Thursday, February 27, 2003 State keeps milk hormone seal By Associated Press AUGUSTA Ð Attorney General G. Steven Rowe has rejected a request by chemical ...
I was wondering if anyone that intensive grazes would share how they get water to each paddock. We will be having about 40 paddocks this year with some a ways...
Thanks to everyone for your ideas on getting water to all of our paddocks. We were lulling around two different ideas and all your insight helped us to make...
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Lisa McCrory
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Mar 6, 2003 12:25 pm
Traci - About 10 years ago a number of farmers tried the white plastic tubing as a way to keep the water from getting hot and found that over time the tubes...
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Brian Caldwell
education@...
Mar 6, 2003 2:20 pm
NOFA-NY and Cornell Cooperative Extension Sponsor Organic Dairy Meetings A series of three meetings on Organic Dairy Production will be held across New York...
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charlie taplin
VTHICK@...
Mar 6, 2003 3:41 pm
Traci, Running your main lines under tree lines, as close to the trees as possible will help keep it cooler. Orange or blue maple sap lines seem to keep...
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charlie taplin
VTHICK@...
Mar 6, 2003 3:41 pm
Traci, Running your main lines under tree lines, as close to the trees as possible will help keep it cooler. Orange or blue maple sap lines seem to keep...
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Lisa McCrory
lmccrory@...
Mar 7, 2003 3:34 pm
Help Wanted Seeking experienced farm manager for an 80 cow grazing organic dairy in Cooperstown, NY. Hope to work the right person or couple into a partnership...
Hi folks - Our friends, Mike and Maria Saeli, have asked if we could help them find the right person to rent their organic farm in 2003. The Saelis are...
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Julia Grace
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Mar 12, 2003 8:36 pm
Hi there: We have a first time heifer about to calve (due next Wednesday but doubt she'll last that long) who has the orst case of udder edema we have ever ...
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charlie taplin
VTHICK@...
Mar 12, 2003 11:51 pm
Hi, Julia The first thing to do is start milking her and don't worry about not having colostrum. When she calves feed the first few milkings same as you...
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butterfingers@...
Mar 13, 2003 12:20 am
Julia, We have had good results using liquid aloe. Certified organic juice is available at Wal-mart(of all places!) for about $7/gal. I pour about an ounce...
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charlie taplin
VTHICK@...
Mar 13, 2003 12:49 am
Aloe Vera juice can be used with any kind of treatment. It works as a support treatment and can cure. 2-8 ozs. per day on top of feed or as a drench. 1/2 -2...
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Julia Grace
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Mar 13, 2003 4:14 am
Hi there And big thanks to the people who wrotew to us about heifer udder edema. We're going to try everything. This list is a wonderful resource to us. We...
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Brian and Liz Bawden
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Mar 13, 2003 10:31 pm
Greetings everyone, This is one of those circumstances that doesn't make it into the nice glossy magazine articles about organic farming. We have an older...
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Cobblestone Valley
cvfarm@...
Mar 13, 2003 10:52 pm
Hi Liz and Brian, We've had similar circumstances and have had very good luck with the following: We give epsom salts to a fresh cow routinely if, when we feel...
Hi Liz and Maureen - Klaas says that his father, who grew up with the peasant knowledge of northern Germany, used to feed a down cow like yours raw eggs to...
We have had luck sometimes with more then the recommended Calcium amounts we even used 9 bottles on a jersey in 24 hours. Have you tried anything for grass...
We are looking into growing our own grain (we are trying peas, oats and barley) this year (or at least some of it) and we have some questions: 1. Seeing as...
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Brent Beidler
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Mar 14, 2003 2:03 pm
Hi, I know that some vets trained in accupuncture have been experiencing very good results with nerve damaged cows. My conventional neighbors have had our vet...
... We have used Homoeopathic Apis mel 30c with good success. Once she has calved I would most probably use Urtica urens 30c or above to help milk her out....
... glossy magazine articles about organic farming. We have an older Holstein cow down for 6 days now with what I can only assume is post calving paralysis....
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charlie taplin
VTHICK@...
Mar 14, 2003 9:43 pm
Brian & Liz, I think you have her in a box stall or outside. Footing must be so she feels she will have no problem getting up. Does she have the will to get...
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charlie taplin
VTHICK@...
Mar 14, 2003 10:00 pm
I would be very careful about giving alot of calcium bottles whether inthe vein or subQ you can cause a heart attack very easily. If you have to give a lot...
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Jerseyland Organics
jersylnd@...
Mar 15, 2003 4:56 am
Hi there, We have a herd of 60 Jersey's and every so often we have exactly what you have. We have found it is often a mineral imbalance and rather than...
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Kathie Arnold
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Mar 15, 2003 8:38 pm
Hello Everyone, Such a wealth of ideas and suggestions have been posted on the topic of post-calving paralysis! It would be great to be able to share these...
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Julia Grace
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Mar 16, 2003 3:04 am
Charlie I am milking her but not getting more than 1 cup total. How much should I be trying to get? Julia ... From: charlie taplin [mailto:VTHICK@...] ...
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charlie taplin
VTHICK@...
Mar 16, 2003 2:51 pm
Julia, It's not the amount that is important at this stage. By milking her you are creating blood flow in the udder and in time things will improve. Keep...
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Brian and Liz Bawden
bawden@...
Mar 17, 2003 2:23 am
Greetings all! Thanks to everyone for sharing your wealth of ideas and experiences. I hope it's OK with everyone to reprint these discussions in the NODPA...
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Julia Grace
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Mar 17, 2003 3:43 am
Oh, you are brave folk! Have you taken a blood test and found out what she's deficient in. We have done this from time to time and sometimes the results wil,...
