Expert opinion

The White Fulani cows have today an average yield of 1.5-2 kg per day, less than the Sana goat breed that is widely used in Europe. Photo: Barbara Fouchet

08-09 | Expert opinion

African dairy farmers should take bigger steps

Pellets minimises feed waste, prevent behavioural feed sorting and because of their concentrated form, animals tend to perform well because of evenly receive nutrients per individual meal. Photo: Mark Pasveer

06-07 | Expert opinion

The plus side of pelleting in dairy nutrition

Specialised milk can cooling unit powered by the sun. Photo: Serap

20-06 | Expert opinion

Nigeria: Using the sun to cool milk

Research has indicated that NSAIDs do play an important role in the treatment of digital dermatitis resulting in reduced pain, improved mobility scores and increased milk yields. Photo: Mark Pasveer

25-05 | Expert opinion

NSAIDs – a solution to treating digital dermatitis?

Some are farmers because their ancestors were farmers and the environment expects them to be farmers. This is the case with many pastoralist farmers here in Nigeria. Photo: Snorri Sigurdsson

21-04 | Expert opinion

Dairy farmers need different advice for the same issues

Ingesting rumen with high levels of numerous different moulds and mycotoxins depresses rumen fermentability and NDF degradability. Photo: Maryin Sandburg

07-04 | Expert opinion

Effective control of aflatoxins in dairy cows

Practical training in Nigeria: Photo: Snorri Sigurdsson

28-02 | Expert opinion

A dairy journey in Africa: Why Nigeria?

Although the vast majority of farmers were implementing preventive trimming, there was a large variation in terms of when this was undertaken both in terms of frequency and also its timing within the management cycle. Photo: Henk Riswick

16-02 | Expert opinion

Research: What do farmers want to know about hoof trimming?

Fresh grass can produce insoluble ammonium salts with magnesium, significantly reducing Mg-bioavailability (Blood Mg <2mg/100ml). Photo: Shutterstock

10-02 | Expert opinion

Controlling cow metabolic diseases via balanced rations

Photo: Shutterstock

10-01 | Expert opinion

One step at a time