China´s dairy industry: A huge contaminated goldmine - 11/18/2009 Almost a year has passed since the eruption of the melamine-tainted milk scandal that still reverberates across the globe; China's dairy industry is recovering steadily, albeit under a large current of sweeping changes.
Before the mass...
Feed loyalty through olfatory experience - 11/11/2009 If we often hear that in the modern Man, olfaction, our most primal sense, has also became our worse sense, it is highly developed in most animals, and often an essential part of their survival. The sense of smell warns them of danger, help them to..
Biomin® Specials are feed supplements which can be ively used, whenever problems occur. Biomin® Specials are integral parts of the VarioBiotic System....
Our system is more closely aligned with your propsal rather than the traditional cow cycle. We have delayed mating too soon and average calving interval is out to 400 - 420 days. We find this boosts a cows fat and protein production yield over a lactation. In late lactation they are often returning similar kg of milk solids to cows more recently calved and doing it with less stress on their bodies!
The cows are in very healthy condition when dried off and do not seem to need a 60 day dry period. They can calve back in 5 or 6 weeks and not miss a beat in the next lactation. They generally get lead feed for 2 weeks before calving, depending on whether they will eat it as they are on pasture.
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