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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

Having someone else rear the replacement heifers not only releases a lot of time for the farmer and housing demand, the practice can also be essential on some farms trying to keep their farms under Nitrates Directives quotas. Photo: Chris McCullough
06-07-2020 | Article

Contract heifer rearing a vital resource

Photo: Wageningen University & Research
02-07-2020 | News

What will the future dairy barn offer?

Photo: Zana van Dijk
01-07-2020 | News

Sommet de L’élevage 2020 will go ahead

Photo: Misset
01-07-2020 | News

Major Russian dairy producer Rusmolco expands

Photo: Jagoda Kondratiuk
01-07-2020 | News

Accelerating automated detection of milk fraud