Andreas Pelzer, Haus Düsse Agricultural Research and Training Centre, Chamber of Agriculture of North Rhine-Westphalia The ...

It is important to remember that cattle don’t have a requirement for specific feedstuffs. They have requirements for nutrients such as protein, energy, fiber, vitamins and minerals. You can feed and ...

Depending on available sources of starch and sugar, diets for dairy cows might look quite different across the country. It also begs the question, how much sugar could we feed? Is there a positive ...

A multi-pronged approach with ration consistency and genetics at its core has helped the Campbell family increase kilos of ...

The average age of all farmers in the 2022 Census of Agriculture was 58.1. Only 9% were considered “young farmers,” age 34 or ...

After an outbreak of bird flu in Cache County, weekly testing will now be required for all dairies in the county, in an ...

A dairy cow giving birth to extremely rare quadruplet calves has been described as "unheard of" by farm staff. The bull and ...

Reducing the time spent in a negative energy balance by encouraging feed intake is the most important goal of transition cow management. The transition from late gestation to early lactation is ...

Avoidance of competition at the feed bunk can spiral into metabolic diseases and decreased rumination ... Creutzinger cited ...

Although California dairy farmers had heard about the H5N1 bird flu before it hit, none was prepared for the devastation it ...

By the time of the USDA no-movement order was issued, infected cattle had moved across the country; in August 2023 there were ...

Dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) are the most common co-product derived from ethanol production. The fraction of ...