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While milk is often used as a loss leader within retail outlets to encourage consumers to return tot he store, this can have an adverse effect on prices received by farmers. Photo: Freepik
24-04-2023 | News

UK retailer milk price cut won’t help dairy farmers

At the end of 2022, Russia's first cloned cow gave birth to a healthy calf. Generic photo: Canva
21-04-2023 | News

Cloned dairy cows – what’s the situation?

The milk processing segment has recently entered the worst period since the beginning of the Russian invasion. Photo: Canva
20-04-2023 | News

New laws to ease tensions in Ukraine’s dairy sector

Source full-fat colostrum designed to deliver energy, growth factors, hormones, vitamins and minerals to calves quickly and conveniently. Photo: Nettex
19-04-2023 | News

Adequate colostrum helps ensure dairy calf health

EU dairy prices have passed their peak with the average EU raw milk prices falling in January. Photo: Anne van der Woude
18-04-2023 | News

Short-term outlook for EU milk and dairy products

“Success looks to me a team that works really well with each other, that respects each other, that is all working toward a goal and all working towards the farm’s success,” says Dairyman Jeremy Natzke from Wayside Dairy in Greenleaf. (Generic) Photo: Canva
14-04-2023 | News

Bringing in a non-family partner into the dairy business

The Russian veterinary body Rosselhoznadzor estimated that 14.37% of dairy products on the Russian dairy market were falsified in 2022. Photo: Canva
12-04-2023 | News

Fraud persists in Russian dairy industry

The disaster happened on Monday night (April 10) around 7.20pm at South Fork Dairy farm run by the Brand family situated near the city of Dimmitt. Photo: South Fork Dairy
12-04-2023 | News

Explosion on Texas farm kills over 18,000 dairy cattle

“With the tags, I don’t have to watch the cows all the time, and being alerted to a calving or mastitis means I can take action sooner and head off a potential problem,” says dairy farmer Vaughan Davies. Photo: Jan Willem Vliet
11-04-2023 | News

Technology to improve cow welfare during calving

A cow producing 21 litres of milk per day will drink 103 litres of water when the temperature is 21°C (70F) and 109 litres of water when the temperature is 27°C (84F). Photo: Canva
10-04-2023 | News

Mitigation of heat stress in dairy cows gathers pace