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Flies and Fly Problems
Information on the types of flies found on farms that may need to be controlled from 'Fly Management: How to Comply with Your Environmental Permit' from the UK's Environment Agency. ...
Information on the types of flies found on farms that may need to be controlled from 'Fly Management: How to Comply with Your Environmental Permit' from the UK's Environment Agency. ...
Feeding Cows During Drought: Forage Substitute and By-Product Feeding
Forage substitutes and high byproduct diets are viable options to turn to when other feeds are hard to find, according to research by Mary Hall, US Dairy Forage Research Centre and Larry Chase, Department of Animal Science, Cornell University....
Forage substitutes and high byproduct diets are viable options to turn to when other feeds are hard to find, according to research by Mary Hall, US Dairy Forage Research Centre and Larry Chase, Department of Animal Science, Cornell University....
Fertiliser: How Much Is In Each Bale?
A huge cost to farmers growing forage, fertilser is a nonetheless vital expense which has trebled per ton of dry matter produced since 2002, writes Dennis Hancock, Extension Forage Specialist at the University of Georgia....
A huge cost to farmers growing forage, fertilser is a nonetheless vital expense which has trebled per ton of dry matter produced since 2002, writes Dennis Hancock, Extension Forage Specialist at the University of Georgia....
Technology Makes Dairy Operations More Efficient and the Cows Like it Too
Automatic milking systems are becoming popular on Minnesota farms as evidence of improvements in both production and cow well-being persuade farmers to invest in precision dairying, say staff at Minnesota state University. ...
Automatic milking systems are becoming popular on Minnesota farms as evidence of improvements in both production and cow well-being persuade farmers to invest in precision dairying, say staff at Minnesota state University. ...
Utilising Pasture Effectively
Stock management is as important for utilising pasture as grass management is for ensuring quality grazing, say beef consultants at the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. ...
Stock management is as important for utilising pasture as grass management is for ensuring quality grazing, say beef consultants at the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. ...
What to do With Open Cows?
Due to their costs implications, open cows need to be diagnosed early via a blood test, rectal palpatation or ultrasonography due to the expensive nature of keeping cows over replacing with a new heifer. ...
Due to their costs implications, open cows need to be diagnosed early via a blood test, rectal palpatation or ultrasonography due to the expensive nature of keeping cows over replacing with a new heifer. ...
Enhancing Safety at Every Step in Food Supply Chain
Few would dispute that the emergence of chilled and frozen food technologies in the last century was a major advance for modern society, transforming all our lives and bringing convenience and choice. In Europe today, consumption of chilled and frozen...
Few would dispute that the emergence of chilled and frozen food technologies in the last century was a major advance for modern society, transforming all our lives and bringing convenience and choice. In Europe today, consumption of chilled and frozen...
The Prevalence of Lameness on New Zealand Dairy Farms : A Comparison of Farmer Perception and Mobility Scoring
This study, by Jessica Fabian, Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University compared prevalence of lameness with farmer perceptions in cows kept in New Zealand pasture conditions. ...
This study, by Jessica Fabian, Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University compared prevalence of lameness with farmer perceptions in cows kept in New Zealand pasture conditions. ...
The Relationship Between Nutritional Status and Bovine Welfare Associated to Adoption of Intensive Silvopastoral Systems in Tropical Conditions
Cattle comfort can be ensured in Intensive Silvopastoral Systems by using woodland grazing to acclimatise livestock to heat and offer protection from changeable weather and thirst, Colombian researchers have found....
Cattle comfort can be ensured in Intensive Silvopastoral Systems by using woodland grazing to acclimatise livestock to heat and offer protection from changeable weather and thirst, Colombian researchers have found....
Acidosis Feed Additives Trial
Acidosis in the rumen can be controlled by feed additives and according to Helen Golder, a PhD student at the University of Sydney, virginiamycin or a sodium bicarbonate and magnesium oxide blend could be suitable options....
Acidosis in the rumen can be controlled by feed additives and according to Helen Golder, a PhD student at the University of Sydney, virginiamycin or a sodium bicarbonate and magnesium oxide blend could be suitable options....
Mythematics: Distorting Data For Shock Value
Don't be fooled by misleading data. Government testing said 55 per cent of ground beef contained antibiotic resistant bacteria but this was the E.Faecalis which is naturally resistant to the lincomycin, used in the tests. ...
Don't be fooled by misleading data. Government testing said 55 per cent of ground beef contained antibiotic resistant bacteria but this was the E.Faecalis which is naturally resistant to the lincomycin, used in the tests. ...
Keys to Success When Harvesting Alfalfa as Baleage
Good baleage will be wrapped within 12 hours of baling and have a moisture level between 40 and 60 per cent, according to Ray Smith, Forage Extension Specialist at the University of Kentucky....
Good baleage will be wrapped within 12 hours of baling and have a moisture level between 40 and 60 per cent, according to Ray Smith, Forage Extension Specialist at the University of Kentucky....
Benefits of a Green Maternity Ward Beef Cows
Calving is arriving in Ontario and farmers are being told to calve on pasture, following 15 years of research. ...
Calving is arriving in Ontario and farmers are being told to calve on pasture, following 15 years of research. ...
Fly Management Techniques
Measures for fly prevention on farms and control measures are outlined in 'Fly management: How to comply with your environmental permit' from the UK's Environment Agency....
Measures for fly prevention on farms and control measures are outlined in 'Fly management: How to comply with your environmental permit' from the UK's Environment Agency....
Feasibility of Introducing Methods to Reduce Shedding of E. coli O157 in Cattle
The use of probiotics in feed, vaccination of animals and a combined package of eight biosecurity measures were the main methods of a study by the British Food Standards Agency which shortlisted good on-farm controls for reducing E. coli O157 shedding...
The use of probiotics in feed, vaccination of animals and a combined package of eight biosecurity measures were the main methods of a study by the British Food Standards Agency which shortlisted good on-farm controls for reducing E. coli O157 shedding...
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