milk quality News
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Don’t let poor parlour hygiene ruin the quality of your milk
Every dairy farmer knows the importance of keeping their milking parlour clean and hygienic to prevent mastitis cases and improve milk quality. However, you may not be aware of just how many factors come into play in order to keep parlour hygiene at its best. Issues with high somatic cell count (SCC) or mastitis can cost farmers time and money to fix, not to mention milk quality and quantity ...
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DGA Update: Grazing Innovation Center Now Open to the Public
Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship has its own course offering that has been traditionally for apprentices going through the DGA program, the Managed Grazing Innovation Center. It is also now available to Masters, Interns, and the public for the first time! The MGIC currently has seven different offerings. In the fall, you can take Dairy Cattle Health and Wellness, Soil and Water Resources ...
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Signing of a framework collaboration agreement between INRA and Agrial
On 26 February 2015, INRA and agricultural and agri-food cooperative group Agrial signed a framework collaboration agreement at the Paris International Agricultural Show. The two organisations share a single vision of economically, environmentally and socially efficient farming and a responsible food processing. They also share the same belief in the economic development of rural regions. This ...
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New Sino-Dutch Dairy Development Centre to improve Chinese dairy chain
On 16 November, Wageningen UR, Dutch dairy company FrieslandCampina, and China Agricultural University (CAU), signed an agreement to establish a China-based Sino-Dutch Dairy Development Centre (SDDDC). The centre will focus on improving dairy production, safety and quality levels throughout the entire dairy chain in China by sharing Dutch dairy expertise with Chinese experts and decision makers ...
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Fluxergy Food Safety Use Cases: Testing Raw Milk
All dairy products must begin with safe, high quality raw milk. Due to milk’s high water content (87%), it is highly susceptible to tampering at the manufacturing level or through middlemen, and its nutritive value lends milk to being the ideal medium for bacterial growth. Thus, testing milk is critical to maintaining quality and ensuring the safety of the product. There is a wide range of ...
By Fluxergy
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VAS Unveils New Integrations with DairyComp and VAS Platform
Valley Agricultural Software (VAS), the global market leader in dairy management software, announced two major new integrations for the company’s DairyComp management software platform with Smartbow and Zoetis, the world’s leading animal health company. These new partner integrations give DairyComp users access to new data about their herd and operation that is aimed ...
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Canadian milk matters-thousands of dairy farmers from across Canada gather for rally on Parliament Hill
Today, thousands of dairy farmers and supporters came together for a rally on Parliament Hill to highlight the critical importance of supply management in Canada. This was in addition to other regional events, one held in Prince Edward Island at the office of the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Lawrence MacAuley, and one in downtown Regina. Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) President Wally ...
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Dairy Farmers of Canada publicly launches its sustainability initiative
Today, Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) hosted an event to highlight Canadian dairy farmers’ long standing commitment to high standards of care on their farms, through the public launch of the farmers’ sustainability initiative. Held at the Canadian Museum of Agriculture and Food, the event showcased the initiative’s interconnected national standards on milk quality, food safety, ...
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Erica Barks Ruggles Talks About her Work as American Ambassador to Rwanda
In an interview with ABC Newspapers last week, Erica spoke about her work in the east Central African Republic. With 23 years of experience as Foreign Service officer in India, Norway and South Africa and having served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor; Barks Ruggles began her three-year tour of service in Rwanda in January this year. “I’m thrilled ...
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A new CRM for somatic cell count in milk: ERM-BD001
The JRC released ERM®-BD001, a set of two Certified Reference Materials (CRMs) certified for the concentration of somatic cells in milk. The materials shall be used for calibration and quality control in dairy laboratories operating methods compliant with ISO 13366-1 (reference method based on microscopy) and ISO 13366-2 (routine method based on fluoro-opto-electronic counting). Worldwide, ...
