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Create Lifelong Immunity Starting with the Calf

Creating lifelong immunity in baby calves has never been more important. A proactive approach to health, nutrition, and management is a must from day one. Having a proper program in place not only improves the health of the animal, it can improve resilience to stress and disease. By implementing adequate colostrum protocols, feeding a consistent diet of whole milk or milk replacer, and ...

Mar. 2, 2021

By Diamond V

Facts about the production of plant-based milk alternatives

Centrifuges are the most efficient type of machines to separate the milk from the product slurry. High g-forces result in maximum clarification and optimum cake dryness including a high flow rate. Modern machines are laid out according to the latest hygienic design standards and can be easily integrated into a fully automated processing line including CIP cleaning. Reliable and efficient ...

Feb. 12, 2021

By Flottweg SE

Beverages and infant milk: Guaranteeing high quality ingredient water with Nurion

Essential for the manufacture of infant formula or beverages, the use of drinking water as an ingredient requires compliance with strict criteria for food safety. In order to comply efficiently with production requirements while guaranteeing the microbiological quality of the water ingredient, Veolia Water Technologies has developed Nurion, a standardized range of plug & play osmosis ...

Feb. 8, 2021

By Veolia Water Technologies

What’s in store for CPG food and beverage manufacturers in 2021?

Food for thought While everyone is anxious to close or should I say, slam the door on 2020, there will certainly and unfortunately not be, a ringing in of immediate change or a return to life as we knew it with the new year. The impact of the pandemic is expected to have long-term effects and understanding this along with planning and getting ahead of this, could be the difference between a ...

Jan. 21, 2021

By Vistex Inc

Professional compost turner manufacturers recommend fermentation equipment

At present, due to unreasonable chemical fertilizer variety structure, backward fertilization technology, fertilizer management and other factors, farmland in many countries and regions is hardened and soil acidification, which aggravates the soil non-point source pollution, seriously endangers the quality and safety of agricultural products and hyperthyroidism of consumers. Green food planted by ...

Dec. 30, 2020

By Tianci Heavy Industry Machinery Co., Ltd.

A Budget Friendly Farrowing Feeding Solution

Focus: The New Gestal Swine Feeding System Optimizing Farrowing Sow Feeding at a Budget Price Pork producers are trying to improve the way they work. They wish to make effective decisions, increase cost savings, and improve sow performance and profitability. They also have to deal with challenges such as labor management. Since the owners of Jyga Technologies are pork producers too, they face ...

Dec. 16, 2020

By Jyga Technologies

Ventilation and cooling system to improve animal welfare and productivity

My name is Segev Segalchick, involved in the Dairy business for more than 25 years as Farm Manager, General Manager and consultant in Israel and around the world. I have degree of Animal engineer from Ruppin Academy in Israel and several study in Academy in US, Spain and others. ...

Dec. 10, 2020

By CMP impianti S.r.l.,

Ventilation and cooling system to improve animal welfare and productivity

Today we talk about ventilation and cooling in the barn, a much discussed topic in our sector, through this short interview we will show you the point of view of an expert in Brazil who talks about us touching various points of ...

Dec. 1, 2020

By CMP impianti S.r.l.,

Calf Operation Controlled and Optimized by DairyBOS - Case Study

Most recently, Fetzer Farms installed DairyBOS, the Dairy Barn Operating System, into their cow barn. The system is designed with our veterinarians to optimize their herd health and productivity all year long, through automated ventilation, cooling, lighting, and continuous environmental feedback. It gives Fetzer the connectivity and controls they need to efficiently and precisely manage their ...

Nov. 26, 2020

By VES Environmental Solutions

Reduce Summer Heat Stress in Dairy Cows and Mitigate Winter Pneumonia - Case Study

Fetzer Farms operates a double-20 parallel DeLaval milking parlor as well as its own calf and heifer facilities in Elmwood, WI. Their animal environments need to accommodate unpredictable summer humidity and heat, followed by below-zero winter temperatures and shorter daylight ...

