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Understanding the concepts of thermoneutral zone, thermal comfort indices, thermal stress indicators, and thermal stress response including changes in behaviour is useful to recognise heat stress. Photo: Willem van Vliet
03-05-2023 | Article

Heat stress in dairy cows housed in confinement systems

The new barn houses 112 cubicles and calving pens. Photo: Chris McCullough
02-05-2023 | Article

Danish dairy farmer uses only locally-grown protein

Dr Alison Van Eenennaam, a geneticist at University of California at Davis used gene editing a few years ago to create a bull calf (named Cosmo). Photo: Dr Alison Van Eenennaam
25-04-2023 | Article

Genetic progress in cattle: a global overview

In terms of resting time, calves spent more time lying down in the hour following feeding when they received human contact, irrespective of the housing system. Photo: Misset
20-04-2023 | Article

Human contact enrichment improves dairy calf welfare

The [Dutch] government aims to cut nitrogen emissions in half by 2030, as relatively large numbers of livestock and heavy use of fertilizers have led to levels of nitrogen oxides in the soil and water that violate European Union regulations. Photo: Canva
13-04-2023 | Article

Dutch politics could shape the future of its dairy industry

"We did it one group at a time, where we would take out the sand and then start filling the beds with the solids,” says dairyman Jeremy Natzke. (Generic) Photo: Jan Willem van Vliet
06-04-2023 | Article

US dairy: Switching from sand bedding to dried manure solids

Broken tail is an indicator of poor welfare with up to 50% prevalence in dairy farms. However, most on-farm welfare programs do not include broken tails as an assessment measure. Photo: Canva
31-03-2023 | Article

How to avoid a broken tail in dairy cows

In Canada, dairy farmers inherit or purchase ‘quota’ for a certain amount of milk, for which they are required by the Canadian Dairy Commission (CDC) to charge a mandated rate. Photo: Canva
30-03-2023 | Article

Milk down the drain in Canada: Calls for change intensifying

Load shedding or power outages is disruptive to the lives of South Africans as well as the agriculture sector - left for hours every day without being able to use electricity, this has been ongoing for years now. Photo: Canva
27-03-2023 | Article

Energy crisis: What it means for South African dairy farmers

The farm moved towards more protein autonomy without degrading the productivity of the herd. Photo: Marie-Christine Pioche
24-03-2023 | Article

France: A dairy farm with a passion for protein self-sufficiency