Safety aspects of pesticides on dairy farms
Pesticides are intrinsically hazardous of nature but the risks of storing and using pesticides and related animal health products on dairy farms can be mitigated or eliminated by playing according to the safety rules. Safe storage, safe application, proper cleaning and disposal of empty containers, and safe disposal of obsolete or redundant pesticides will be […]
Dairy calf welfare trends, suggestions and solutions
“If we want people to still be drinking real milk in 20 or 30 years, we need to give them a reason to drink milk, not just shoot down their reasons not to drink it.” – Canadian Dairy Farmer 2022. Ignore the trends in dairy calf welfare at your own peril. There is a disconnect between how the public perceive […]