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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