The highest recorded test day milk production in a cow’s first 150 days in milk (DIM) is referred to as peak milk. Generally, farmers used peak milk to calculate the success of the dry period and early lactation nutrition and management. Peak milk reflects the how well cow accepted the feeding practices during the dry …
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Gone are the days when the cows were enclosed within a pen to restrain their movement. Now, the cows are set free to wander freely at the farm unless they’re brought inside the milking area for milking. Milking is no more a manual, backbreaking job; it is done automatically without human involvement. When the cows …
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Animals require ample quantity of food that is high in nutrition for steady growth, good health, and reproductive development. And dairy cattle is no different. Countries develop specific standards for cattle feeding and health maintenance through methodical experiments and careful observations conforming to the regional environmental conditions and topography. A particular set of feeding practices …
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The women in Shivpura village of Banaskantha district have become the talk of the town for their unwavering contribution to the dairy industry. These women are becoming the economic backbone of the dairy industry apart from juggling the responsibilities towards their families. Even during challenging times when they haven’t earned significant output from agriculture, they …
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Dairy Farming is a vast field of study that requires substantial efforts to make it successful and profitable. No business is good if it doesn’t generate revenues stable enough for you to continue investing in its growth. While dairy farming is a backbreaking job, there’re millions of farmers who’ve been into the dairy industry since ages where …
Calving is the most stressful and challenging time for any cow—no matter how healthy or well looked after it is. That is why, as a farmer, you should be prepared well enough in advance with Animal Husbandry Software and whatever is required to make calving as comfortable and less painful as possible for both, the …
It is crucial to protect new-born calves against diseases as their bodies aren’t yet fully developed to a level that they can to ward off illnesses on their own. Managing young calves is equally important as other as other aspects of Animal Husbandry. Let’s go through the list of a few extended diseases occurring in young …
