TWO ALTERNATIVE ANIMAL HEALTH CARE WORKSHOPS Sponsored by Lakeview Organic Grain (that's us!) ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE FOR RUMINANTS WITH DR. PAUL DETLOFF, DVM,...
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Brent Beidler
bbeidler@...
Mar 4, 2002 2:17 pm
Hello group members, Nothing helps me get through late winter and mudseason better than thinking of the upcoming growing season. The current contemplation for...
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Steve or Mia Morrison
mmorrison@...
Mar 5, 2002 9:28 pm
Hi Brent - Steve and I were also concerned about the one-use plastic problem (we have an in-line wrapper). We heard that there is a plant in Vt that is ...
Several years ago I worked my middle year at college on a large farming estate where we tried a method of round bale "clamping." The idea was to encapsulate...
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Chuck Deichmann
cdeichmann@...
Mar 6, 2002 4:21 am
Hi everyone Is there a preservative that can be used on Organic forage?. I think that would be the only solution if you were not going to in-line or...
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Julia Grace
grace@...
Mar 7, 2002 6:55 am
We do not make our own hay but contract with another grower. Here on Salt Spring Island and on Vancouver Island, it is very hard to get good enough hay for...
Hi folks, Cornell is starting up a new research facility in Freeville that will be devoted to organic research. They are trying to use organically-certifiable...
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Brian Caldwell
caldwell@...
Mar 7, 2002 1:31 pm
Sixth Annual Vermont Grazing Conference Draws Three Hundred By Gwyneth Harris Once again, farmers from across New England and beyond, braved the Vermont...
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Brian Caldwell
caldwell@...
Mar 7, 2002 1:42 pm
Hi folks, Cornell is starting up a new research facility in Freeville that will be devoted to organic research. They are trying to use organically-certifiable...
Brian, Please let me know if there is anything Elysian (c) Sustainable High Tensile can do to assist you in getting established. We are continuing to build a...
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randkarnold1@...
Mar 7, 2002 2:27 pm
Hello All US Organic Dairy Farmers, The NOSB has just released a new recommendation on the National Organic Program replacement dairy animal issue. I have...
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Vicki Dunaway
ladybug@...
Mar 7, 2002 4:33 pm
... Kathie and all -- I am mostly a listener on this list but would like to ask some questions and chip in my two cents on the antibiotics issue. First I need...
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richard w Arnold
randkarnold1@...
Mar 8, 2002 3:23 am
Vickie Dunaway, Yes, if a cow on an organic herd needs to be treated with antibiotics, she must then be removed from the herd and her milk can no longer be...
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richard w Arnold
randkarnold1@...
Mar 8, 2002 3:29 am
Hi All, I received a call from Ray Ingalls from Tioga County, in northern Pennsylvania. He is PCO certified and would like to find organic dairy farmers...
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Russ Thompson
pmfb@...
Mar 8, 2002 6:43 pm
richard w Arnold wrote: I think in part due to the desire of milk processors to have ... Speaking of antibiotics. Is anyone concerned about these "no...
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Roman Stoltzfoos
swf@...
Mar 9, 2002 1:44 pm
Can't resist commenting on antibiotic use as follows. No cows have needed antibiotics to prevent needless suffering here in at 6 years. There may be times in...
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Julia Grace
grace@...
Mar 9, 2002 5:03 pm
Roman: Why do you use as little fermented feed as possible and how does that relate to the need or lack of it - for antibiotics? Julia ... From: Roman...
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richard w Arnold
randkarnold1@...
Mar 10, 2002 11:25 am
Russ, I had no idea that there were antibiotics used in AI. In devising organic standards, we must not get so pure that we forget human safety as a just cause....
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Russ Thompson
pmfb@...
Mar 10, 2002 12:02 pm
... Most of the stuff in an AI straw is antibiotics. While it may bea small dose to the whole cow it is a fairly large dose to her reproductive organs. ... Of...
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William Casey
wtc8@...
Mar 10, 2002 5:42 pm
... ******************************************************************** Bill Casey PO Box 36 Apulia Station, NY 13020 315 683-5674 e-mail: wtc8@......
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Smith, Zarah
Z.K.Smith@...
Mar 10, 2002 8:53 pm
Hi there, I supervise an organic farm here in New Zealand at Massey University. We still use AI for our cows but we use semen that has no antibiotic mixed...
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Roman Stoltzfoos
swf@...
Mar 11, 2002 2:39 am
If my understanding of the grass-fed-is-better principle is good there is a definite drop in rumen ph when fermented feeds are fed. This exposes a cow to a...
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Tom McLaughlin
tooflesscow@...
Mar 11, 2002 5:05 pm
Hello, I'm new to the group and our family is interested in purchasing a family cow to add to our veg. fruit and poultry that we raise organically. We've done...
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kate less-madsen
Lessmadsen@...
Mar 11, 2002 6:03 pm
Ever consider a Milking Shorthorn? Temperment is better than Jersey, with the benefit of dual purpose...so when you might get sick of milking, she can become a...
--Hi, yep we've considered all of the minor breeds but the availability has been a problem. Its the reason we are in this sort of group trying to find a minor...
--Hi, yep we've considered all of the minor breeds but the availability has been a problem. Its the reason we are in this sort of group trying to find a minor...
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richard w Arnold
randkarnold1@...
Mar 12, 2002 9:37 pm
In looking over all our healthcare products for National Organic Program compliance, the 23% calcium gluconate that we use to give cows intravenous calcium...
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dave johnson
provident@...
Mar 13, 2002 1:33 am
I Would think this application would be in the catagory of life threatening and therefore justify the IV, but it may mean the animal is no longer fit for...
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Rick & Kathie Arnold
randkarnold1@...
Mar 13, 2002 2:25 am
We have also been able to use calcium gluconate to date, but now with the closer scrutiny of all ingredients in a product for NOP compliance, our certifier is...
Kathie and others interested in this problem, Mark Purdey told us that many of his fellow organic farmers in Britain use vitamin D3 injections for milk fever....
