Recent advances in dairy cattle calving and neonatal care have integrated sophisticated monitoring systems, data analytics and automated prediction models to enhance both animal welfare and farm ...

At most, traditional dairy farms calves are separated from their mothers within 24 hours of their birth. It allows farmers to ...

As you know, the milk that my four cows produce does not provide my sole income. This means that I can be more flexible than most commercial dairy farmers with my management practices and breeding ...

Anything that can be done to make an intensive block-calving period run as smoothly as possible will be advantageous for a busy farm team. It stems from preparing staff, processes and cows ahead of ...

If you allow a calf to nurse instead of milking the cow twice a day, you’ll save time on chores. Here’s what you need to know for keeping a family cow from buying, milking, and caring for a family cow ...

A new “dairy barn of the future” merges animal freedom, smart tech, and transparent research to redefine modern farming.

Irish Journal of Agricultural Research, Vol. 22, No. 1 (1983), pp. 69-78 (10 pages) An experiment was conducted over 2 seasons to examine the effect of feeding concentrate supplements, containing ...

This boom in beef calf revenue has provided a lifeline for many dairy farmers amid milk side downturns. Cows that were once ...

Offering staff the chance to own cows in the business is maintaining a good policy of recruitment and retention for a New Zealand dairy business that operates 58,000 cows. But while a sharemilking ...