Milking the cows and cleaning the dairy parlour. Bringing the cows in from grazing for calving, milking, vet assessments/treatments. Mucking out.
Good conformation, good milking ability, calving ease, forage convertibility, etc.
fencing milking shifting stock calving fixing troughs feeding out
In terms of what, quantity of milk? Butterfat? Milking ability? Temperament? Calving ease? Please be more specific.
Yes, always.
Cow milking started long long time ago before slavery.
Birthing, or calving.
Make sure you've fed the cow before you try milking it
Milk Toast
YES!! Drying off a cow prior to calving is VERY important. It's not to increase colostrum, but to generate it right after the calf is born. Cows need to rest and gain a bit of weight too, with a couple months taken off from being milked, before they calve and produce milk again.
Samples must be take before milking
high carb milk