Nov. 26, 2020

By VES Environmental Solutions

Healthy Heifers; High Conception Rates, Promising Future - Case Study

Through a dairy ventilation system designed with adequate intake, recirculation, and exhaust fans Fetzer’s heifers receive optimal fresh airflow at their ...

Nov. 26, 2020

By VES Environmental Solutions

Enhance Productivity in Your Calf Crop

Each dairy farmer has their own philosophy around the best way to raise calves. Every farm is different, and what works best on one farm may not work on another. Regardless of system, there are general guidelines that apply to any successful calf raising operation. When these guidelines are not followed, bottlenecks are created that impair growth and productivity. Because your system is ...

Nov. 24, 2020

By Diamond V

Feed Blending in Farrowing: An Optimal Feeding Solution

The Next Frontier in Lactating Sow Nutrition Advances in research regarding the nutrient requirements of the lactating sow have academics and producers alike realizing the need for feeding precisely to the needs of the herd, which can vary considerably from published values. For example, in the Swine NRC (Nutrient Requirements of Swine, published by National Research Council in 2012) gilt and ...

Nov. 20, 2020

By Jyga Technologies

Plastic Disease: You Need To Remove Net Wrap From Hay Bales

Why Do Farmers Use Net Wrap? Ever wonder how hay is Stored in Cattle Fields? Farmers use Net Wrap, which is often made out of plastic or twine. Plastic Net wrap and twine are used to hold Hay Bales together until it is time to feed cattle. It is a quick and convenient way to gather, load, and unload Hay Bales. In fact, when stored and applied properly, Net Wrap can maintain most of ...

Nov. 18, 2020

By Maxilator Equipment, LLC

Project - Cow Manure Anaerobic Digestion to Diesel Demonstration (Trenton FL - February, 2019)

T2C-Energy will install its mobile TRIFTS demo unit at Alliance Dairies’ manure digester in September 2018. T2C-Energy will commission, debottleneck, and troubleshoot the process with live biogas. Funding for this operation is provided in part by our equity partner, US Cleantech and the US Department of ...

Oct. 31, 2020

By T2C-Energy LLC.

Water: A Key Element for Cow Cooling from The Inside-Out

When thinking about achieving cow comfort, our focus at VES revolves around the engineering, design, and layout of fans, lighting, soaking technology, and high-pressure fogging within a barn. Those elements comprise the core of what we do, but it’s not everything. Consider this: 88 percent of milk consists of water, so ensuring plenty of fresh drinking water is available to cows at all ...

Oct. 29, 2020

By VES Environmental Solutions

From Bean to Bar: Chocolate Processing in 5 Steps

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, at least for chocoholics! Halloween is the perfect excuse not to be judged for indulging your sweet tooth. Despite COVID-19, candy sales are picking up rather than slowing down. According to the National Confectioners Association, Halloween chocolate sales are up 25.3% this year compared to 2019. With all this chocolate flying off store shelves, it ...

Oct. 27, 2020

By MadgeTech, Inc.

It Takes Guts

If there’s one thing we know about pigs, it’s their love for food. A lot of food. We even use the terms such as “eat like a pig” or “pigging out.” Since swine are always on the lookout for their next meal, make sure the feed you’re putting in front of them will have a positive impact on their health and life-stage needs. Today, pork producers face ...

Oct. 19, 2020

By Diamond V

Probiotics in Poultry Nutrition

Probiotics for chickens are widely added to poultry feed and drinking water. These beneficial bacteria help to improve poultry’s growth, health, and nutrition. The main objective of adding probiotics in feed is to optimize nutrition and health. Different food additives used for poultry production helps to meet nutritional needs. Over 2000 years ago, Hippocrates said that “all ...

Oct. 1, 2020

By Invivo Biosciences, LLC

Why in animal production feed efficiency is so important?

Feed efficiency improvement in farms is a global challenge because: Feed efficiency is important for farmer’s profitability Available surface for agriculture and feed/forage production is decreasing Human population and food demand are increasing in quantity and quality (animal proteins) Feed costs are increasing (direct and inputs) In the future we should produce more goods with ...

Sep. 16, 2020

By TIMAC Agro Italia

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