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Fattening of steers of dairy breeds

In Ukraine the relation to growing calves of dairy breeds for meat is unambiguous. Yet a lot of farms fatten them. We decided to talk about the North American experience of keeping and fattening animals in this category.

In tune with the times

22.02.2016 07:55:47

Dairy farming doesn't stand still, new technologies constantly come into the industry. However, at the farms they appear earlier than in institutions which train future workers for dairy enterprises.

How to grow healthy calves. Practical advice

Do you know that almost 15% of the heifers do not survive by the first lactation, and the third by the second lactation? The reason is diseases of newborn calves.

«Extra milk» and a sign of quality

22.02.2016 07:50:47

Andriy Yarmak: «Ukrainian Dairy Business is going through a very important period of its development. I say „development“, because I believe that before this, it rather floated downstream than developed. Now qualitative internal changes take place. So I would like us not to lose this opportunity and make it competitive business system».

Establishment of a professional goat breeding in Ukraine

2015, the year of the Goat, is very symbolic. It can be considered as the year of birth of professional goat breeding in Ukraine.

Managing a modern dairy farm

Teluk Sergii, consultant in dairy farming technologies CC ADP

Among the main trends of the dairy business in Ukraine and other former Soviet countries, witnessing reduction in the number of old dairy farms, is their reconstruction or new construction.

Factors of cows’ infertility

Successful reproduction is one of the most important factors of effective milk production. Therefore every owner of cattle concerned with the question: what prevents cow from bringing calf every year?

The end justifies the means

Selection and genetic work is the basis for the future productivity of the herd. Taking the right selection decisions and using the best bulls for the next generation of cows, the manufacturer creates the perfect herd, which will run for a long time.

Three enemies of feed making

Yuri Sivov, Director of Development of CC ADP

Roughage always was the basis of the cows’ ration: green grass mass, hay, haylage, silage. The cost of poor and quality feed is the same or slightly different. But the effectiveness of their use is better for quality feed.

«Vitchyzna’s» Milk

This farm is with its own character and its own way of development. They didn’t set a goal to run a race with others, competing for the highest yield, one of the main tasks was to care about animal health and milk quality. It is «Vitchyzna».

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