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Dairy Farmer Resilient Through Stray Voltage Nightmare
Manage episode 430378111 series 2908402
Stray voltage on the farm could be disrupting your animals’ routine and your bottom line through no fault of your own. Bryanna Handle has first-hand experience. Bryanna and her husband farm B. Kurt Dairy in Barneveld. Bryanna says people don’t usually feel any shock from stray voltage, but animals are more susceptible. She realized there was a problem as soon as her cows started acting out of the ordinary. Since December, she says the farm has lost tens of thousands of dollars between lower milk production, cow sickness, aborted calves, and consultation costs. She wants to see funding for farms that have to deal with stray voltage issues, and she wants to see updated research on stray voltage's impact on cows. For more information, Bryanna recommends visiting https://strayvoltagefacts.com/
Pictured: Bryanna's cow is healthy again four months after the farm was isolated.
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3481 episodes
Manage episode 430378111 series 2908402
Stray voltage on the farm could be disrupting your animals’ routine and your bottom line through no fault of your own. Bryanna Handle has first-hand experience. Bryanna and her husband farm B. Kurt Dairy in Barneveld. Bryanna says people don’t usually feel any shock from stray voltage, but animals are more susceptible. She realized there was a problem as soon as her cows started acting out of the ordinary. Since December, she says the farm has lost tens of thousands of dollars between lower milk production, cow sickness, aborted calves, and consultation costs. She wants to see funding for farms that have to deal with stray voltage issues, and she wants to see updated research on stray voltage's impact on cows. For more information, Bryanna recommends visiting https://strayvoltagefacts.com/
Pictured: Bryanna's cow is healthy again four months after the farm was isolated.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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