Feb 29, 2024 | Animal Care, Dairy News
We often share the good parts of what we do here on the farm with all of you, but I think it is important to share what farming is really like, even when it is difficult. So today I am sharing what cost us many hours of sleep as well as a lot of money over the last...
Dec 1, 2022 | Animal Care, Life on the Farm
In my last post, I shared what life looks like for a heifer on our farm. In this post, I thought I would take you through what a year in the life of one of our milk cows looks like. There’s a slight difference between our cows that live in our robot barn versus the...
Nov 6, 2022 | Animal Care
I thought we would share the life cycle of the dairy cows on our farm. I’m going to break this into two parts and for the first section, we will focus on the life of our heifers. To start out I figure I should explain what a heifer is. A heifer is a female bovine...
Jul 29, 2022 | Animal Care, The Majestic Crossing Team
On dairy farms, we rely on multiple experts to make sure our cows and our land are well taken care of. Just like dogs and cats, our cows also have a veterinarian. But instead of loading up the cows and heading into the clinic as we would with our pet, our herd...
Jun 30, 2022 | Animal Care
We are surrounded by technology in our lives. From our computers to our phones to our vehicles and watches, technology (mostly) makes our lives better. While a farm might not be the first place many people would think about using technology, we have some really neat...
Aug 23, 2021 | Animal Care
As we start to creep towards the cooler temps of fall, I thought I would share more about how we help our cows deal with hot weather. A cow’s average temperature is 101.1, so her normal is already hotter than a human’s normal body temperature. Cows prefer cooler...
