The Canadian Dairy Xpo bring together the latest in the dairy sector in Canada, featuring innovation and youth programming April 2 and 3, 2025 in Stratford, Ontario.
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Canadian Dairy XPO to bring industry together in spirit of patriotism and focus on growth
CDX runs April 2 and 3, 2025 in Stratford at the Rotary Complex
Pondering a World Without Cows
Documentary outlines the impact of cows on people, economies and the environment
Alltech hosted the Canadian screening of a documentary it created called World Without Cows. It’s a high-production-value documentary focused on livestock’s economic, social and environmental impact.
Dairy LPI gets last minute updates
A dairy farmer figured out that the last index was over-weighted to milk production
The dairy Lifetime Performance Index will be updated April 1 and includes some changes in trait weighting, including milk production as a dairy farmer realized it was over-emphasized.
Dairy producers, researcher weigh in on how to increase longevity
Production, fertility and replacement rate need to be balanced against economic factors for dairy farms
Building longevity in dairy herds doesn’t have a sure-fire formula, however, production, fertility and replacement rate using a cow-specific metric balanced against economic and management impact should influence culling decisions.
Bird flu finds fertile ground in dairy mammary cells: study
Beef cattle may not have same susceptibility, although more work is needed on the topic
A U.S. study reveals that the avian flu clade that has infected dairy herds throughout the country affects dairy cows in their mammary cells — an unusual place for flu viruses to replicate.
Watch dairy heifers grow on well-balanced diets
There are numerous different ways to get a quality mix to a farm’s heifers
I have balanced many dairy heifer replacement diets in the last few months. It’s a pretty easy exercise, once I put it down on a pdf spreadsheet and then email […] Read more
Essential nutrients build strong, healthy hooves
Zinc, copper, manganese, cobalt and biotin are the major builders of solid hooves
The health and integrity of a cow’s hoof are critical for its overall well-being, productivity, and profitability. Inside every cow’s hoof, a silent factory works nonstop, turning living cells into […] Read more
Herds eliminating feed pellets in milking robots
Cows shown to learn to be milked without pellets in the robot in guided traffic systems
Updated March 12, 2025 Feeding cows to entice them to visit milking robots has been a best practice since cows started being milked automatically in Canada about 25 years ago. […] Read more
What numbers define dairy cow lameness?
Many farmers can’t quote their lameness data as well as other farm benchmarks
Lesion patterns, monthly locomotion scoring and incidence rates are measurable and recordable data for dairy farmers to record around lameness on their farms.
Top tips for successful dairy calf weaning
A step-down approach to weaning is critical as today’s calves consume more milk
Dairy calves weaned gradually are more likely to have greater gain, more feed consumption and fewer health issues than those weaned abruptly.
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