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Water Buffalo Milk In Big Demand   -  Dubi Ayalon  - Farm Show Magazine  9/23/13 Water Buffalo Milk In Big Demand   Dubi Ayalon isn't your average Wisconsin dairyman, and his cows are about as far as you can get fr Holsteins. The former Israeli special forces soldier and school teacher has a water buffalo herd that he'll milk for the first time when they calve later this spring. Water buffalo milk is in big demand for making authentic Italian-style mozzarella cheese. "Restaurants in Chicago importing it now are calling me to ask when we will have cheese available," he says. "The price for the milk is high, but the money for the cheese is even higher." Ayalon didn't know anything about raising cows, much less water buffalo, when he started. He doesn't know anything about making cheese either, but he is ready to learn. "At first I'll sell the milk to Cedar Grove Cheese, and they'll make the cheese. I'll work for the cheese maker to learn how to make it and then make my own cheese," he says. Right now all his herd is making is manure. During the winter, he feeds each animal about 4 1/2 lbs. of grain a day. In the summer, when they're on pasture, grain drops back to a pound a day. However, they eat lots of hay. Ayalon hopes to have 10 cows in production this summer, but even then he won't have milk to sell immediately. He plans to let the calves nurse for several months to get them off to a good start, as the Italians do. Then he'll begin milking. Daily production can vary from 10 to 50 lbs. per animal. "If I'm a genius at taking care of them, I may get 25 lbs. per day. If I'm okay, I may get 15 lbs. per day," he says. Water buffalo meat is also in strong demand. Like the milk, the meat is very low in cholesterol. While he expects to sell males, he has no plan to sell females until he reaches his goal. One difficulty has been to find equipment to handle the animals. He has found a man who will make special headlocks for him, as standard stanchions don't work. And the animal's legs have to be chained in place during milking, he says. He was concerned about finding a milking machine. While at the Wisconsin Dairy Expo, he spoke with a company that ships equipment to Southeast Asia for water buffalo milking. Ayalon recognizes that his is a long-term project and one he has to learn as he goes. His goal is to get to 30 milking animals. He has no desire to go above that number. He sees water buffalo as a good niche for a small farmer. "In my opinion, a lot of farmers who want to be small need to be unique," says Ayalon. "If a farmer really wants to get rich, he should milk camels. In Israel camel milk is in very high demand. It's thought to be very healthy for you. There's even an old story that it works like Viagra. I would milk them, but I broke my back riding one, so I don't like them."     International Genetic Improvement Consultation and Workshop for Dairy Buffaloes Marriot Hotel, Pasas City, Manila, Philippines, 28-29 November 2013 Dr. Libertado Cruz (Director of the Philippine Carabao Center), on November 28, introduced people coming from different countries and explained the objectives of the workshop: to have a common strategy to improve genetic and milk production in dairy buffaloes. Dr. Brian Wickham, representing ICAR (International Committee for Animal Recording) showed the activity of ICAR in different species in the world, speaking about the dairy selection indexes and selection criteria for milk production, or for fat and protein or economic indexes and so on. Dr. Joao Durr, representing INTERBULL, showed his activity, particularly for dairy cattle improvement, speaking about progeny testing, artificial insemination, embryo transfer and multiple trait sire models. Dr. John Williams (Director Parco Tecnologico Padano, Italy) explained the Buffalo Genome Project, coordinated by Italy, including different breeds from Swamp and River subspecies, as Mediterranean Italian, Nili Ravi, Murrah, Jaffarabady. Dr. Kamlesh Trivedi (National Dairy Development Board, India) presented the activity of recording and progeny testing in India. Prof. Antonio Borghese (General Secretary International Buffalo Federation, Italy) showed the genetic improvement realized in Italy, based on buffalo recording (55,000 females recorded, 26% of total dairy population), on selection, on