image: A large part of the green house gasses emitted by agriculture comes from the cows belching. When the cows break down the plant fibres from the feed in their stomachs, they produce methane gas ...

About a year ago, I shared our group’s work to evaluate and update estimates of feed intake for beef cows. One of the popular sources for feed intake estimates is a table published by Hibberd and ...

Understanding and improving feed efficiency can lead to significant benefits in terms of productivity, sustainability and ...

A leading expert on cow management believes on most farms there is a failure in the transition period, with almost 65% of problems occurring in the dry cow/fresh cow period. Dairy vet Gordie Jones, ...

Zero-grazing is a form of centralising all your cow husbandry activities such as feeding, watering, milking and health management. Proper planning is, therefore, necessary before starting a ...

An investment in improving dry cow accommodation is time and money well spent. Not only does every cow on the farm pass through this shed, but it sets a cow up for subsequent lactation, according to ...

Feed costs for a typical 1.5 million litre dairy herd are colossal at around £230,000 per year, with research suggesting that as much as 25-45% of that feed is lost, or under-utilised, during the feed ...

Dorking firefighters were called to Milton Court Farm in Westcott after the heads of two calves were trapped in a feeding trough on Wednesday morning (August 4). The alarm was raised at 7.30am by ...

After this winter's freeze and thaw coupled with recent rains, many Arkansas landowners have seen their pastures transform into vast acres of mud. Dirk Philipp, associate professor of animal science ...