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It’s Monday, so my week begins with the usual pre-dawn departure from our little hobby farm in Salmon Arm, British Columbia, as I drive to the coast – specifically, the WestGen offices in Abbotsford.
Not surprisingly, producers milking in robotic environments – or planning to – select differently for their genetics. There are traits that become increasingly important to these producers, and a number of companies have highlighted the sires best suited for producing cows for robotic milk machines.
The revolution towards robotic milking of cows in Canada continues unabated. What might once have appeared a luxurious fad to many has become mainstream, with 7 percent of all farms nationwide now using robots to milk cows.
In all aspects of your farming and dairy operation, you are applying increased precision to accomplish tasks, leaving less to chance and directing resources to where the return on investment will be greatest.
In all aspects of your farming and dairy operation, you are applying increased precision to accomplish tasks, leaving less to chance and directing resources to where the return on investment will be greatest.
Recently, a University of Guelph-based graduate student working under the supervision of Professor Stephen LeBlanc completed a master’s research project that investigated the comparative results achieved between timed A.I. versus the use of activity monitors.
The results are quite interesting and support the assertion that activity-based heat detection systems are the way of the future.
Let’s start by acknowledging that timed A.I. (TAI) protocols can work very well when compliance levels are high.
Recently, a University of Guelph-based graduate student working under the supervision of Professor Stephen LeBlanc completed a master’s research project that investigated the comparative results achieved between timed A.I. versus the use of activity monitors.
