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The government’s Animal and Plant Health Agency has confirmed “a very high probability of BTV-3 entering the UK and a very high probability of it spreading across ruminants in Great Britain. Photo: Canva
14-05 | News

UK faces bluetongue fears, vaccine authorised in the Netherlands

The Agency recommends adopting a system of five welfare levels, from the highest (A) to the lowest (E). Level E corresponds solely to compliance with the requirements imposed by European legislation on animal welfare, whether during rearing, transport or slaughter. Photo: Canva
13-05 | News

Why current animal welfare labelling is not enough

Findings suggest that Holstein heifers calving at younger ages have the potential to increase herd productivity.
10-05 | Article

How age at first calving influences productivity and fertility

The farm, designed to house 18,000 heads of cattle, including 8,200 cows, is set to produce 240 tonnes of milk per day. Photo: Dennis Beek
10-05 | News

Russia commences construction of its largest dairy farm

During the experimental period, milk yield was similar between the two groups but was higher in the spent hemp group compared to the control group during the withdrawal period. Photo: Canva
09-05 | Article

Spent hemp biomass as a feed ingredient for dairy cows

Ainhoa Perojo Gutierrez, Head of Animal Segments, Commercial Development APHN, Novonesis (top left). Dr Liz Homer, Sustainability Manager Ruminants ECA, Trouw Nutrition (bottom left). Zana van Dijk, webinar host and editor Dairy Global (centre). Phil Garnsworthy, Emeritus Professor of Dairy Science, University of Nottingham (right). Photo: Misset
09-05 | News

Webinar on demand: Sustainable Dairy Farming

A cow being manipulated by an osteopath during the trial. Four EFOA osteopaths took part in the trial, manipulating Prim'Hostein cows. Photo: EFOA and Lab To Field
08-05 | News

Osteopathy: A new approach to improving dairy cow production?

"It was striking that the disease only affected second-calf and older cows. We didn't know what it was. The diagnosis of HPAI was only made after the symptoms had disappeared and the cows had recovered." Photo: Misset
07-05 | News

Texas region: “Most dairies have had it. We haven’t seen the last of HPAI”

Dairy Diary: April business update
07-05 | News

Dairy Diary: April business update

Photo: Misset
06-05 | News

Dairy prices heavily range-bound

According to Rosselhoznadzor, the Armenian veterinary system lacked the control necessary to ensure the appropriate safety of products delivered to the Russian market. Photo: Canva
03-05 | News

Armenia calls for restrictions on Russian dairy imports

MSU president Kevin M. Guskiewicz commented on the facilities (which include substantial renovations and additions to the Plant Science Greenhouses): “Not only do these facilities play a vital role in supporting our agricultural partners with cutting-edge knowledge, but they are crucial assets to develop the next generation of dairy industry and plant science leaders.” Photo: MSU
02-05 | News

What’s new: dairy research centers and plants in North America

The regulation introduces mandatory minimum terms for dairy contracts which must be followed. It covers all cows’ milk sold by a dairy farmer to a milk buyer. Photo: Canva
02-05 | News

New regulations: Contract changes for the UK dairy industry

Mitigating methane production in the dairy cow’s rumen
01-05 | Article

Mitigating methane production in the dairy cow’s rumen

Research by Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) Professors Raphael Mrode and Mike Coffey has enabled them to identify economically important traits and implement genomic approaches that lead to healthier cows with higher milk production. Photo: Canva
01-05 | News

First genomic index for crossbred cows boosting dairy in Africa

(L-R) Stacey Dimas, Chief of Staff, the Office of New York State Senator Webb; Elizabeth Wolters, Deputy Commissioner, New York State Agriculture and Markets; Guillermo Schroeder, R&D Director Cargill; Benjamin Z. Houlton; Ronald P. Lynch Dean of CALS; Joe McFadden, associate professor of dairy cattle biology, Cornell CALS; Brendan Tydings, administrator, Genesee Valley Regional Market Authority; Dan Kingston, Vice Chairman, Board of Directors, Genesee Valley Regional Market Authority; Daryl V. Nydam, professor, Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine and David Drinkwater Faculty Director, Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability; Tom Overton, Chair of Cornell CALS Animal Science Department; Jonathan Griffin, Senior Vice President, Balchem Corporation. Photo: Cargill
30-04 | News

First facility with respiration stalls to reduce methane in US