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Remember to walk through the calves regularly allowing the calves to get used to human contact. This should encourage calves to be quieter, more easily managed and milked when mature. Photo: Chris McCullough
24-03-2022 | Article

Rearing the 2022 dairy heifer requires attention to detail

For many farms, cashflow will be negative in the months ahead as costs are increasing faster than milk prices. Photo: Canva
23-03-2022 | News

War in Ukraine pushes up UK milk prices

Hoof infections are more common where pastures are on underlying clay than in sandy, chalky, or limestone areas. Constantly wet hooves become soft and more easily damaged. Photo: Canva
22-03-2022 | Article

7 nutritional tips for controlling lameness

Antennae in the enclosures pick up signals from the sensors, allowing them to monitor what all the cows are up to: where the cows are walking, how active they are and what behaviour they are displaying, such as standing up or lying down. Photo: Hans Prinsen
22-03-2022 | News

Automatic lameness detection at the touch of a button

Competition among dairy cattle for feed space may cause stress, production losses and health issues. Photo: Herbert Wiggerman
21-03-2022 | Article

How do cows perform under different housing systems?

(L - R) Dr Deepashree Kand, Global Technical Marketing Consultant at IFF; Professor Philip Thornton, Research & Innovation Strategist, Clim-Eat and Honorary Professor, School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh; Webinar host Zana van Dijk, editor at Dairy Global; Dr Ruth Raspoet, Poultry R&D Manager at Phileo by Lesaffre.
21-03-2022 | News

On demand: Webinar on heat stress

Some Western companies confirmed plans to continue operating in Russia. For example, Danone officials said it would not leave Russia, it has stated that it will not commit new investment to Russia but continue to sell dairy. Photo: Canva
18-03-2022 | News

Nationalisation in the Russian dairy industry

Roland van der Post, managing director at feed safety certification organisation GMP+ and host of the upcoming Global Feed Safety Summit. Photo: GMP+ International
17-03-2022 | News

“Never take feed safety for granted”

Digital dermatitis: Treating cows with ketoprofen
17-03-2022 | News

Digital dermatitis: Treating cows with ketoprofen

Andrii Pastushenko on his farm just 20km near Russian occupied Kherson. Photo: Chris McCullough
16-03-2022 | News

Dairy farmer trapped in Ukraine forced to slaughter cows

Irish Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue said food security was extremely important over the next few weeks and months. “I think one of the most economical things that any farm can do is consider planting some grain this year and they should look at that and consider their options,” he said. Photo: Canva
15-03-2022 | News

Irish dairy farmers told to grow crops due to Russian invasion

John Deere has stopped all shipments to Russia and Belarus. Photo: Chris McCullough
15-03-2022 | News

Farm machinery companies pull out of Russia

Gene editing: Coat colour for better heat tolerance
14-03-2022 | Article

Gene editing: Coat colour for better heat tolerance

The current 2021-2022 forecasts of a dairy cattle herd of 2.3 million head and a milking herd of 1.4 million head would both equal the lowest points in at least the last 30 years. Photo: Rene Groeneveld
11-03-2022 | News

Ukraine-Russia conflict: Multi-layered impacts on dairy

Ukraine dairy farms are split into either large industrialised businesses or small traditional family units. Photo: Photo: Wick Natzijl
10-03-2022 | News

Ukraine: Dairy industry snapshot

Russia now trades almost exclusively with Belarus, who are responsible for 85% of total Russian dairy imports. Photo: Chris McCullough
10-03-2022 | News

Global food security compromised by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine