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MARCH-APRIL 2010 VOLUME 21 NUMBER 2
A close-up look at the Greenfield Dairy Site Managing against Mastitis 14 Heat detectives 17 Calved cows: how much to feed 20 Why fat is bad for your bottom line 23 Early grass for BETTER beef profits 26 Taking the fluke out of sheep production 29 The latest on area aid 30 Tillage: squeeze spring weeds 32 Harvest brings horses back to the forest 36 Plus Botanic gardens, farm safety and more...
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Figure 1: Injury Triangle Person
Workplace environment
Agent of injury
Figure 2: Dairy farmer fatalities Causes: 2000-2007 8% Falls 9% Collapse/ falling object
5% Other 27% Livestock
12% Machinery 17% Drowning
22% Tractors
Figure 1: Breed weights At a given level of fatness
HEAVIEST Belgian Blue Blonde D’Aquitaine Charolais Simmental Limousin Hereford Angus
LIGHTEST
Calving interval Days
420 410 401
400 390 380 370
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360 350 340
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Calving Pattern 07/08 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0
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Total gain, Feb-July 09 kg
193kg (1.3kg/day)
1000 1.49kg/da y over 64 900 1.16kg/da days 800 y over 61 (Apr-Jun) 0.86kg/day days after 700 turnout over 600 100-day winter 590 500 561 400 465 397 300 314 200 100 0 10/11/08 17/02/09 27/04/09 30/06/09 22/07/09
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