Raw Milk is in the news again due to illnesses reported in Michigan. While the illnesses are recent, the debate on raw milk, food safety, and consumer choice is at the core of the discussion.…

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The use of maps has always been a feature of importance for the ag sector. In the past, watching from above was vital for the feudal lords to have an overview of their lands and for this reason they built their homes atop the hills. This was probably also significant before that.



In the last few years, GPS software expanded the opportunities to plan and manage production systems by using satellite images and geo-positioning tools for… Continue

Internet 2.0 is essentially an interactive way to share and leverage collective knowledge and bookmarking is the way to share links of interest with people who are in related businesses, by categories and tags. It is an alternative way to search the Internet, which includes the possibility of accessing previous activities by other users like traditional social networks.



Many services provide an opportunity to select favorite content. The most used are Digg,… Continue

Milk production in kerala is mostly by "production by mass" i.e throgh small holder system where 2 or cows are being reared near to house holds. However a paradigm shift has been seen quite recently as more and more people find dairy farming as an enterprise or business opportunity and started dairy farm with 25 to 100 animals.Reason behind this move is none other than that demand has always been higher than supply and this gap has been created by the farmers who were previously in this sector… Continue

Over 80% of milk available in the market in Kenya is produced by Small Holders; that is individual farmers keeping between two to four dairy cows. Though majority keep traditional Zebu cows, there is a steady increase in moving towards rearing of exotic breeds, as the demand for milk is steadily increasing.



Most Small Holders prefere "Stall Management" localy refered to as "Zero-Grazing" which is an intensive system due to reduced farm size, and better desease controle. Also some… Continue