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The trial will use Asparagopsis, a seaweed grown naturally in Australia and New Zealand, as a supplement feed for herds in Tasmania during the coming milk season. Photo: Sea Forest
28-07-2020 | News

Dairy giant Fonterra starts trial with seaweed

Demand in China driving higher dairy prices
27-07-2020 | News

Demand in China driving higher dairy prices

Photo: Anne van der Woude
27-07-2020 | News

Drones and dairy cows: Managing livestock

Photo: Jan Willem Schouten
23-07-2020 | News

New fund to add 50% more dairy capacity in India

Photo: Shutterstock
23-07-2020 | Article

Sustainability and Welfare special: Reserve your space

Photo: Jan Willem Schouten
23-07-2020 | News

7 findings: Rethinking sulfate sources of trace minerals

The cows are mostly New Zealand Friesian breed. Photo: Chris McCullough
22-07-2020 | Article

Farm report: Herd expansion not always the answer for profits

In lactating cows, a 20% reduction in methane emissions represents the same amount of energy needed to synthesize 0.6 kg/d of milk. Photo: Mark Pasveer
20-07-2020 | Article

Mitigating methane production in the rumen

Lely: Mowing and feeding robot to be launched
16-07-2020 | News

Lely: Mowing and feeding robot to be launched

Photo: Mark Pasveer
15-07-2020 | News

Maintain cow health and fertility: Balance energy sources

Photo: Shutterstock
14-07-2020 | News

Russia awaits green light for dairy exports to China

Photo: Misset
14-07-2020 | News

How pasture access impacts cow welfare

Analysis of the trimming/lameness treatment records and liaising with the foot trimmer are key to providing an indication of the most important success factor(s) to focus on during the farm risk assessment. Photo: Koos Groenewold.
13-07-2020 | Expert opinion

The UK’s approach to successfully controlling lameness

Jan Dijkstra, animal feed expert at Wageningen University & Research (WUR). Photo: Koos Groenewold
09-07-2020 | Interview

Many possibilities to lower emissions through feed

The line-up from left: Dr Valentin Nenov (global ruminant manager, Phileo by Lesaffre), Zana van Dijk (Editor, Dairy Global), Dr Albert De Vries (University of Florida), Dr Jo Leroy (University of Antwerp). Photo: Company Webcast
08-07-2020 | News

Webinar on demand: Fertility through nutrition in dairy cows

To combat heat stress in cows, dry matter intake is reduced in periods of heat stress, so to maintain the cow s nutrient intake, the nutrient density of the diet needs to be increased. Photo: KW alternaive feeds
08-07-2020 | News

5 things the dairy farmer can do to combat heat stress