Source: National Farm Animal Care Council Code of Practice for the care and handling of farm animals – Dairy Cattle, Section 3.7
The 'transition phase' begins three weeks prior to calving and ends three weeks after calving (54). The optimum management...
Source: Dairy Farmers of Canada
On February 23rd, Dairy Farmers of Canada’s (DFC) President, Pierre Lampron was named one of the Top 50 in Agriculture by Canadian Western Agribition in their Designated Hitters category. This prestigious award recognizes Lampron as...
“Are we there yet?” theme features a speaker or workshop every Tues & Thurs of March
The team at Alberta Farm Animal Care has done it again – re-imagining its annual Livestock Care Conference in a new virtual format for 2021 featuring...
Source: University of British Columbia
New research by UBC researchers Lexis Ly and Dan Weary, today published in PloS One, shows that human facial expressions can be used to assess human-animal empathy. Facial expressions have been used previously to evaluate...
Source: Alberta Agriculture and Forestry
The Dairy Cost Study is an annual program that provides Alberta dairy farmers with the opportunity to receive a detailed cost of production report for their specific farm. Alberta Agriculture has published a series of...
Source: Dairy Farmers of Canada
Dairy Farmers across Canada have listened attentively to the concerns expressed by consumers in recent weeks over the use of animal feed supplements containing palm by-products.
Dairy farmers across Canada have listened attentively to the concerns...
Source: Dairy Research Cluster 3
Principal Investigator: Flavio Schenkel (University of Guelph)
Co-Investigators: Christine Baes, Angela Canovas, Janusz Jamrozik (University of Guelph)
Collaborators: Xin Zhao (McGill University), Ronaldo Cerri (University of British Columbia), Stephen LeBlanc, Eduardo Ribeiro, Filippo Miglior (University of Guelph)
National...
Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Canada’s dairy processors sustain good jobs across the country, and the safe, high-quality products they supply are respected and enjoyed by Canadians.
Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Marie-Claude Bibeau announced today an investment totalling $164,000 for...
Source: Dairy Processors Association of Canada
The use of palm oil derived ingredients as a feed supplement on Canadian dairy farms has come to the attention of the Dairy Processors Association of Canada (DPAC).
DPAC does not have the necessary data...
Source: Dairy Farmers of Canada
There has been no recent data to show that the consistency of butter has changed, and we are not aware of any significant changes in dairy production or processing. Our sector is working with experts...
