Pessimistic individuals more vulnerable to depressive-like states after hot-iron disbudding
Source: University of British Columbia
Disbudding dairy calves is a common but painful procedure to prevent horn growth. Even when controlling for the immediate, intra-operative...
Dairy Farmers of Canada welcomes compensation announcement
Source: Dairy Farmers of Canada
The announcement today by the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, of the second year of promised compensation for...
Update on Codes of Practice under revision/development: Dairy Cattle Code
Source: National Farm Animal Care Council
The Code Committee has been busy this fall with four meetings of the entire committee and eight subcommittee meetings....
Farmers Edge, Standards Council of Canada to establish framework for agriculture blockchain interoperability
Source: Farmers Edge news release
Farmers Edge, a global leader in digital agriculture, and Standards Council of Canada (SCC), the nation's leading voice on international...
Fraser Valley MP demands dairy farmers be told when they’ll be compensated
Source: Vitoria News, Jennifer Feinberg
‘Recent trade deals have given away more of Canada’s dairy market to foreign farmers’ – Mark Strahl
Chilliwack-Hope MP Strahl was again...
DPAC welcomes two new members: Bel Group and Fairlife – Coca-Cola
Source: Dairy Processors Association of Canada
The Dairy Processors Association of Canada welcomes two new members: Bel Group and Fairlife – Coca-Cola.
Founded in 1865, the...
A Revolutionary New Milking Claw
BouMatic has a very strong history of engineering and product development in the dairy industry. Our history is rich in research and we continue...
Managing dairy rations when feed prices are volatile
Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Fact Sheet written by: Tom Wright - Dairy Cattle Nutritionist/OMAFRA
Introduction
Profitability in dairy farming is dictated in large...
Lameness in dairy cows
Source: Manitoba Agriculture Food, and Rural Initiatives
Scope of the Problem
Lameness is generally considered to be the 3rdmost economically important health problem in dairy herds after...
What’s New with April 2021 Genetic Evaluations
Source: Lactanet
It seems that Canada’s genetic evaluation release in April of each year always comes with a series of important changes, and April 2021...
