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Bulk Tank Types

Raw milk producers have a choice of either open tanks from 150 to 3000 litres or closed tanks from 1000 to 10000 litres. The cost can vary considerably, depending on manufacturing norms and whether a new or second hand tank is purchased. Milk silos of 10,000 litres and plus are suitable for the very . . . → Read More: Bulk Tank Types

Acetonaemia in Beef Cattle

Like most metabolic diseases it is important to remember that for every cow that shows clinical signs, there will be several more which are affected sub-clinically.

What is acetonaemia?

Acetonaemia occurs when the cow’s energy intake does not match its requirement and the cow is unable to compensate and mobilises its body reserves too . . . → Read More: Acetonaemia in Beef Cattle

What drives Crop Water Use?

Crop water use will vary with climate, weather patterns and the stage of development of the crop, as shown in the graph below.

There are four main factors which drive crop water usage:

The first factor is Solar Radiation or sunlight.

Sunlight hitting a plant causes photosynthesis to occur which increases transpiration of . . . → Read More: What drives Crop Water Use?

The significance of Diurnal temperature patterns

A diurnal cycle is any pattern that recurs every 24 hours as a result of one full rotation of the Earth.

In climatology, the diurnal cycle is one of the most basic forms of climate patterns. The most familiar is the diurnal temperature variation. Diurnal temperature variation is a meteorological term that relates . . . → Read More: The significance of Diurnal temperature patterns