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The governments of Canada and Ontario are making a joint investment to help producers adopt innovative and sustainable on-farm water management practices. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Ontario Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Ted McMeekin today announced a new initiative that wi...
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OMAFRA
Date of publication :
01/08/2013
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57
At least once a day, many of Idaho’s 550,000 dairy cows wade through shallow copper sulfate baths to help prevent foot infections. Producers often discard the bath water into lagoons and eventually use the spent wastewater to irrigate corn and alfalfa.
“At some ...
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Ann Perry- USDA- Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
Date of publication :
09/13/2012
Views:
508
Dr. Glenn Selk, Professor-Animal Reproduction Specialist Animal Science - Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Many new technologies have been made available to the beef industry over the last 50 years. Few technologies have the potential return on investment as do growth promoting implants f...
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Beef.unl.edu
Date of publication :
07/20/2009
Views:
441
Today most dairy producers planning new facilities will at least consider sand bedding as an option. They will talk to other producers, salesmen and other experts and discover a love/hate relationship toward this particular technology. The one thing all do agree on is that sand is definitely differe...
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OMAFRA publication
Date of publication :
05/18/2009
Views:
1580
Given a choice, cows much prefer a mechanical brush to scratching themselves on walls or watering bowls
When you see your cattle rubbing themselves against water bowls, walls or fences, they are just doing what comes naturally. Grooming is a daily ritual for many farm animals and dairy cows are no ...
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OMFRA publication
Date of publication :
04/22/2009
Views:
981
New dual-chamber model overcomes previous deficiencies to provide a comfortable option for free-stall operations
During the search for the ideal free-stall base over the last 20 years, one option-waterbeds-has never gained much favour in Ontario. However, it's now attracting interest resulting from...
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OMAFRA publication
Date of publication :
03/19/2009
Views:
710
Wisconsin study identifies key management considerations to help keep young animals healthy in calf barns
If you house your calves in hutches like most dairy farmers and you've fed them during a January snowstorm, you may have wondered about moving them into a well-protected barn. If so, you're not...
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OMAFRA publication
Date of publication :
02/24/2009
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1477
This year I have spent many days at dairies in Minnesota and South Dakota collecting data for an observational study on dairy housing systems (including low profile cross-ventilated freestall barns) and well-being. A lot of the time I am 'stationed' by the return alley scoring cows for locomotion, a...
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University of Minnesota Dairy Extension
Date of publication :
12/11/2008
Views:
955
There have been numerous scientific studies that have shown exposing lactating dairy cows to a long-day photoperiod (LDPP -- 16-18 hours of light and 6-8 hours of dark) in a 24-hour period improves milk production and reproduction performance, that this response persists through an entire lact...
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University of Minnesota Dairy Extension
Date of publication :
11/10/2008
Views:
380
The little things we do during milking time have a profound effect on udder health and milk quality. It is important to remember that every quarter of every cow must be prepped for milking the same way by every milker at every milking. Specifics of milking procedures may vary from farm to farm. For ...
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Virginia Cooperative Extension Dairy Pipeline
Date of publication :
10/10/2008
Views:
404