Dairy cows are ruminants, so fiber is an essential part of their diet as an energy source and ensures correct rumen function. Chaff cutters are designed for chopping the chaff into small pieces to aid chewing and swallowing and promote healthy digestion. Also, chopped hay creates less waste because cows may easily access the feed,

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If you’ve ever been on a cattle farm, driven past one, or seen one on TV, you might have noticed something unusual about the animals’ ears. Regardless of whether they’re cows or bulls, you may or may not have noticed that most of them have a certain kind of ‘accessory’ attached to their ears. Often, these things also have some sort of writings on them as well.

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Ever wondered how milking machines worked? Well, we’ve got all the answers! Seriously, it’ll blow your mind.
Milking machines work by exposing the teat of the animal to a vacuum and then extracting the milk that is induced by this process. Milking machines are designed accordingly to apply a constant vacuum to the very end of the animal’s teat and therefore draw the milk out, forwarding it to the respective milk container.

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Suppose you want to own and operate a dairy farm. Maybe you see an economic opportunity in dairy farming that you’d like to capture. Or, perhaps the farming life is what you’ve always wanted for yourself. Whatever your reason may be, you’ll need an essential list of equipment to get your dairy farm up and

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