Tag: equipment
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DEXTER CATTLE – JOY, LAUGHTER, AND HEARTBREAK – PART 4
They are here! My wife and I watched the cattle huddle around the hay bale located in the horse turnout next to our stables. The cattle didn’t take long after delivery to settle themselves. I had let the grass in the turnout grow out and with the red and black of the cattle settled against…
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TECHNOLOGY creates a fence without A physical Fence
Nofence creates invisible boundaries that safely contain livestock without physical fences. Each mature animal wears a GPS collar that tracks its location and guides it within the virtual pastures you define in the Nofence app. The system combines GPS positioning, cellular connectivity, escalating audio cues, and gentle electric pulses to form a reliable and flexible…
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Cameras built specifically for farms and ranches
Technology continues to improve the way we can do things on our homesteads, farms and ranches giving us advancements in how we can monitor our precious Dexters. Here is a company that offers a solution. https://anywhere.cam/pages/solutions/farm-and-ranch
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Drones: The 21st century ranch hand
Technology has improved and capability of drones has greatly increased.
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Check Cattle Weight With Smartphone
Showing a trick to getting a cows approximate weight using your smart phone!
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Is Your Dexter Udder Hairy?
Let’s face facts. Some of our Dexter gals have some pretty hairy udders. All that hair is not something we want if we are trying to milk them and provide a clean product. I use these handy dandy scissors pictured below, but some folks also use electric clippers, as in the short video below. What…
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A little help from TECHNOLOGY can help with calving…
After many nights of interrupted sleep, due to monitoring a heifer and her first calving, I decided to let technology given it a try. I purchased a Moo Call device. Of course it arrived and she went into labor, but I decided to given it a try on my Dexter due. It was pretty simple.…
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Build a digital field model
Build an interactive map of your fields for a better overview.Keep all your information and activities easily connected.
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milking machines
The milking machine market can be so confusing. In an effort to help you wade through what is currently on the market, I created this spreadsheet. For the budget conscious, make sure that it has a true pulsation, an added bonus is ease of cleaning. While I have tried to include everything on the market,…
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Building a Solid Foundation
This podcast sent me into a few fits of laughter with the speaker’s dry humor. Obviously this experienced vet has been around, and has seen a few things. And while Dexter cattle (including the bulls) tend to be smaller and easier to handle, I highly recommend implementing the recommendations in this podcast. Not only will…
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Man vs Machine When Milking a Cow
I believe that you should learn to hand milk your Dexters and other dairy animals. For me the journey was to master hand milking. I moved on to a machine after I was milking several Nubians and Dexters. My body was telling me I needed help. I have never regretted this, as you have to…
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Have You Considered Fodder To Feed Your Livestock?
Sprouts (also known as “fodder” when used for animals) are economical to produce. Typical cost of production is less than 6 cents per lb. This includes seed, water, and electricity. Although sprouts cannot replace 100% of an animal’s diet, they have been scientifically proven to increase the digestibility of other feeds in the gut. That…
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Preparing Your Dexter Cow For Milking
https://discover.texasrealfood.com/dexter-cattle/preparing-your-dexter-cow-for-milking
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While We Raise Dexters, Many Utilize Their Homesteads and Farms for Many Other Crops Too. Here Are Some Great Tools!
With so many lists and products for small farms out there, it’s hard to know which tools to have on hand. This list covers nine essential tools for small-scale farmers and discusses why each is so important to keep around.
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The truth about Amazon milking pumps – Too Complicated
Milk Cow Machine Review!! Part 1 Is It Worth It?
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Dial in your irrigation
Lumo is an all-in-one precision irrigation system designed to get you up and running quickly and at a lower cost. Wireless, solar-powered, cloud-connected, and US-patented, our smart valves simplify installation and come standard with a built-in flow meter.
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Tips for milking cows By Deanna Clark from Simple Pulse
Photo from Deanna Clark, Lane’s End Iggy There are over 270 million cows producing milk across the world with about 10 million in North America alone and now you own one or more of those milk cows, congratulations! I bet you spent lots of time considering age, breed, reproductive status and temperament before you got your precious new cow…
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Coming to a solar farm near you: cows?
Letting livestock graze among solar panels isn’t a new idea, but it’s mostly been focused on sheep. – Submitted by Lessie Jo Frazier
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Homoeopathy for Bovine Mastitis – Submitted by Riley Wohlgemuth
Homeopathy for Mastitis …consider natural methods
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How Autonomous Vehicles Will Improve Sustainability
Autonomous tractors, drones, and seed planting, weeding, and harvesting robots https://www.digikey.com/en/articles/how-autonomous-vehicles-will-improve-sustainability-and-productivity-in-agriculture?utm_adgroup=General&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Dynamic%20Search_EN_RLSA_Cart&utm_term=digikey&utm_content=General&utm_id=bi_cmp-384476623_adg-1302921504343591_ad-81432677981982_dat-2333232393680003:loc-190_dev-c_ext-_prd-&msclkid=15cc6112854f18ab8361060fc8f7c63e
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