Dairy-typical canadian dairy farm Flashcards
typical canadian dairy farms
-intensive mamagement system (animals kept indoors)
-limited grazing in some areas
how are cows usually kept contained
tie stalls and free stalls
what is more popular tie stalls or free stalls
tie stalls
about 73% barns in canada are
where are tie stalls most common
mostly seen on the east of canada
what is the average milk production of a holstein
11,147 kg milk per cow
what is the average milk production of a jersey
7,282 kg of milk per cow
what precent of the national herd do jerseys and holsteins make up
holstein- 93%
jersey- 4%
where did the jersey originate
from the channel island of jersey, canada in 1868
what is special about jersey milk
high butterfat and protein content
why has the production of all dairy breeds gone up over the years
1) improves feed research, nutrition, nutrition mamagement
2) because of much improved genetics (technologies such as AI)
-improved barn air quality
-improved disease control (mastitis) such as robots for early detection
-robots allow for more frequent milking, meaning more milk production
what is milk quota
a licence to sell milk to the provincial milk marketing borad (saskmilk)-supply mamagement
how is quota measured
in kg butterfat
what is total production quota (TPQ)
-what is allocated to each province and the province distributes the TPQ
-fluid milk (class 1; 40%) + industrial milk (classes 2-5; 60%)
quota can be…
bought and sold-prices fluctuate
how much TPQ is there a year
399,050,000kg butterfat/year
