke with each of them to learn more about the situation and discover what the future holds for each organization.
More than 390 milk quality, mastitis and udder health researchers, dairy producers and dairy industry partners attended the National Mastitis Council (NMC) 51st Annual Meeting held Jan. 22-24, in St. Pete Beach, Florida. The meeting provided a forum for exchanging information pertaining to mastitis control, udder health, quality milk production and the safe and judicious use of antimicrobials on farm.
The following excerpt is from the Texas Farm Bureau’s blog, Texas Agriculture Talks. Author of this post, Gene Hall, is the bureau’s public relations director. Publications Director Mike Barnett also contributes posts. Learn more at: www.texasfarmbureau.org/TxAgTalks
We’ve all heard it. We’re only a few short years from climate change devastating agriculture.
We used to call this global warming until the earth actually cooled a bit over the last decade. Now we call it climate change, but I won’t get into that disagreement. I’ll just concede for now that Mother Earth has warmed a bit over the last few decades.
Rosser Farm Holsteins, named for the nearest village, is a leader in Manitoba’s dairy industry.
Brothers Henry and Tony Holtmann are third-generation dairy farmers in the operation established by their grandfather in 1929.
Grandfather was a cream producer, shipping cans to Winnipeg by train. He had pride in his purebred Holstein herd and showed his cows, even traveling on occasion to Toronto for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair. In 1961, Dad took over, and the brothers in 1995.
How to effectively cool cows is an ongoing conversation. One option gaining interest is evaporative cooling with the use of cooling cells.
We know cows are most comfortable at temperatures in the range of -5°C to 15°C. However, in summer, it is impossible to get temperatures to this optimum range. What could we gain if we could get it much closer?
“I believe the biggest benefit is any time you can drop the temperature in the barn during the warmer months, let’s say when temps reach above 20°C outside, the cows’ dry matter intake will not drop as much,” says Terry Lebold, Lebold Farms LTD.
Genomics offers new opportunities for female selection. Breed associations, some A.I. companies and other organizations involved in genetic testing now offer programs for the genotyping of females based on the collection of tissue samples such as hair, nasal swabs or blood.
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