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XtraBlatt Issue 01-2018

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  • Machinery
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  • Silage
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  • Dairy

MENSCHEN RUBRIK On its

MENSCHEN RUBRIK On its 20th birthday this spring, Cham Forage Harvesting Association in the Bavarian Oberpfalz took delivery of its 20th BiG M, making the association among the world’s largest buyers of these Krone self-propelled mowers. As part of the celebrations the birthday machine, and a silage harvester delivered at the same time, received an offical blessing from the Church. 2

Editorial DEAR READER, You now have in front of you the new issue of Krone XtraBlatt. Over the past weeks our editors have once more travelled widely, researching and writing interesting and entertaining reports for you. Hereby, the chosen title theme of feed naturally plays a significant role for us. As leading manufacturer of forage harvesting machinery, we are particularly interested in this central component of dairy animal production. for you, too, it’s well worth considering sitting down with your own farm vet and frankly analysing production procedures and how to further optimise them when required. Our own experience shows that the costs of such advice are normally repaid many times over. For the ongoing 2018 forage season, I wish you and your family good health and great success. But, as we’ve learnt meantime in numerous discussions with veterinary experts, there are numerous other different aspects of dairy cattle production that are at least just as important as feed in milk production and animal health. For instance, timely offering of colostrum, keeping the calving procedure as natural as possible without mechanical aids, or stress-free drying off management. These are just three of many themes having sustainable influence on animal health and therefore milking performance. They are points where farmers are expected to optimise all herd management parameters to ensure their four-legged “colleagues” remain fit and healthy for optimum milk output. With best regards from Emsland. Yours sincerely, Bernard Krone With the above discussions in mind, it occurred to me that we also put our production processes regularly on the test stand and, with the help of external specialists, identify weak points and optimise procedures. Perhaps 3