TIMBERVILLE, Va. (WHSV) – The 72nd Young Farmers of Virginia Convention taught attendees the best way to maximize dairy farming at Windcrest Holsteins. The Yutzy Family Farm has greater than half a century’s value of expertise, they usually know that the cow’s well being is every little thing.

“Cow comfort is a very important part of our management at Windcrest. We try hard to ensure that cows have a long, productive life here,” Dave Yutzy stated.

More than a thousand cows on this farm make milk by the gallons on daily basis. Technology helps farmers guarantee the standard of the dairy product by monitoring how every cow is doing.

“We have ear tags that measure activity. It also helps us track the health of the cow temperature… and it will give us a chart telling us if the cows doing normal work, and also alerts us if she might be coming sick,” Dairy Farmer Aaron Yutzy stated.

According to Aaron, the way forward for dairy farming might have extra automation.

“We might see a rotary parlor, where the cows are spinning with equipment to clean the cows and attach milkers,” Farmer Aaron Yutzy stated.

There is an opportunity extra automation will come to manure processing for higher regulation, effectivity, and to enhance dairy farming for the long run.

The conference impressed farmers of the following era to pursue a profession in dairy work,

“I really want to go into beef cattle or dairy cattle farming because my family’s been doing it for over 20 years, and I just really like seeing the cows,” younger farmer Angie Mcdonald.

Farmer Aaron Yutzy stated there are various alternatives for know-how in farming, however it’s about choosing ones that swimsuit what you might be after.

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