progeny test, on artificial insemination techniques, with the result to have many champions producing more than 5,000 liters milk in 270 days of lactation. Dr. Claudio Varella Bruna (Buffalo Breeders Association, Brazil) showed the state of production, recording, artificial insemination and EBV calculation in Brazil, as Prof. Talat Naseer Pasha (University of Veterinary and Animal Science, Lahore, Pakistan) made the same for Pakistan, as Dr. Zhang Xiufang (Guangxi Buffalo Research Institute, China) made the same for China, as Dr. E.B. Flores (Philippines Carabao Center) made the same for Philippines. The day November 29 was dedicated on the creation of an agreement and commitment between international collaborators for dairy buffalo genetic improvement and on a stable link between International Buffalo Federation and ICAR and INTERBULL for common strategies for genetic improvement of buffalo in the world. Prof. Antonio Borghese   The WaterBuffalo: New Prospects For An Underutilized Animal (1984) -the book is online ~!  Water Buffalo Links:  -BUFFALO PRODUCTION AND RESEARCH By Antonio Borghese - 321 pages free download !   -Drostproject.org  - by Dr. Drost - visual guide to water buffalo reproduction:   -Article -  Buffalo Dairy Farmer - Dubi Ayalon    -Water Buffalo Song  - U Tube    - Needing Water Buffalo Semen ? - Top - Italian Lines Available -    Key facts from previous World Buffalo Congresses 12th World Water Buffalo Congress Istanbul, Turkey   11th World Buffalo Congress  - Cartagena, Colombia, South America - November 2016 10TH World Buffalo Congress 2013,Thailand over 700 Research  and Breeders from 26 Countries 9THWorld Buffalo Congress 2010, Buenos Aires, Argentina April 25-28   8th World Buffalo Congress 2007, Italy Attended by 900 participants from over 39 countries. An estimated 400 abstracts were presented and accepted by delegates. 7th World Buffalo Congress 2004, Philippines Attendance was estimated to be over 400 from 20 countries. A total of 252 abstracts were accepted and presented in Poster or Oral sessions. 6th World Buffalo Congress 2003 - Manila, Philippines  5th World Buffalo Congress 2000 - Venezuela  4th World Buffalo Congress  -1997 - Caserta, Italy   3rdWorld Buffalo Congress - 1994 San Paulo, Brazil - June 27th-30th  2nd World Buffalo Congress  - 1991 - Varna, Bulgaria  1st World Buffalo Congress  - 1988 - Delhi, India      Swiss mozzarella In a world of rising cheese consumption, there appears to be little envy of the mozzarella farmers among Switzerland's other cheese makers, most of whom are operating at capacity. But it is a different story with Italy. "The Italians are not very happy over the fact that the Swiss are making mozzarella," said Francesca Heiniger, the spokeswoman for Switzerland Cheese Marketing, the organization in Bern that promotes Swiss cheeses abroad. The Italian name mozzarella di bufala is protected by law, so Mr. Bieri and his friends have adopted the German-Italian hybrid Büffelmozzarella.   The success of domestic Swiss mozzarella has cut into imports of mozzarella, which dropped in 2005 by 789 tons, Ms. Heineger's organization said. But the damage was suffered mainly by big Italian producers of cow's milk mozzarella, not the higher priced buffalo milk variety. Its sales to Switzerland soared last year. "Exports of our cheese to Switzerland have doubled," said Gennaro Testa, an official of the National Consortium for the Protection of Mozzarella di Bufala Campana, the group that promotes genuine buffalo milk mozzarella in the Naples area of Italy. In fact, he said, the success of Swiss mozzarella, "is a kind of promotion that we enjoy."   Need a Giving Idea? Check this out!  Water Buffalo Movie     Picture of the Month!    