Trustees – An essential team for sustainable projects

Trustees – An essential team for sustainable projects

Trustees – An essential part of a cow protection project or a farm that is producing milk for sale that will care for all the progeny for the whole life. A project that produces milk from cows that are not killed must have a system of managemen that can outlive the person who is taking […]

Calculating the projected size of a Protected Herd

When you plan for a protected herd you will need to calculate the total herd size from a regulated breeding scheme. All farmers plan on how many calves they are going to breed however the difference with this model is that the herd size is controlled by a restricted impregnation or acquisition plan and not […]

Long Lactations and Milk without pregnancy

This area of milk production I find extremely interesting and demonstrates a different way of milk production. Long lactations. This means you don’t annually impregnate your cows but rather you let the milking lactation run as long as possible. The reason for this is because we are promoting a protected herd farm model where all the […]

Training your oxen

Your oxen (neutered bulls) are built for work. This is their natural contribution to life and part of their side of the interdependent relationship with mankind. Of course man has to be kind in this relationship and care for them and let them live and work to the full. Having worked with oxen for twenty […]

From Bull to Ox

As part of a natural farm system that produces milk from cows that are protected for their whole lives there is the requirement to manage  the bulls in different ways. One is to have a bull or bulls for breeding and the other is to neuter the remaining males and train them for working. Some […]

The Calf’s Share

This Website is dedicate to promoting a view about Cow Protection that has the position that the milk of a cow is for people and for its calf. Humans are also the calves of the cow. The milk of the cow is the natural food for mankind and is part of a universal system of […]

In Sickness and Old Age

Having cows for their whole lives will bring about experiences with all the natural aspects of life such as illness or disease, old age and eventually death. These are parts of the Cow Protection farming system that should be attended to well and properly facilitated. When the cows get sick their medical needs will be […]