Investing in Agriculture: Dairy Cow Comfort

Описание: To help dairy farmers, we invested in research to learn how to make cows healthier, happier, and more productive. View the video to learn about the results.

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Full Video Transcript:

Male Narrator: To understand the importance of research into cow comfort, you need to understand a day in the life of a dairy cow. She eats. She chews cud. Gets lots of sleep. Visits the milking parlour. Spends time with her herd and she wants to be comfortable. Comfortable cows produce more, high-quality milk, and they live longer, healthier lives. Canadian dairy farmers have agreed on a code of practice to ensure a minimum standard of care for dairy cattle. Here’s what a cow needs. Good nutrition, comfortable bedding, room to move, regular veterinary care and a safe environment that prevents injury and disease. To help dairy farmers, we invested in research to learn how to make cows healthier, happier, and more productive. The initiative was a great example
of collaboration between four universities, private industry and government research centers. The findings were confirmed through a survey of 210 Canadian dairy farmers. The result is a really informative online Animal Comfort Tool to help farmers assess how well they are meeting the Code of Practice for Dairy Cattle.
It contains checklists, visual guides, measures and expert-level tips. And the tool was developed alongside a series of informative animal welfare webinars. Cow comfort matters. It means healthy animals. It means high quality dairy products. And it means pride in our dairy industry.