Turkey Creek Pics -  Water Buffalo -Turkey Creek   Buffalo farm wins national award for home-bred veal 10:08am Friday 19th December 2008 By Mike Bridgen » AN award-winning farm, famous for its unusual animals, has won another major title and is looking for farmers to rear water buffalo for them. Kate and Paul Langthorne have a thriving business mostly based on their 300 head of buffalo and now need to find more space to expand the herd still further. The couple have a wide variety of exotic animals on their farm at Crawford Grange, Brompton, near Northallerton, but it is still their buffalo meat, milk and cheese which is the most popular they sell more than 1,000 buffalo burgers alone each week. Their success has already earned them such titles as Rural Retailer of the Year and Yorkshire Farm Business of the Year. Now they have won the national Taste of Excellence Award for their veal in the Food and Farming Awards presented at the House of Commons. The taste experts from Marks & Spencer said their rose veal was "to die for". The couple have sold their own "free range" veal for four years and have found a steady increase in demand. Customers have included presenter Janet Street Porter, who reared two veal calves for one of celebrity chef Gordon Ramsays TV series. She reared them in North Yorkshire and, before they were ready, bought veal from the Langthornes for a tasting session at Ripon farmers market. Mr Langthorne said: "The series raised the profile of veal and we find people are quite happy to try it, we have it available all the time." The veal is six months old. The calves are all born and raised on the farm which now has its own abattoir. The abattoir means that none of the buffalo, cattle, sheep and pigs born on the farm ever have to leave it and remain stress-free. It also means absolute guaranteed assurance and traceability for customers. The Langthornes were invited to submit some of their veal for the award and samples were cooked and tasted by experts in Marks & Spencers own tasting centre. "They did a blind-tasting and told us ours was to die for," said Mrs Langthorne. The couple began farming water buffalo in 1997 after their son, Andrew, who has cystic fibrosis, was unable to drink cows milk. Today they have around 300 buffalo which are bred for meat, milk and cheese production. They also have yaks, Aberdeen Angus and Dexter cattle, along with some Highland and White Park. Sheep include a commercial flock, alongside Soay and Hebridean, and there are also goats, emus, bison, elks, pigs, wild boar and a handful of endangered Pere David deer. They estimate there are now around 1,000 animals on the farm hence the need to find other farmers to help increase their buffalo numbers. Mr Langthorne said they are very easy to keep. He said: "They just need a normal fence and a strand of electric wire but are no different to any other stock. They are very docile but can be a bit stubborn." The couple attend 12 farmers markets a month including Redcar, Pinchinthorpe, Harrogate, Hartlepool, Darlington, Richmond, Ripon, Stockton, Northallerton and Leyburn. They also supply some restaurants and other outlets and sell from the farm they have found a brisk trade among Gurkha families stationed at Catterick who are attracted by the freshness of the meat. Any farmers interested in rearing buffalo can contact the Langthornes on 01609-776 937. Other News:  Bufala Di Vermont - Moved to Canada- No longer D.B.A. in the USA    Picture - American Water buffalo being Milked        Italian A.I.  calves are on the ground and running!  Check out Bulls !  Are Water Buffalo Friendly? -  Some Friends and I       A few new Pages - Check out the Pictures ! Water Buffalo Teeth (pkg of 5)  - who would have thought?  Coach Leather - For a long lasting  men's wallet - quite nice!    Made from Water Buffalo Leather - Of Course!  Water Buffalo Girls Water Buffalo Relaxing Check out our new page  - Comparison of Game Meats  no wonder its considered "the original health food"   Other New Pages :  Turkey Creek-Water Buffalo- Master Page - Complete listing of all of our pages.  Water Buffalo Types - Typically found in the United States Water Buffalo Fact Sheet - Facts pertaining to this wonderful creature! Water Buffalo Milk Guide             Industry News from Around the World: Argentina -  Associacion Argentina De Criadores De Bufalos - has rolled out a new newsletter - very nicely done ! Buffalo Dream Interpretations : Did you know that a water buffalo entering your house indicates someone you know will pass away. A yellow cow entering your house indicates money, fame and lasting fortune. A cow going uphill indicates great fortune and success. Pulling a cow uphill indicates big money coming ! Want to learn more about Water Buffalo? Check these out : Water Buffalo Story-Every Where but Here The Water Buffalo - Forage Converters Water Buffalo-draft animal, meat animal and milk animal Water Buffalo Types

 

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