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Dairy Management and Production
Milk is one beverage many people like to drink. Knowing where it comes from, how it's produced and what animals are involved in milk production is all that makes up this category. Everything milk and dairy can be asked and answered here.
1,196 Questions
Will a calf gain more weight from milk or grain?
This depends upon what stage of development the calf is in. A newborn calf, up to about 4 months of age, cannot digest grain and must be fed milk. After about 6 months of age, the calf is completely swapped over to grain and cannot digest milk. In between, the calf can utilize both.
Answer 2:However, unlike what was mentioned above feeding grain to calves at that age is done not all that uncommonly, and it has been noted by researchers that feeding grain to a calf will help better develop its rumen than milk or grass can. A calf may not be able to digest grass or grain as well as an adult cow because of its underdeveloped rumen, but it doesn't stop it from eating it or even experimenting.There is much debate among producers as to whether creeping the calves over to grain while still on their dams is best or not. Many say it's worth it, others disagree. Most of those producers who raise their cattle on grass/hay only will not utilize grain to help fatten or increase the weight of unweaned calves, and simply rely on the ability of the cows' to increase the calf's weights, as well as genetics.
But also as mentioned above, this really depends on the weight and age of the calf.
Why can't cheese be made with ultra-pasturized milk?
Ultra-pasteurized milk contains just about no bacteria. In order to make cheese, there must be the necessary bacteria present, either from slightly or normally-pasteurized milk or from raw milk.
How much does it cost to buy a jug of milk?
Depends on were you live and were you buy it at. Normally it costs around $2.00.
It is a light cream undefined by regulation, but typically 12 to 13 percent butterfat. Normal milk is considered to be 3.2 percent butterfat, whipping cream is 32 percent and heavy cream is 40 percent. Half and Half is also called coffee cream, and most dairies produce a wide range of fluid milk products depending on the need of the market, from skim (less than one percent butterfat) to confectionary cream at 50 percent butterfat.
Milk fever occurs normally in dairy cattle that have just freshly calved. This is a calcium deficiency, the cow is putting all the calcium from her body into the milk leaving her deficient. This is treatable through an IV of calcium into her jugular vein.
Why do Wisconsin cows make good milk?
cold climate causes the heifer's glads to produce a richer (fattier) milk in larger quantities.
If a Christmas pudding takes 6 hours to boil how long will it take in a pressure cooker?
my book says 10 hours on high
How much feed do you need to make a 700 lb cow?
You cannot make a cow. Feed is to be fed to a cow, not to make one.
Why does your urine curve when you pee?
Same reason the flow of water from a hose curves, or liquid poured from a pitcher or a bottle. Same reason a thrown ball makes an arc, and an arrow fired from a bow. You have some forward thrust behind it, stronger than the downward pull of gravity. After a little while the momentum weakens, and then the pull of gravity is stronger. This makes a curve. If it happened all at once, you'd see a right angle--a square corner where the horizontal push stopped and the downward pull began. That would really look funny.
Generally only female goats produce milk. However, on very rare occasions male goats may begin producing milk.
Is yak used for dairy farming?
Yaks are raised in part for their milk in Central Asia. I suppose you could call it dairy farming.
What is the medicine used for dairy cows to increase milk production?
There is no "medicine" that is used for dairy cows to increase milk production. Only a particular growth hormone called rBGH or recominant Bovine Growth Hormone.
Why is breast milk superior to infant fomula which is based on cow's milk?
Breast milk is made for human children and cow based formulas are using what nature intended for calves. Each mammal species produces the exact best milk for its own young. And while cow's milk might be tasty and easily available, what is best nutritionally for a child is its own mother's milk.
How can you increase milk quantity at dairy farm?
Hormone injections, better feed, and good housing with good ventilation.
Lay off the hormones and give the girls some love. Name them , talk to them, sing to them. Give them some pats and rubs before and after milking. Let them out to pasture to play and graze.
Yes, and often do. Free range farm ducks often go for the milk pail to get a drink. Milk has good amounts of calcium and proteins that would help the duck produce good solid egg shells. Ducks and chickens enjoy a feed of cheese whenever available also.
How will increasing a cow's milk production most likely impact society?
Milk can be supplied to more people using fewer animals.
What is the large milk secreting gland on cows?
It's called an udder, and cows are bred, either to give more milk, or to give more lean beef.
How do you know if your milk cow is getting ready to give birth?
The earliest sign is that she will wander from the flock. This does not happen all the time, but usually does occur. This will happen roughly a day prior to lambing. Around the same time droplets of milk will appear around the teats, which also swell and redden. The sign at which the farmer should bring the ewe in to the lambing pen, if she isn't already in, is when the sac of placenta and mucus appears at the vagina and drops out. Lambing can occur immedietly after this, or up to eight hours after.
When was the milk hormone first added to cows?
Cows are not machines, they are living beings. There are several hormones present in milk that are naturally occurring, and have been occurring in the milk of mammals (not just cows) for millions of years.
