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This Progressive Dairy-Canada newsletter features a young dairy producer turned YouTube sensation. Learn about the importance of amino acid balance in early lactation and several things to be mindful of when driving farm implements on roadways. 
Jan Kielstra

SaskDutch Kid shares life as a dairy farmer with 170,000 subscribers

Progressive Dairy Editor Emma Ohirko

If you have ever fallen down the YouTube rabbit hole of farming vlogs and videos, chances are you have seen the SaskDutch Kid channel.

The channel, which boasts over 170,000 subscribers, is run and hosted by Jan Kielstra, a young dairy farmer working on his family’s farm located in Asquith, a small town west of Saskatoon.

Kielstra highlights life as a dairy farmer on YouTube.

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Can you justify it? A look at managing machinery costs

Machinery is expensive. When making decisions to invest in equipment, it is important, then, to be sure it pays. Being able to cash flow a new equipment purchase is different than being able to justify a new purchase.

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The importance of amino acid balance in early lactation

Brittany Dyck and Essi Evans for Progressive Dairy

The dairy feeding industry strives to optimize protein efficiency by formulating diets to meet amino acid requirements.

However, researchers at Ohio State University questioned the possibility that early lactation cows are being cheated out of much-needed amino acids for both milk synthesis and to reduce early lactation weight loss.

Are you balancing amino acids correctly?

Leveraging current dietary tools to reduce methane emissions

Who knew cow farts would feature so prominently in the controversy and critiques aimed at the livestock industry?

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7 do’s and don’ts of operating farm implements on roadways

Progressive Dairy Editor Emma Ohirko

For over 20 years, Sgt. James Hunter has familiarised himself with the risks and behaviours associated with sharing the road with and operating farm implements.

Pulling from this knowledge and firsthand experience, Hunter, a member of Grey Bruce County’s Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) force, shared his safety tips at this year’s Grey Bruce Farmers’ Week to encourage the safe operation of farm implements on roadways.

Keep yourself and others safe by implementing these tips.

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