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The Road Ahead : Smooth or Rough

, 2017
The topics of this presentation, which was given on February 15th during the 71st Annual Convention : 2017 Virginia State Feed Association & Nutritional Management “Cow” College, include driver recruitment and retention, hours of service and electronic ...
Olney, Todd
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The Last Course Revisited: Reflections on Policy, Praxis, and Protest

Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article is a personal reflection on how SAFN addressed my academic identity crisis in the late 70s. The development of the anthropology of food and nutrition provided opportunities to refashion disciplinary praxis and to link the little and the large in interesting ways.
Penny Van Esterik
wiley   +1 more source

Feed cost efficiency in robotic milking systems: an analysis of revenue minus feed cost across dairy cow groups in southern Brazil. [PDF]

Trop Anim Health Prod
Andelieri CB, Vilanova MS, Rezende AL, Cavallini D, Buonaiuto G, Bordin T.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Robust Automated Monitoring of Dairy Cow Rumination via Improved YOLOv11 and BoT-SORT in Complex Environments. [PDF]

Animals (Basel)
Zhao Y, Wang L, Tang S, Zhai Q, Yu R, Jia Z.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Investment Analysis of Alternative Dairy Systems under MILC

Three dairy systems, 120-cow grazing, 120-cow conventional, and 600-cow concentrated, were evaluated by internal rate of return (IRR) accounting for the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC).
Peterson, William C., Moody, Darren E., Eberle, Phillip R., Rendleman, C. Matthew   +3 more
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Choosing the best forage species for a dairy farm: The Whole-farm approach [PDF]

Although a handful of forage species such as perennial ryegrass are predominant, there are a wide range of forage species that can be grown in sub tropical and temperate regions in Australia as dairy pastures. These species have differing seasonal yields,
Mark Neal, James Neal, Bill Fulkerson
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‘Elbow grease and yellow soap’: Housework time in working‐class households in late‐nineteenth and early twentieth‐century Britain

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Housework is central to feminist calls for recognition of women's work, economic histories explaining the sexual division of labour, and claims regarding the progressive role of scientific knowledge. Yet little is known about the time it actually took. We address this lacuna.
Sara Horrell, Jane Humphries
wiley   +1 more source

Smart Enough? What Italian Farmers Reveal About Dairy Cow Technologies: A Survey Study. [PDF]

Animals (Basel)
Lamanna M, Muca E, Montano C, Bovo M, Petretto F, Colleluori R, Formigoni A, Cavallini D.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Choosing the Right Liquid Feed for Your Calves

, 2017
The primary messages of this presentation are that there are any good options for liquid diets to feed calves. One should stay away from unpasteurized waste milk!
Yohe, Taylor
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Analysing Resilience Indicator Traits in Austrian Fleckvieh, Brown Swiss and Holstein‐Friesian Cattle

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent studies suggest that variations in milk yield during lactation can serve as a metric for assessing individual resilience, with minimum fluctuations reflecting greater resilience in cows. With automatic milking systems, multiple records can be obtained from many cows on a daily basis. Given that animals are continually exposed to a range
M. Agyiri, R. Onzima, A. Costa, B. Fuerst‐Waltl, F. Steininger, C. Egger‐Danner, G. Mészáros, J. Sölkner   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source