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Proper timing of silage feeding helps maintain higher intake. That is, in hot days, silage should be fed in late evening, night and early morning.
25-01 | Article

What to consider to improve a dairy cow’s silage intake

The UK government has funded £3.3million to research clover use at the National Plant Phenomics Centre, IBERS, Aberystwyth University. Photo: Vince Jones - Whole Picture
24-01 | News

UK gov funds research to unlock clover potential for livestock

Photos: Schothorst Feed Research
23-01 | Interview

Schothorst Feed Research looking for international growth

Land surrounding the Foundation Farm has been overgrazed due to poor management. Barry Schiever has kept his soil healthy and productive by increasing organic carbon. Photos: Lindi Botha
22-01 | Article

Striving for a balance for high milk production

Iin Russia the output in the drinking milk and traditional dairy products, like cream, kefir, sour cream, cottage cheese, and butter, jumped by 68% year-on-year to 265,000 tonnes. Photo: Canva
22-01 | News

How Russia’s EkoNiva increased raw milk production

In 2023, the per capita dairy consumption was 165.6 kg, half of the level recommended by the Russian Health Ministry. Photo: Canva
19-01 | News

Russian dairy industry braced for a turbulent year

Magazine edition 5: A focus on dairy cow nutrition
18-01 | News

Magazine edition 5: A focus on dairy cow nutrition

“Our GreenFeed units allow us to undertake robust and practical research that can be used by farmers to ensure that a product that they may wish to use on their farm has data to demonstrate its effect on methane production, is safe and ultimately cost-effective,” said Professor Liam Sinclair, Director of the Animal Science Research Centre at Harper Adams. Photo: Canva
17-01 | News

UK gov support: Monitoring methane in individual cows

"I can't recall such a sharp growth in raw milk prices in the previous years," Leonid Tulush, head of the analytical department of the Ukrainian Union of Dairy Enterprises, told the local publication Telegraph. Photo: Canva
16-01 | News

Ukraine’s raw milk shortage driving prices sky-high

Milk production in the EU is expected to fall marginally in 2023-2024. However, the slight increase in production in the USA, New Zealand, Argentina, and Brazil makes up for this.
16-01 | Article

Market watch: From Australian milk prices to China’s dairy demand

Nutritionists are not only precision feeding by balancing for amino acids, for example, but are also ensuring the diet that is on paper is the diet the cows are actually receiving at the bunk. Photo: Canva
15-01 | Interview

What are top-producing US dairy herds doing?

Michael Eavis is no stranger to the competition, having been a previous winner in 2014, but the Worthy Farm holding has changed considerably in the past decade to the adoption of new technology. Photo: Matt Cardy
12-01 | News

In the running to win prestigious UK dairy competition

Over the past weeks, the the northern part of the country received almost 20 times more snow compared to the average, resulting in it covering almost all pastures and threatening 3.6 million heads of cattle. (Generic) Photo: Canva
12-01 | News

Mongolia’s brutal winter threatens livestock feed and cattle

In Germany cities such as Munich, Hamburg, Bremen and Cologne have been brought to a standstill by the farmers, making this one of the biggest protest actions they have ever taken. Photo: Arnoud Korrel
11-01 | News

Farmers protest against subsidy cuts across Germany

Photo: Canva
11-01 | News

Around the globe with 10 must-read farm visits in 2023

At the ‘Carbon Talks’ discussions at the 2023 Dairy Show in the UK, a key discussion as learning about how farms can reach net zero through reducing and offsetting. Photo: Canva
10-01 | Article

Net zero on-farm: A hot topic at UK dairy show