Progressive Dairy — Canada
Improve financial transparency with your farm family team
Openly discussing money in farm families is key for smooth transitions and financial literacy, through steps like leading conversations, understanding values, managing debt, analyzing spending, sharing stories and holding family meetings.
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Feed additives: The next frontier of the dairy industry’s sustainability journey
Feed additives can have a major impact on methane emissions. It’s not easy to incorporate to ensure consistent reductions while maintaining cow health and production, but it’s worth the effort.
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Embracing tradition and innovation at Sigview Farms
One Ontario dairy sees big improvements in cow comfort, odour control and somatic cell count after moving their Brown Swiss herd to a compost-bedded pack barn with a continual agitation manure system.
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How different rumen environments can affect health in dairy calves
Starter intake is often a major focus in young calves; however, high starter intake is often associated with acidosis. While rumen acidosis in cows is detrimental, research shows that calves don’t share that issue.
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Should you chase ‘incentive’ days?
Balancing the value of quota, especially in the case of incentive days, involves considering revenue growth alongside cost management strategies.
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Is your herd safe? Cybersecurity essentials for dairy farms
Technology advancements make dairy farms targets of cyberattack, but risks can be mitigated by understanding what threats exist.
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Setting the next generation up for success
An overview of how confidence and self-esteem can make someone a better leader on the farm and elsewhere, as well as the negative impacts of low self-esteem on a family business.
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The role of phytochemicals during the transition period
How plants – more specifically phytochemicals – can help our heifers and cows conquer that daunting transition period and come out on top.
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