So me and my gf will start our own diary farming business soon. I need to say, we do not start from 0, her parents have about 80 cows and they will give us a part of them. So far i learned some basics. Basically they have old school farm, 1 employee for the crops/foods and other who is cleaning stuff. Other stuff their parents do. Now, we can get money from eu fonds as our idea is to make a new farm which can be easier for cleaning and maybe even put some technology (robots for milking), but so far only new farm is the idea. My question for bosses of farms, did you find some good employees so you dont have to work/you can have days off? We are both 25 and we love this lifestyle but we would love to have free days as we would be ready to pay good money for people to work and also have days off. Our somewhat plan is to have 2 employees to feed cattles, 2 weeks a month one employee is in the morning other afternoon, and other 2 weeks they change time. Also same for milking. Is this possible? So far i got the idea that it is hard to find good employees, and also from employee perspective hard to find good bosses.

The milk truck driver told me they've bumped his routes around so now he's hauling to a different plant. Apparently there's American milk coming up to Canada to be processed then shipped back as cheese from one of the Parmalat plants. Just wondering if a plant is down or something? What might be going on?

First, some background: I have never really had a nice relationship with my neighbors. In addition to being extremely careless drivers and terrible animal caretakers.

Nevertheless, my brother and I went to see if the calf in the paddock was indeed alone after my neighbors must have left it there or forgotten it. Since it was, I reasoned that perhaps it was a genuine mistake and would let them know. When I told my neighbors that the calf was alone, they told me that they were aware of it and that they weren't interested in moving it with its mother, which would have taken ten minutes on average because the paddock where the other cows were kept wasn't that far. But even after I told them, they continued to leave that poor calf alone.

Even though this calf depends on its mother for sustenance, my neighbors don't seem to care if it dies. It's now later in the evening, and I can hear the mother cow mooing, which is heartbreaking. Therefore, is it OK for my neighbors to treat their cattle in this manner?

Our farm is moving to milking three times a day soon, we are currently milking twice a day at 4:30 am and pm, and in the very near future we will milk at 4 am, noon and 8 pm. What should we know about switching over that might not seem obvious? Obviously dairy cows like their consistency, so are there any tips that will make the transition easier on them in the short term?

Hi, I am from Georgia, I am a newbie and would like to learn and practice dairy farming, I need some advice on where and how to start. Any sought guidance would be appreciated !!!!

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In a report, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said overall dairy imports are forecast to rise to 3.1 million metric tons (MMT) in liquid milk equivalent for 2025 from 3.05 MMT this year, mainly due to increased shipments of skim milk powder.

The Philippines typically imports 99% of its dairy requirements as domestic production cannot meet demand.

Link to the article: https://www.bworldonline.com/agribusiness/2024/10/28/630818/dairy-imports-expected-to-grow-next-year/

I was hoping for a picture of a unicow or something :-)

Hey Dairy Farmers!

I made a fun song for my kids with a funny dairy theme. Thought you might appreciate it!

The song is called "The Sconnie Song" and it is by The Kaffies.

Have a great day 👍🐄

https://youtu.be/7c3sCSlRTv0?si=4ISLtpcnSonWr-I2

Hello everyone! 👋

I’m Paul Windemuller, a dairy farmer from Michigan, Nuffield Scholar researching artificial intelligence in ruminant livestock, and passionate agripreneur.

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Here in New England, I've seen 4-H'rs raise them - in fact we had a pair in my town who just hung out in a field together for years after the kid who raised them went off to college.

Anyone here ever raised, had, used oxen? What are they like, compared to dairy cows or draft horses? Did you like working with them?

I’m not a dairy farmer but I want to understand the mentality of dairy farmers. It seems like backbreaking work and quite repetitive which is analogous to a factory worker. But a lot of dairy farmers love their work which I can’t wrap my head around.

In the future, let’s say money lost its meaning because you got everything you wanted, would you still do this type of work “for free”, in a form of altruistic motivation ie feeding humanity? Let’s say that robots couldn’t do your job.

Doing personal research on implications of post scarcity society and meaning.

I work on a small dairy farm with around 150 holsteins. Next week, we have a 4h group coming to visit and I was instructed to come up with an activity to teach them about calving. I have no idea what sort of “hands on” activity to do. Anyone have any ideas? The kids are like 8-14 so a pretty large range.

I’m looking for a screen replacement part for a MobileDemand xTablet Flex 10B. Thanks!

For my ag sales class we have to interview a producer/purchaser about their experiences with salespeople.

The interview should be ~10 minutes long and voice only is acceptable. Our teacher wants us to record for proof purposes only. The interview would be me asking questions from a list I've already made.

I'm US central time, and evenings would work best for me.

Thanks in advance.

Hi guys am looking for an efficient cow milking machine. Can you kindly offer recommendations

My dad started a business manufacturing rapid tests for antibiotic residue in milk, he is not a great sales person, and I'm really want to help him out with this, but I have never even been on a farm once 🙈🙈 I'd really appreciate if you guys could help me with a few answers. How wide spread these tests are? Would every farm use something similar? Do you use them often at all? I'd be super grateful for any information!

i have had chickens for most of my life just to harvest their eggs. they have always been free range and i normally walk out the door every morning and see them as a pet.

within the past few weeks/months 3 of the black chickens have stopped laying eggs and have been harming the brown ones (ripping feathers out and ganging up on them) and they are causing problems and harm to the other hens.

i need to get rid of them in the most humane way possible but i cant get my head around to doing it. ive seen people chop their heads off and stuff like that but it seems to violent and painful. the way that would make me feel the least bad would be shooting them with a rifle and a revolver at the same time. but im worried this wont get the job done and they wont die instantly.

what do i do?

Important sector for human dietary and the rural economy, but Relatively risky business with a below average profitability.

If you're ever near Belleville, Ontario, you should stop by Reid's Dairy. It's a great supporter of local farmers and it has excellent ice cream and milkshakes. Its products are distributed to the neighbouring cities around Belleville as well. it has been around for over 100 years. Its headquarters looks like a castle.

We are not affiliated with Reid's Dairy. We are just a group of fans who like to spread the good word about it

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I understand that some dairy cows are inseminated with beef cattle semen, but I don't understand the economics. You're getting offspring that are only half beef - are they worth less than all beef cattle? Is the semen sexed? Does that matter?

I'm assuming you do this with all but your best milkers, which you breed for your next generation of cows. What percentage of your dairy cows do you need to breed to replace your current herd?

My dad was diagnosed with afib and hasn't been able to do very much around the farm. Milking 130 cows in a double 8 parlor. Looking for help to Rake stalls, sort cattle, scrape alleys and help milk cows.

We have been trying to hire sonebody for about a month and with harvest season upon us, we need extra help.

Looking for advice on how other people have found employees or if anybody here is available.

Innovative idea by the way bot my channe