Dairy modernization
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Clifton Park, NY :
Thomson Delmar Learning ,
c2005
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Evaluating your current operation
- 2. Strategy development
- 3. Facility planning
- 4. Animal handling needs
- 5. Animal housing options
- 6. Animal housing features
- 7. Freestall design and bedding materials
- 8. Site selection
- 9. Miking center options
- 10. Feeding the dairy herd
- 11. Manure handling options
- 12. Animal acquisition
- 13. Heifer raising options
- 14. Labor requirements and scheduling
- 15. Labor management
- 16. Record-keeping systems
- 17. Acquisition of products and services
- 18. Fitting the pieces together
- 19. Expansion examples