Dairy Farming The Rearing And Feeding Of Dairy Stock And The Management Of Their Produce

Dairy consumption in Asia has more than doubled over the last 25 years, and has led to more than 50% of the world’s total dairy imports now entering Asian markets. Consequently, Asian countries are seeking to improve their self-sufficiency in dairy produce by developing their local milk industries. Asian livestock importers are looking for increasing numbers of high grade dairy stock from established dairy industries in countries such as Australia and New Zealand. Unfortunately, a major problem encountered throughout Asia has been the poor performance of these exotic high grade dairy heifers when exported from their country of origin to a new, more stressful environment. This has been due to a failure to prepare for their introduction. Exotic dairy cows, particularly those from farms with high levels of herd performance, have high management requirements. If subjected to local and traditional small holder dairy farm practices, they are unlikely to produce acceptable yields of milk or may not even get back into calf. Poor management practices can lead to low growth rates, delayed breeding, stock diseases and even deaths among imported stock both before and after first calving. Managing High Grade Dairy Cows in the Tropics addresses the entire range of management practices found on tropical small holder dairy farms, highlighting those which are likely to adversely impact on heifer and cow performance, hence farm profitability. It is a companion volume to three other manuals written by John Moran: Rearing Young Stock on Tropical Dairy Farms in Asia, Tropical Dairy Farming and Business Management for Tropical Dairy Farmers.

This edition (the 11th), has been completely revised and reset in a larger format. It covers all the dairy farming topics, including industry background, UK regulations, buildings and equipment, the organization of a dairy farm, cropping systems, grassland management, cow nutrition and feeding, herd management in winter and summer, milking equipment, quality husbandry, breeding, dairy herd followers, herd health, dairy management and profitability in milk production. The author lays particular emphasis on the requirements for business management in the context of production controls.

Rearing young stock for replacement heifers is probably one of the least well understood and practiced aspects of herd and feeding management on dairy farms throughout the world, particularly on smallholder dairy farms in the tropics. This book addresses all the major concerns of the small holder dairy farmer in Asia. It shows how to attain optimal growth in young stock, so that as cows, they can calve at an appropriate early age at the lowest cost and promptly substitute for any cows culled from the milking herd. This provides continuing returns on the investments of feed, labor and other farm resources. Low reproductive rates and high calf mortality are the major causes of reproductive wastage. This has a direct bearing on culling and replacement strategies and on genetic improvement. In many tropical countries, calf mortality can be as high as 50%. In some areas this can be due to climatic stress on temperate or crossbred stock. While climatic stress compounds the other hazards of calf life, high calf mortality is usually due to diseases and poor feeding management. Rearing Young Stock on Tropical Dairy Farms in Asiaencourages the smallholder dairy farmer to maintain their investment in replacement heifers and gives them the tools necessary to achieve realistic targets for mortalities, live weight gain, mating age and age and live weight at first calving. - Shows how to reduce mortality rates of milk fed and weaned heifer replacements in the tropics. - Covers disease prevention and treatment to ensure a longer lifespan of the milking herd. - Companion volume to three previous manuals written by John Moran: Tropical Dairy Farming, Business Management for Tropical Dairy Farmersand Managing High Grade Dairy Cows in the Tropics.

Better Dairy Farming: The Breeding, Feeding, Handling and Care of Dairy Cattle by Leonard Amby Maynard, first published in 1923, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.

In this book farm consultant Ralph du Faur concentrates on the rearing and management of dairy stock, including the vital aspects of stockmanship and milking management. Important chapters deal with feed budgeting, and the nutritive value and costing of feedstuffs. A comprehensive chapter covers the common diseases affecting dairy stock. The result is a thoroughly practical book, developed from a lifetime of farming and farm advisory experience, and drawing upon the current dairying research of highly-regarded New Zealand scientists. Ralph du Faur is probably New Zealand's most prolific farming author. His books include Dairy Farming for Profit, Sheep Farming for Profit, New Zealand Farming in Colour, Buying a Farm, Financing a Farm Purchase and The Legal Aspects of Farm Purchase. He has published over 500 articles on agricultural topics and has lectured in New Zealand and Australia. Ralph du Faur's dairy farming experience has proven relevance in and outside his native New Zealand. He has studied and lectured in Australia and his Dairy Farming for Profit was widely adopted in that country, including correspondence school use. It was also translated into Spanish for sale in the Argentine and Uruguay. The principles of Dairy Herd Husbandry are relevant to all countries basing dairy farming on the utilisation of pasture, and the practical aspects are readily adpated to climatic and vegetative differences. This is a thoroughly practical book, equally useful to students of agriculture and to young farmers. Established farmers will appreciate its well-presented facts and conclusions, and its valuable reference qualities.