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Québec | September 2020

With drought in many regions resulting in low yields, the 2020 harvest season has been challenging! Now that the time has come to harvest corn and the last cut for silage, it's a good time to assess whether the stocks harvested to date and those to come, will allow us to feed the herd until June 2021.

 

UPA SST & LACTANET | PARTNERS FOR A COMMON CAUSE 

SILO GASES | PREVENTION SAVES LIVES! 

Each year, several cases of silage gas poisoning are reported in Quebec. This data is cause for concern and demonstrates the need to focus on preventing silage gas hazards. The UPA SST and Lactanet have therefore joined forces to offer a few ideas on how to prevent such accidents.

 

MILK ANALYSIS

Great news! The free trial period for PROFILab has been extended until December 31 2020, thanks to Les Producteurs de lait du Québec.

Don't forget to return your completed form to take advantage of this cutting-edge tool without interruption after December 31.

 

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ROBOT MILKING

One Year after Start-Up (Part 2): Why were the results so variable?

In part one of this article, we saw that one year after start-up, there was significant variation in milk production between the  top 20% and the bottom 20% groups. Here is how we used measurements from the Lactanet database to explain the differences.

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Don't miss our September 2020 article!

Are we aware of the power of data and digital technology?

Digital technology continues to occupy our lives and professional environment. Such is the case with on-farm production systems. So what do we really need to know about all the information generated?

 

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