Limit Milk Program for Sustainable Dairy Production

摘要

The dramatic rises in average milk production per lactation cycle over the last few decades have coincided with dramatic drops in fertility and reproduction efficiency. As a result, lactation numbers per cow have, on average, considerably decreased (e.g., <2-2.5). The reckless modifications in production systems involving feeding, milking, phase management, and reproduction manipulations contributed to such economic and environmental losses. While few industries have partly noticed such jeopardize and tried to make policies to cease or slow the trend, many industries are not practically cognizant of the problem and continue to exacerbate the complications. Feeding explosive starchy diets, dietary inclusion of artificial nutrients and synthetic supplements, mismanaging calves, heifers and dry cows, and suboptimal housing and milking are among shortcomings. Ruminants must be kept adequately close to their natural life patterns to perform sustainably [1-3].