Dairy farmers looking to expand must first get their land and people in place. That was a common theme from a cross-country panel of leading dairy farmers at the recent Progressive Dairy Operators triennial conference in Toronto. Gert Schrijver farms in Stettler, Alta., milking about 300 cows on 1,700 acres. He plans to build a […] Read more
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VIDEO: Alta. dairy farm invites the public for breakfast
Children joined their parents for guided tours, allowing them to pet calves and touch a beeping automatic feed pusher
About 1,000 people attended the one-day event, which was held June 24 from 8 a.m. to noon. Children joined their parents for guided tours of the farm, allowing them to pet the calves and touch a beeping Lely Juno automatic feed pusher as the robot slowly nudged silage along the floor toward the cows.
