Such good advice from my creative mentor Samantha Bennett of therealsambennett.com . Start with who you know. Start with something you’re passionate about and good at doing. Start with something that gives value or solves a problem for the people you want to help the most. Make something no matter if it’s a “B”, then […]
Jane Sisam
Becoming a Data Scientist/Veterinarian at 67 years young.
Week 1: In the beginning… It’s true. When the student is ready the teacher appears. I’d “failed” again. I had ventured down the E-Commerce path, dreaming of fame and fortune, only to realize that doing it with a shop centered on French Bulldogs wasn’t going to get me there. Sure I could keep faking it […]
Palm Kernel Extract..Villain or Hero?
There has been a lot of debate about Palm Kernel Extract. I expect you have your own thoughts on it too. Some dairy companies see Palm Kernel Extract as a villain. It’s high in lauric acid which is a saturated fatty acid with a much higher melting point than the common fatty acids we find […]
Make More Money With Fibre
A little long fibre in a cows diet goes a long way. After all, fermenting complex carbohydrates is what a ruminant does best. Try giving them some and see for yourself. And it can be a profitable exercise. Through gains in feed conversion and better animal health. So how do all these benefits come about? […]
How To Reduce Nitrogen Leaching From Cows
Cows recycle the nitrogen they eat and share it with us in their milk as true milk protein. As well as other N containing compounds like milk urea, which has this molecular formula …CH4N2O Nitrogen is also excreted from their bodies in their urine, again as urea. This represents a loss and a missed opportunity […]
Efficiency…Five Truths That Will Surprise You
Efficiency is a quality that most people don’t have an argument with. To me the word conjures up a vision of a conveyor belt with components getting added sequentially until the finished product rolls off the production line and into it’s final package. How could anyone argue against efficiency? Why would we not want projects […]
3 Reasons Why Ketosis in N.Z. Does Deserve Attention
Clinical and sub clinical ketosis in dairy cows does deserve attention here. In the latest N.Z. trial even the scientists were surprised by how common it was to find ketone bodies in the blood of cows at levels higher than 1.2 mmol/litre….especially in the month just before calving and the month immediately after. We need […]
5 Steps To Easier And Faster Problem Solving
We weren’t taught problem solving at school. Rather we were taught A SYSTEM of arriving at the right answer. How to multiply twelve by thirteen for example.Of course in this case there is only one right answer. And back then we weren’t encouraged to figure out our own way if the accepted method wasn’t working […]
Revive your Animal Health- 10 Quick and Easy Ideas
It’s autumn and your cows are nearing the end of their lactation. They may only have 60 days to go. And you’ll be wanting them to keep milking as long as possible. Provided that they are also putting on body condition. Here are 10 Quick and Easy Ideas and action steps you can take with […]
How To Fix Low Milk Protein
There are many reasons why your cows could be producing less milk protein than you would like. Your cows are like high performance cars. Unlike a car though you can’t lift up the bonnet and take a look inside. That’s where our imagination comes in. And the brainstorming. Is it because milk volume is […]