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Bernie PeetPeet On Pigs – for Oct. 21, 2010

October 21, 2010

Feeding sows ad lib during lactation results in higher feed intake, boosting piglet weaning weights and improving reproductive performance in the subsequent parity, says Dr. Malachy Young, a nutritionist with Gowans Feed Consulting. “Advances in litter size and changes in the sow’s genetics have created new challenges in feeding lactating sows, which generally have lower

Hogs, Livestock

Feeding Sows Ad Lib Boosts Piglet Weaning Weights

October 21, 2010

Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Western Hog Journal. His columns will run every second week in the Manitoba Co-operator. Young’s own research (Table 1) showed that more than four per cent of all sows ate less than four kg and 17.5 per cent ate less

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Dairy Farm Numbers Shrinking

By Ron Friesen October 21, 2010

The number of dairy farmers in Manitoba continues to fall rapidly. The province currently has 354 registered milk producers, seven per cent fewer than in 2009-10, according to Dairy Farmers of Manitoba. The rate of loss is steeper than in the two previous years. The number of producers declined by four per cent in 2008-09

Dairy cattle, Forages, Livestock, News

U. S. Dairy Producer Survives Ups And Downs Of A Free Market

By Allan Dawson October 7, 2010

Kelsay Dairy farm is big by Canadian standards, milking 450 or so cows, but in these parts it’s a model family farm. There’s an old hip roof barn and a couple old-fashioned silver-sided silos, which urbanites can take pictures of each October when the Kelsays open up their farm to city folk from nearby Indianapolis.

Dairy cattle, News

Quota Levy Still A Mystery

By Ron Friesen October 7, 2010

Confusion still reigns over a new surcharge on quota sales for milk, eggs and poultry six months after the Manitoba government announced it. The two per cent levy is still not in effect and producers remain in the dark over how the province will implement it. “There is very, very little information on how it

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Dairy Industry Revisits National Milk Pool – for Sep. 9, 2010

By Ron Friesen September 9, 2010

The Canadian dairy industry will try once again to develop a national all-milk pool despite failed efforts over the last 15 years. The Canadian Milk Supply Management Committee has asked the Canadian Dairy Commission to develop a possible road map for a national pool. The CMSMC at its recent meeting in July called for the

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Manitoba Avoids Overquota Milk Penalty – for Jul. 29, 2010

By Ron Friesen July 29, 2010

Lower production and higher milk sales have helped Manitoba dairy farmers avoid overquota penalties for the final two months of the dairy year. Manitoba will finish 2009-10 just under the allowable 0.5 per cent overproduction limit for June and July, according to figures from Dairy Farmers of Manitoba. The official year-end date is July 31.

Beef cattle, Cereals, Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

New Feed Oat For Dairy Farmers

By Ron Friesen May 27, 2010

“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, News

Raw Milk Targeted By Regulators

By Alex Binkley May 13, 2010

Legal action in Ontario and British Columbia to reinforce bans against raw milk sales has won support from the Dairy Processors Association of Canada. “Human consumption of raw milk was one of the major sources of foodborne illnesses and a cause of infant mortality before pasteurization became widely utilized,” DPAC said in a statement. “Dairy

Opinion

Science Loses In Raw Milk Debate

By Ronald Doering May 6, 2010

While most healthy people will recover in a week or so from small exposure to the pathogens that can be present in raw milk, for people with weakened immune systems such as the elderly, children and people with cancer, organ transplants or HIV/AIDS, exposure is dangerous, even fatal. There is a broad scientific consensus that

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Tag Archives Milk

Bernie PeetPeet On Pigs – for Oct. 21, 2010

Feeding Sows Ad Lib Boosts Piglet Weaning Weights

Dairy Farm Numbers Shrinking

U. S. Dairy Producer Survives Ups And Downs Of A Free Market

Quota Levy Still A Mystery

Dairy Industry Revisits National Milk Pool – for Sep. 9, 2010

Manitoba Avoids Overquota Milk Penalty – for Jul. 29, 2010

New Feed Oat For Dairy Farmers

Raw Milk Targeted By Regulators

Science Loses In Raw Milk Debate

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