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More Milk From Fewer Cows

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How do you get more from less? Ask the Canadian dairy industry. Since 2005, the number of dairy farms in Canada has fallen by 15 per cent. The number of cows is down 3.7 per cent. But the annual volume of milk produced has increased 3.6 per cent over the past five years, according to
Dairy cattle, Livestock

Truckers And Marts Urged Not To Accept High-Risk Cattle

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The days are ending for making a few bucks by shipping high-risk old, thin or arthritic beef and dairy cattle. Darren Malchow, a health-of- animals insector for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency in Lethbridge, said the cattle industry is sending the message to all levels that the quality of animals being sent to market is
Dairy cattle, Forages, Livestock

A Herd Of Cows Is A Group Of Individuals

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Animals are individuals. A group of animals is a commingled set of individuals. At no time do the individual animals actually become a component of a group. That is a fundamental principle that those who engage in animal husbandry come to understand. This point is very important. While care may be applied to the group
Beef cattle, Cereals, Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

New Feed Oat For Dairy Farmers

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“A grain that is essentially equal to barley for feeding to dairy cattle.” – BRIAN ROSSNAGEL, CDC You wouldn’t normally feed oats to dairy cows because the hulls aren’t digestible and the grain is low in energy content. But say hello to CDC SO-I. This new feed oat variety combines a high fat content with
Dairy cattle, Livestock

Grass Boosts Health, Cuts Need For Replacements

Researchers compared lameness rates and replacement rates between pasture-based and confinement operations in the United States and found that grass won on both counts. The confinement operations had health-related replacement rates of 40 per cent per year, according to Dan Undersander, a forage agronomist from the University of Wisconsin. That “incredibly high” rate costs money.
Country Crossroads, Dairy cattle, Hogs, Livestock

Cattle Farms On Landscape Reach Recorded Low

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Young Farmers’ Programming Funded STAFF Meetings, workshops and information sharing for young farmers by way of the Canadian Young Farmers’ Forum will get $1.2 million in federal support over the next four years. The federal government on Sunday announced its funding commitment to the CYFF, which Jean-Pierre Blackburn, the federal minister of state for agriculture
Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

U. S. Cattle Herd At 51-Year Low

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The cattle herd in the United States is at the smallest since 1959, a government report said Jan. 29, but the number was higher than trade estimates and still could weigh on prices. The U. S. Department of Agriculture’s semi-annual cattle inventory report pegged the U. S. herd at 93.7 million head as of Jan.
Dairy cattle, Livestock

New Technology Touted To Fight Dairy Disease

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“We are one ‘60 Minutes’ report away from rules against either leukosis or Johne’s.” – MARK VARNER A recently introduced technology to predetermine the sex of dairy cattle could also be the key to eliminating infectious diseases in dairy herds. Sexed semen, in which sperm is sorted for gender, can help milk producers develop herds

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