Smart farming

SPACE 2023 reveals 11 must-see dairy innovations

03-08-2023 | News

SPACE 2023 reveals 11 must-see dairy innovations

Diagnosing bovine respiratory disease requires intensive and specialised labour that is hard to find. So, precision technologies based on IoT devices scan help detect behavioural changes before outward clinical signs of the disease are manifested. Photo: Andrea van Schaik Fotografie

02-08-2023 | Article

Technology for earlier diagnosis of bovine respiratory disease

VIV Nanjing will focus on business networking, innovations, new and existing policies, equipment and technologies. Photo: VIV

18-07-2023 | News

Dairy sector anticipates upcoming VIV Nanjing 2023 in China

Northern Ireland: Innovation to reduce slurry build-up

13-07-2023 | News

Northern Ireland: Innovation to reduce slurry build-up

AstraZeneca began purchasing the Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) produced by Vanguard Renewables. Vanguard Renewables will work with dairy farmers and food and beverage manufacturers, retailers and distributors to produce RNG using farm-based anaerobic digestion (AD) from food and dairy cow manure. Photo: Chris McCullough

10-07-2023 | News

US: Pharmaceutical giant turns to dairy sector to cut carbon

Many dairy farmers had different ideas about what sustainability meant and there were various levels of awareness. Photo: Canva

04-07-2023 | News

Challenges ahead for Dutch dairy sector

The National Farmers’ Union says GWP* provides a measure of the behaviour of methane in the atmosphere and its net contribution to global warming to a greater degree of accuracy. Photo: Twan Wiermans

06-06-2023 | News

Calls for new methane metric to be used for GHG calculations

Weighing cows is necessary to assess their production performance and timely identify health problems. On the other hand, traditional livestock weighing is stressful for animals. Photo: Canva

12-05-2023 | News

Research in Russia: non-contact cattle weighing

Ed Wright, head of sustainability at Dale Farm: “We want to lead the dairy sector on sustainability. We constantly assess our processes to see where we can improve, and step by step we are improving packaging sustainability across our product range." Photo: Dale Farm

11-05-2023 | News

Switching to clear milk caps to increase sustainability

Investing in PLF techniques determines positive effects on all/almost all the criteria adopted for the sustainability indicators, with case-specific aspects to consider. Photo: Jan Willem van Vliet

10-05-2023 | News

Sustainable dairy: precision livestock farming’s effects

Best practices

25-04 | Article

5 top tips to avoid drop in milk quality at turnout

20-03 | Article

Best biosecurity practices on dairy farms

09-11-2023 | News

3 changes to increase cash and cut costs for dairy farmers

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