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It’s Getting Hot in Here: The Most Effective Way to Track Cows in Heat

Why Monitor Heat Signs Anyway? They say that timing is everything. This is definitely true when it comes to inseminating cows – the timing must

How to monitor energy balance using in-line milk testing

The physiological condition of any animal is reflected in the components of its body fluids, such as milk in a dairy cow. Using an optic sensor, we can measure milk composition (fat, protein, lactose and blood) for each cow during every milking.

Sdelano AFK Rostov

Introduction to Afimilk in Russian Language

Milk Sample

Instructions for taking milk samples.

Afimilk Projects

Afimilk Projects has vast worldwide expertise in setting up dairy farming projects from large-scale operations to small farms.

Afimilk MPC

Get full control over milking process at every milking point – for healthier udders.

Feeding cows as individuals will optimise yields and profits

Treating cows as individuals and going back to thinking like a cowman rather than a herdsman will optimise yields and profits, said South African dairy farmer Nigel Lok at this week’s British Cattle Breeders Club Conference, Telford.

Activity monitors: More than just heat detection

To assure cows calve at optimal intervals and maintain milk production at peak levels of efficiency, it is necessary to constantly keep a close eye on the cows, which isn’t always an easy task. Automated heat detection systems are making this possible in today’s industry. However, most systems on the market, including AfiAct, provide the producer with more that just a heat detection tool.

Chasing a dream: One woman’s fight for a dairy farm life

When we put Leontien VandeLaar on the cover of our 2011 “Women in dairy” issue, we knew she had a powerful story – but we were blown away by just how many connected with the Indiana dairywoman.