Jun 15/06: PDA For Dairy Farms
North American dairy producers now have available a rugged PDA for instantly entering data about individual cows in their herds.
Developed by Valley Agriculture Software and Otter Products, LLC. the device can be carried around by producers, allowing them to enter data for individual cows in the field.
"Just as doctors keep patient files, dairies can now keep records of each cow with our software solution called Pocket CowCard installed on a Dell Axim," explains William Avila, Project Manager of the Daily Herd Management Department of VAS.
For the past 19 years, Avila has helped managed the growing number of people in the company's hardware, marketing, fulfillment and inventory departments. He helps to implement dairy software which controls approximately 4 million dairy cattle.
Developed by Valley Agriculture Software and Otter Products, LLC. the device can be carried around by producers, allowing them to enter data for individual cows in the field.
"Just as doctors keep patient files, dairies can now keep records of each cow with our software solution called Pocket CowCard installed on a Dell Axim," explains William Avila, Project Manager of the Daily Herd Management Department of VAS.
For the past 19 years, Avila has helped managed the growing number of people in the company's hardware, marketing, fulfillment and inventory departments. He helps to implement dairy software which controls approximately 4 million dairy cattle.
Jun 14/06: April Dairy Sales Down
Canadian dairy farmers sold 623 600 kilolitres of milk and cream to dairies in April, down 2.4% from April 2005, according to Statistics Canada.
Fluid milk sales stood at 237 300 kilolitres, and industrial milk sales at 386 300 kilolitres. Industrial milk is used to manufacture butter, cheese, yogurt, ice cream, milk powders and concentrates.
Fluid milk sales stood at 237 300 kilolitres, and industrial milk sales at 386 300 kilolitres. Industrial milk is used to manufacture butter, cheese, yogurt, ice cream, milk powders and concentrates.