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Fully Automatic Commercial Coffee Machine Milk Gear Pump
Fully Automatic Commercial Coffee Machine Milk Gear Pump With the continuous advancement of modern society, the application of automatic commercial coffee machines in the coffee industry is becoming increasingly widespread. Among them, the milk pump, as a crucial component, plays a pivotal role in the performance and user experience of coffee machines. We understand your systems, challenges and ...
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FAO calls for broader livestock vaccination to keep lumpy skin disease at bay in Eastern Europe and the Balkans
FAO has called for broader cattle vaccination to keep lumpy skin disease at bay in Eastern Europe and the Balkans, especially in areas where the risk is the highest. In a position paper published today, FAO warned that even countries that have not been affected by lumpy skin disease so far but are considered at risk need to carry out risk-based vaccination to avert the spread of the disease, ...
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Recommendations can change, thanks to new findings
Science informs the decisions farmers make in producing food and affects the food purchasing decisions made by consumers. Sometimes, long-held scientific recommendations change, and such a paradigm shift is afoot for fluid milk. Last week, a study led by Washington State University researcher Dr. Charles Benbrook drew some significant attention, particularly in health and dairy circles. Dr. ...
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Accelerated Genetics Offers Afimilk Silent Herdsman Cow Monitoring System
Accelerated Genetics, a leading A.I. company, announced it is partnering with Israeli-based Afimilk, Ltd. to provide the Afimilk Silent Herdsman cow monitoring system to North American dairy producers. “We’ve been looking at animal monitoring systems for some time, and Silent Herdsman by Afimilk is an excellent fit for our dairy producer customers,” said Albert Reurink, ...
By Afimilk Ltd
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Governments Invest in New Equipment to Ensure Ongoing Safety and Quality of Manitoba Milk
Investments in new equipment designed to provide a more detailed and comprehensive analysis of locally-produced milk will ensure Manitobans can continue to have a high level of confidence in the safety and quality of their dairy products, Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Minister Ron Kostyshyn announced today. Governments are providing ...
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Top milk in Cow Town
Dairy enthusiasm does not get any bigger than in the Western Australian hamlet of Cowaramup, where cows are worshipped, in art and in life. About a three-hour drive south of Perth, the idyllic locale affectionately known as ‘Cow Town’ is home to 42 Friesian sculptures and dairy farmer of 55 years Rodney May, his wife Nicole and their four children. The family own 235 hectares of ...
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Afimilk Users Named Top Herd Managers for Ontario Canada
The milk recording and herd management organization, CanWest DHI, has pointed out the best two managed farms in the region of Ontario Canada. Both winners utilize Afimilk management systems. Albadon Farms Ltd was rated first and Summitholm Holsteins second in a monitoring process that serves as a barometer of overall herd performance. To assess performance, six management areas are examined: ...
By Afimilk Ltd
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Cogent and FarmWizard Team Up to Increase Farm Efficiency
Two of the UK’s leading providers of agricultural services are teaming up in an effort to boost farm efficiency across the UK. Farmwizard and Cogent Breeding have joined their services to help farmers deal with vast amounts of complex data and create a resourceful, whole herd management solution. Belfast-based Farmwizard was established in 2004. The company developed the world's ...
By FarmWizard
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How to improve milk collection and milk
Collection of milk from farmer to dairy is done in many different ways in Europe. One should think that collection of milk is pretty straightforward but in reality there are different ways of doing the job depending on traditions, sizes of the farms, level of automation etc. Most dairies will surely agree on the importance of receiving milk of a certain quality and that the cost of collecting ...
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MPs Respond to Invitation to Tour a Dairy Farm
Today, the Bühlmann family of Sonibrand Farms opened their barn doors to their federal Member of Parliament Francis Drouin, along with several other Liberal MPs and staff from the Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC), for a guided tour of their family farm. Located 45 minutes from Parliament Hill, the Bühlmann’s own and operate a modern dairy farm, milking 100 cows with two robotic ...
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