Dairy farming is a form of agricultural, or an animal husbandry, enterprise, for production of milk for longer-terms, usually from dairy cows but also from goats, sheep and camels, which may be either tested, pasteurized and processed on-site or transported to a dairy factory for processing and eventual retail sale.
Most of the dairy farms sell the new born male calves for meat, or for breeding depending on quality of the bull calf, as they won't produce any milk.
Dairy farming is very important and essential because it gives us many quality products and creates employment and income for many people. In dairy farming several works are included from cleaning and bathing the cows to grazing of cows. To graze these animals, dairy farmers need to grow the essential pastures in a piece of land so they grow their own fed, typically including corn, and hay. So, this involves several mechanisms like tractor for tilling, planting, watering, and etc. Grown plants are fed directly to the cows, or is stored as silage for winter.
A large man-force is required for this type of farming to do the daily tasks of maintaining the dairy farm. Some positions on the farm would be herdsman, milker, calf feeder, feeder, mechanic, etc. Some support jobs in dairy would be: vet, nutritionist, semen salesman, classifier, feed salesman, research, milk hauler, dairy supply sales, etc. Even it is very important for our dairy industry to be sustainable and liveable.
Farmer's work included are:
Most of the dairy farms sell the new born male calves for meat, or for breeding depending on quality of the bull calf, as they won't produce any milk.
Dairy farming is very important and essential because it gives us many quality products and creates employment and income for many people. In dairy farming several works are included from cleaning and bathing the cows to grazing of cows. To graze these animals, dairy farmers need to grow the essential pastures in a piece of land so they grow their own fed, typically including corn, and hay. So, this involves several mechanisms like tractor for tilling, planting, watering, and etc. Grown plants are fed directly to the cows, or is stored as silage for winter.
A large man-force is required for this type of farming to do the daily tasks of maintaining the dairy farm. Some positions on the farm would be herdsman, milker, calf feeder, feeder, mechanic, etc. Some support jobs in dairy would be: vet, nutritionist, semen salesman, classifier, feed salesman, research, milk hauler, dairy supply sales, etc. Even it is very important for our dairy industry to be sustainable and liveable.
Farmer's work included are:
- They start work at 4-4:30 early in the morning.
- Taking the cows out to the yard in the warmer weather for exercising. And then they clean the stalls where as in colder months, the cows will stay in and they have to clean the stalls around the cows.
- They take care of the animals by checking bruises, wounds, hooves by just seeing the cow is healthy.
- Feeding and caring for the young calves.
- In all seasons they take care of the plants they have grown because these are the main food to animals.
- Clean the hoses, pipes and connections again.
- Milking the cows again around 4:00 pm.
- They will check the milk whether there is any thing wrong and then again they feed the cows in the evening.
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