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Many dairy producers have installed brushes to promote cow grooming, comfort and welfare. A study conducted by a University of British Columbia researcher found cows would willingly expend energy to push an increasingly weighted gate to access an automated mechanical brush.
There’s a significant amount of research indicating that raising calves in pairs results in greater solid-feed intake and weight gain as well as less aggressiveness and improved cognitive development.
'The animal-welfare issue is like a sleek bullet-train,' says Dr. Nigel Cook, veterinarian and chair of the Department of Medical Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's School of Veterinary Medicine.
Jennifer Van Os, assistant professor of dairy science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, discusses updates to the National Dairy Farmers Assuring Responsible Management Program.
The animal-welfare issue is moving fast – and will only move faster in the future.
Lynn Grooms writes about the diversity of agriculture, including the industry’s newest ideas, research and technologies as a staff reporter for Agri-View based in Wisconsin. Email lgrooms@madison.com to contact her.
The National Dairy Farmers Assuring Responsible Management program has the largest amount of participation by dairy farmers. Another dairy assurance program – the Dairy Well program established by Dean Foods – is available to farms selling milk directly to Dean Foods rather than selling through a cooperative.
Also available to dairy farmers for specialty labeling is American Humane Certified, part of the American Humane Association's Farm Animal Program, and Humane Farm Animal Care’s Certified Humane. American Humane created its welfare-certification program to help ensure humane treatment of farm animals. The program provides third-party audits to help verify that certified-producer care and handling of farm animals meets the American Humane Association’s science-based animal-welfare standards. The program also provides information to farmers on best humane practices.
Humane Farm Animal Care is a certification organization that was established to improve the lives of farm animals in food production from birth through slaughter. Its Certified Humane Raised and Handled label was developed to assure consumers that such labeled food products come from facilities meeting objective standards for farm-animal treatment.
Visit nationaldairyfarm.com to download the proposed National Dairy Farmers Assuring Responsible Management Version 4.0. Visit deanfoods.com to learn about the Dairy Well program and for more information.
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Many dairy producers have installed brushes to promote cow grooming, comfort and welfare. A study conducted by a University of British Columbia researcher found cows would willingly expend energy to push an increasingly weighted gate to access an automated mechanical brush.
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