As silage season approaches, now is the time to start having conversations about silage safety with your children. It is also the right time to put practices into place that will make this silage season safe. Here are five tips to help you keep this silage season safe for your children. 

How do you choose the best bedding for your cows? Obvious considerations include bedding cost and availability, but there are a few less obvious considerations that will help you make the best decision for your farm. Take a look at them and discover which bedding fits your farm’s cow comfort goals.

L’exploitation d’une ferme laitière est synonyme de stress. Les fluctuations du prix du lait, la pénurie de main-d’œuvre et les bris d’équipement figurent parmi les problèmes qui empêchent les agriculteurs de dormir. 

The recent mysterious disease affecting cattle in the U.S. is avian influezna, and the source is wild birds. My research team has been studying pest bird management on dairies for over eight years, and we have learned a few tricks that we would like to share with you.

When we are having a bad day, we lose our patience and our cows notice. In this article, we will take a look at the connection between how we interact with cattle and our safety during these interactions.  

Qu’est-ce qui cause le plus de blessures chez les travailleurs dans les fermes laitières? La machinerie et les espaces confinés sont les réponses auxquelles nous pensons généralement, mais ce sont en fait les animaux du troupeau qui occupe la première place. 

Your farm can exceed all the industry benchmarks for production, but if someone is severely injured, those production benchmarks are suddenly not important. Effective leaders incorporate building and maintaining a safety culture into their farm management strategy.

Cette année marque la 8^e année de progrès dans la recherche sur le contrôle des oiseaux dans mon laboratoire. Il y a huit  ans, j’ai posé ma question habituelle à un groupe de producteurs laitiers : « Qu’est-ce qui vous empêche de dormir la nuit? ».