Drought in many regions, low yields...the 2020 harvest season has been a challenging one so far! Now that the time has come to harvest the last cuts and the corn for silage, it seems like 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.
Each year, several cases of silage gas poisoning are reported in Canada. This data is cause for concern and demonstrates the need to focus on preventing silage gas hazards. A Quebec-based organisation, UPA SST has joined forces with Lactanet to offer a few ideas on how to prevent such accidents.
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 groups in the top 20 % and bottom 20 %. Here is how we used measurements from the Lactanet database to explain the differences.
Are we always aware of the power of data and digital technologies?
Digital technology occupies a central place in our lives and in our professional environment. Such is the case with on-farm production systems. So what do we really need to know about all the information generated?
