Tag / Dairy Farming
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Growing your own forage for small scale dairy farming – Practical experiences from small scale dairy farmer Mercy Siwale
Mercy Siwale small scale dairy farmer shares her account on how she started growing her own forage for her animals. She accounts her experience challenges and experience. Feed and Nutrition for dairy cows is the most expensive and therefore most important part of dairy farming. This contribution to the Agritech elearning platform has been provided…
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Expert Video Series with Hermann Kibler – Topic 4 – Managing cow comfort for maximizing milk production – Introduction
A critical component in ensuring the maximization of milk production and therefore profitability of your dairy farm is cow comfort. Our dairy farming expert Hermann Kibler introduces some best practices and important points to consider when it comes to cow comfort. In the next video you can catch the the 7 Pro Tips and the…
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Expert Video Series with Hermann Kibler – Topic 3 – Comprehensive management practices for dairy farming – 7 Pro Tips and Q&A
Our expert dairy farm manager Hermann Kibler give us 7 Pro Tips for dairy farm management best practices. These topics are crucial to keep in mind to ensure the smooth running of a dairy farm. 1. The understand of the importance of feeding to high merit genetic dairy cows 2. The knowledge of management of…
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Expert Video Series with Hermann Kibler – Topic 2 – Breeding of efficient feed converting dairy genetics – Introduction
Once you make sure that you have the best feed and nutrition for your dairy herd, what comes next? Selecting the right genetics and breeding high feed converting dairy cows is the critical next step to operating an efficient and profitable dairy farm. Our expert dairy farmer/farm manager has some important points for you to…