Today at the barn we focused on cleaning out the weaned pens. We made changes to the weaned pens roughly one month ago and it is very clear that the calves are flourishing. More silage is being eaten daily which also means the calves are drinking more water and growing larger. To clean the pens, now we will add fresh bedding on the top and spread it out fully. This method of bedding care is termed a bedded pack which puts focus on maintenance of temperature and pH with frequent management. It is important that a bedded pack is stirred/cultivated each day as this ensures ideal composting conditions. In fact, the Witter farm at Umaine has transitioned to using bedded packs for their lactating cows and have noticed an increase in milk production and a decrease in somatic cell counts. You can catch a video of myself spreading out some fresh bedding with the help of our weaned calves here.
Today we shipped 4,974 gallons of milk.
Today we had _ new calves.
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