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.
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 top 20% and bottom 20% groups. Here is how we used measurements from the Lactanet database to explain the differences.
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?
