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Be Prepared For Heat Stress In Your Flock

Broiler Breeders - EN , Broiler Chickens , English , Layers , Poultry , Pullets , Turkeys

Poultry Team, New-Life Mills As we progress from spring into the long days of summer, we are reminded that the risk of heat stress in our birds is upon us. During periods of high temperature and humidity birds can experience heat stress potentially leading to large economic losses for poultry producers. As a result, it [...]

Get More Milk from your Dry Cow

Dairy EN

By Kathleen Shore More Profitable Cows with a 35 Day Dry Period? Common practice on Canadian dairy farms is to dry off cows 60 days before calving, feed a far-off ration until 21 days pre-calving, and then switch cows to a close-up ration. Given that ruminants need at least 3 weeks to adjust to feed […]

Cool Cows on Hot Days – Avoid Heat Stress

Beef EN , Cattle , Dairy EN

By Kathleen Shore, Ruminant Nutritionist, New-Life Mills When temperatures are high, cows are no longer able to lose heat by emitting it to their surroundings (radiation), passing it to the ground (conduction) or passing it to the air (convection). The only way for them to dissipate their heat load is by evaporation: breathing and [...]