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Pathogens and Prevention Special Photo: James Archer_CDC
05-05-2022 | News

Coming soon: Pathogens and Prevention Special

Overview of Boux sous Salmaise village with the different buildings of the farm. Photo: Philippe Caldier
05-05-2022 | Article

France: Self-sufficient dairy farm aims for better profits

Lameness is a huge issue for the UK dairy industry, with between a fifth and a quarter of cattle affected, costing the industry around £53.5 million a year. Photo: Henk Riswick
04-05-2022 | Article

Factors affecting cow response to mastitis treatment

Aside from a higher level of control over milk price developments, the scale of large dairy cooperatives and corporations allow them to exert more control over price developments. Photo: Canva
04-05-2022 | Article

The power of scale in the dairy industry

There are alternatives to artificial fertilisers that farmers should think about using, such as growing legumes and nitrogen fixing plants among grass. Species such as clovers fix nitrogen from the atmosphere and store it in the soil. Photo: Ronald Hissink
03-05-2022 | News

Shift from artificial fertilisers for dairy farms without reducing yields

Dairy production data suggest that it is more effective to select for heat tolerance within a high milk-producing breed than it would be to select for high milk production traits within a breed that is highly adapted to hot climates. Photo: Canva
02-05-2022 | Article

Genetics of heat tolerance in dairy cattle

The Russians also blew up the new grain drying facilty on the farm. Photo: Hryhoriy Tkachenko
29-04-2022 | News

Russian soldiers kill 110 cattle on Ukraine farm

Dairy Diary: April business update
29-04-2022 | News

Dairy Diary: April business update

David Vonhoff: "I’ve been told that providing shade for cows increases the milk production with 2 litres a day, because of cow comfort.” Photo: David Vonhoff
28-04-2022 | Article

“Shade for cows increases milk production by 2 litres/day”

Omicron outbreak in China weighing on global dairy prices
27-04-2022 | News

Omicron outbreak in China weighing on global dairy prices

Aleksey Kobylin, Agricultural Minister of Chelyabinsk Oblast said during a press conference on 31 March, that the packaging of dairy products in glass bottles is not the best idea. Photo: Pixabay
26-04-2022 | News

Sanctions threaten to cripple Russian dairy sector

Nutrition-based strategies can also include grassland management, mainly by offsetting the need for concentrates, while most of the management-based strategies work by means of animal, slurry and fertiliser management. Photo: Roel Dijkstra
25-04-2022 | Article

8 options for dairy farmers to reduce emissions

Managing the microbial balance in silage is essential, as bacteria, yeasts, and moulds in fresh forage contain both beneficial and harmful microbes. Photo: Koos Groenewold
22-04-2022 | Article

Improve dairy cow efficiency: 5 silage management practices

Some are farmers because their ancestors were farmers and the environment expects them to be farmers. This is the case with many pastoralist farmers here in Nigeria. Photo: Snorri Sigurdsson
21-04-2022 | Expert opinion

Dairy farmers need different advice for the same issues

Dairy farms in New Zealand are estimated to have a shortage of 4,000 to 6,000 workers. Photo: DairyNZ
21-04-2022 | News

New Zealand’s dairy sector in desperate need of workers

Pre- and post-harvest approaches are two strategies to reduce the negative impact of mycotoxins in dairy industry. Photo: Anne van der Woude
20-04-2022 | Article

Making better mycotoxin decisions in dairy farming