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Old dairy equipment

Hi, I hope you don't think I'm mad, and I know this may be a long shot but does anyone out there know of any old Simplex or Hosier dairy equipment that is able to be acquired. I'm particulaly interested in the pulsation of both makes and the claws from Simplex. I know these companies have...

Posted to Livestock Lines (Forum) by wellies50 on Sun, Jul 3 2011
Vet student seeking Dairy experience

Hi all, I am a current vet student attending the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies in Edinburgh, Scotland. I am looking for a week of experience on a Dairy farm, ideally no more than 1 or 2 hours outside of the Edinburgh city area. I finish my exams on the 3rd of June and would like to start...

Posted to Livestock Lines (Forum) by cori on Tue, Apr 19 2011
Vet student looking for lambing/ dairy experience...hard worker!

Hi all, I am a current vet student attending the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies in Edinburgh, Scotland. I am looking for a week of lambing experience and a week of cattle (ideally, but if Il do two weeks of either!!!). I finish my exams on the 23rd of March and can start immediately after...

Posted to Livestock Lines (Forum) by cori on Mon, Jan 24 2011
Cattle id tags

We’re working with a well-known tag manufacturer to look at service, support, marketing and product development of ID tags for cattle. We’d like to understand more about how you choose and use ID tags, and what you think about the prospects, benefits and drawbacks of electronic ID for cattle. Below is...

Posted to Livestock Lines (Forum) by njyr on Fri, Jan 21 2011
A cheesy disappointment

Driving through this part of Victoria I’ve seen a lot of cattle country, with fields alternating largely between Angus and Holstein herds (or beef and dairy cows, for the non-farmers amongst you). Like a lot of the state I’ve seen already, the rolling hills around here are more than a little...

Posted to nufsaid (Weblog) by anonymous on Tue, Dec 14 2010
I spent five hours yesterday feeling like I was living the Christmas story of Mary and Joseph’s quest to find somewhere to stay. I thought I was going to have to make like Baby Jebus and crash in a stable, but luckily I managed to find the last bed in a ‘quaint’ (aka pokey, grotty ...

Posted to nufsaid (Weblog) by anonymous on Tue, Dec 7 2010
Udder singeing

Has anyone tried udder singeing their dairy cows to improve udder hygiene? does it work and when should you do it?

Posted to Livestock Lines (Forum) by alyb on Thu, Nov 4 2010
Slow mooving traffic

I’ve mentioned earlier how crazy the traffic is in India. Aside from the bonkers car and rickshaw drivers, the roads have to contend with beggars, street hawkers, families piled onto motorbikes and, most randomly, cattle. Cows are bloomin’ everywhere. They’re grazing on the motorway...

Posted to nufsaid (Weblog) by anonymous on Mon, Oct 25 2010
Climate news and knowledge#2

Author Name: Will Frazer In the last couple of weeks there has been talk of uncertainty about investment in AD, innovative responses to the impacts of the dry spell, spiced up sheep and super cows...

Posted to Farming Futures Blog (Weblog) by anonymous on Fri, Jul 9 2010
Re: Super Dairy

I think the headline says it all... "The toxic truth about mega-farms: Chemical fumes, distressed animals and poisoned locals driven from their homes and worse." What do you think? Anybody for a calm and rational debate on the issue of large dairying?

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by scott casey on Mon, Jul 5 2010

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