By Kathleen Shore More Profitable Cows with a 35 Day Dry Period? Common practice on Canadian dairy farms is to dry off cows 60 days before calving, feed a far-off ration until 21 days pre-calving, and then switch cows to a close-up ration. Given that ruminants need at least 3 weeks to adjust to feed […]

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By Kathleen Shore, Ruminant Nutritionist, New-Life Mills   When temperatures are high, cows are no longer able to lose heat by emitting it to their surroundings (radiation), passing it to the ground (conduction) or passing it to the air (convection). The only way for them to dissipate their heat load is by evaporation: breathing and [...]
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April 15th 2015 New-Life Mills Dairy Team   New-Life Mills, your source for proven animal nutrition for over 50 years, announces their new Dairy Goat nutrition program. The newly launched program is founded on proven goat nutrition designed for optimal health and dairy production. “With the increasing consumer demand for goat milk, it was clearly […]

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