“For years and years, we’ve all known the very best thing for a sick cow is to receive healthy rumen fluid,” says Bernie Mulder, founder of Drench-Mate.
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As crops come off the fields, it will be time to start emptying manure storage and hauling the “black gold” back and forth to the fields.
“Water seems to be the last frontier for dairy,” says Simon Stelfox, Water 4 Dairy general manager.
Over the last decade, milking methods have changed substantially.
Where our grandparents were milking by hand, we now have the ability to choose between a variety of milking methods – from tiestall setting, to parlour milking and, as of more recently, robotic milking.
As herd sizes grow larger, it becomes increasingly more difficult to keep tabs on what is happening with each and every cow.
But even a herd of one would struggle to know what is happening inside that cow.
A new synthetic zeolite feed additive that binds to calcium in dry cow feed and helps prevent milk fever is grabbing attention in Canada.
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