Source: Vostermans Ventilation
In order to determine this you have to consider several aspects. As every barn is built differently, customization is the key to reach an optimal result. We have included a few guidelines for you below:
Do’s
Provide a...
Source: Farm&Food Care Ontario
This factsheet contains practical best management practices (BMPs) to assist Ontario farmers in reducing the risk of barn fires. Barn fires are devastating events for Ontario’s farming families to deal with, and the financial and emotional...
Source: proAction
Traditionally, milk contact surfaces have been washed with hot water because the detergents used needed a minimum water temperature to be effective and to prevent bacteria problems in milk. However, detergents designed to wash milk contact surfaces with...
Source: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Fact Sheet Written by: John Johnson - Engineer, Civil Systems/OMAFRA
Whether building new or modifying an existing farm building, you must consider building code regulations. Farm building construction in Ontario is primarily regulated...
Source: Manitoba Agriculture Food, and Rural Initiatives
Introduction
Building a good electric fence is like anything else, you get out what you put in. If you use the proper equipment and maintain the fence the result will be a permanent structure just like...
Source: Agri Marketing magazine
According to the Association of Equipment Manufacturers' monthly "Flash Report," the sales of all tractors in Canada in May 2020 are even with last year.
For the month, a total of 2,754 tractors were sold, which compares...
Source: National Mastitis Council
Introduction
The continued popularity of culturing bulk tank milk (BTM) to monitor milk quality suggests that this procedure is beneficial to dairy producers and practitioners. However, few laboratory procedures for testing milk quality are more abused and...
Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs
Fact Sheet written by: H. House, P En
In a dairy barn, floor surfaces must have a finish with enough texture to provide traction for the cow as she walks, yet be smooth enough...
Source: GEA
Healthy udders that are well looked-after ensure optimum milk quality, and therefore healthy, long-term yields. The basis for this is reducing the risk of new udder infections by selecting the right teat dip. For this purpose GEA has...
Source: proAction
This fact sheet lists each Workbook question from the Food Safety program that has a different application for Automatic Milking Systems (AMSs) and then describes the requirements. The Workbook questions not listed apply to AMSs as written, and...
