Tag / Dairy
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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 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 1 Feed and Nutrition – 7 Pro Tips + Q&A
Top 7 Tips for Managing Feed and Nutrition for Dairy Farmer/Farm Manager 1.1. High quality dense energy low cost forage feed in form of maize silage 1.2. High quality protein forage feed in form Lucern of Ryegrass grown under irrigation 1.3. Nutrition affects dairy cow performance, profitability and reproduction more than any other aspect of…
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Expert Video Series with Hermann Kibler – Topic 1 – Feed & Nutrition – Introduction
Are you managing a commercial dairy farm? Do you have a herd of dairy cows on your farm? Need some expert tips to keep your herd healthy and performing well. Hermann Kibler expert dairy farmer shares top tips and best practices on effective and efficient dairy farming. For the first topic – Appropriate feeding and…
