Reading Time: 3 minutes New guidelines for dairy cattle care will improve animal welfare while also potentially increasing farm productivity, Dairy Farmers of Canada says. “I think that we’ve come to a very solid revised code,” David Wiens, DFC’s vice-president, said in an interview. The National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC) on Thursday released its revised Code of Practice […] Read more
Continuous tie-stall housing to be phased out in new dairy code of practice
Producer, animal welfare groups praise new code; some drawbacks were noted
Going for nutrition rather than bushels per acre
Silage-specific corn hybrids can offer better returns in beef and milk
Reading Time: 5 minutes When commodity prices are higher than normal, it’s sometimes hard to switch gears and think about corn production using a metric other than bushels. But precision agriculture techniques can also be used to maximize feed characteristics for meat and milk production. At the 2022 edition of Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show, seed companies were distributing their […] Read more
Inspiring ideas on the farm
Which is more important — the idea, or the person who has it?
Reading Time: 7 minutes Everyone has ideas. Every day. Every hour. And some of those ideas really are solid. Some are even exceptional. Yet only a few of us actually take those ideas and turn them into successful farm businesses. What is it about the people who do that? What’s their magic? For some light on all this, Country […] Read more
Dairy industry makes strides in sustainability and GHG mitigation
Advances and adoption of new technologies show positive impact, according to new report
Reading Time: 3 minutes Glacier FarmMedia – North American dairy production is reducing its impact on the climate while maximizing production through genetics, technology and data-driven decisions. That’s the conclusion of a recent report, ‘The Environmental Benefits of Modern Dairy, Hay, and Forage Production Technologies’, which was unveiled at the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin, during an industry […] Read more
Quebec ag ministry, UPA organize to round up rogue dairy herd
Spooked cattle on run since July
Reading Time: 2 minutes Quebec’s provincial ag ministry and the Mauricie regional arm of the Union des producteurs agricoles (UPA) are asking for the public’s patience as they organize a new effort to capture a herd of dairy cattle on the loose since the summer. Quebec media quoting dairy farmer Pierre Lapointe, the animals’ owner, have said the cattle […] Read more
Study finds no data to show change in butter consistency
Not enough data to link to palm supplement use, either
Reading Time: 4 minutes Updated, Jan. 24 — A panel tasked with reviewing complaints of changes in Canadian butter’s consistency has found there’s not enough data out there to support those complaints — nor to support the allegation that palm byproducts in cows’ rations were the cause. The Expert Working Group on Feed Supplementation, set up by Dairy Farmers […] Read more
Skill share
Farmers like Cheryl and Marc Norleen are giving time where it’s needed
Reading Time: 9 minutes Farmers raising livestock and growing crops in developing countries often lack access to modern equipment and the capital needed to make improvements on their farms. They face other hurdles too. Without computers or the internet, it’s impossible to watch YouTube videos for step-by-step instructions to repair equipment or to learn new farming techniques, and there […] Read more
Road closures mean disposal for B.C. milk
Dairy farmers in Kootenays can still move milk east to Alberta
Reading Time: < 1 minute Many of British Columbia’s dairy producers can expect to have to dump raw milk for the near future as highways and other roads are rendered impassable. The B.C. Milk Marketing Board on Tuesday said milk won’t be picked up until further notice in several areas where roads are closed and/or trucks can’t enter the Lower […] Read more
StatsCan sees higher cattle, hog inventories at July 1
Full impacts of West's drought not yet counted
Reading Time: 3 minutes Nationwide head counts of livestock from the “early stages” of Western Canada’s ongoing drought won’t yet show the weather’s full impact, but showed slightly larger herds heading into this summer compared to last year. Statistics Canada on Monday reported the first year-over-year increase in the size of the country’s cattle herd as of July 1 […] Read more
Dairy farmers asked to pass on palm byproducts in rations, for now
Seek out other ingredients while hard-butter issue under review, DFC asks
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canadian dairy farmers whose feed rations include supplements made with palm byproducts are being asked to consider other options while consumer complaints over butter are probed more closely. Dairy Farmers of Canada on Thursday asked its farmer members to “consider alternatives to palm supplements” pending the outcome of a review of “issues that have been […] Read more
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