Expert opinion

There continues to be a primary interest in furthering knowledge and understanding on the use and effects of palmitic acid (C16:0) and oleic acid (C18:1) and blends of these when included in dairy diets. Photo: Canva

27-09 | Expert opinion

Fat in dairy diets: New in research

A simple way to monitor height of heifers is to either know the height of the inventory or simply paint a line on the inventory for required height for insemination. Photo: Snorri Sigurdsson

05-09 | Expert opinion

Are your heifers growing fast enough?

The thing is that you can not only use the temperature as an indicator for risk of heat stress in cows because it also truly matters how humid or dry the air is. Photo: Canva

06-07 | Expert opinion

Are you sure your cows are not experiencing heat stress?

Rising temperatures

19-06 | Expert opinion

Rising temperatures

Rumen-protected fat supplements offer a largely unique approach to methane mitigation efforts. As established ingredients for improving production and fertility aspects in dairy and other ruminant diets, a beneficial effect on methane reduction is achieved more as a ‘side-effect’ in addition to the performance gains for which these supplements are typically used for economic return. Photo: Canva

05-06 | Expert opinion

Methane production and rumen-protected fats

SOP for milking routine. How we treat cows at milking, how we identify cows that are slow milkers or long to let down milk, how we clean teats and teat ends, how long stimulation time is, how we treat teats after milking etc. Photo: Snorri Sigurdsson

11-05 | Expert opinion

Management: if it’s boring for us, it’s better for the cows

Type of fat supplement included in dairy rations should be considered to help ensure that the most-appropriate functional and physical properties of milk fat are achieved as required by a particular milk processor. Photo: Canva

06-03 | Expert opinion

Fat nutrition in dairy diets – what are the latest findings?

Many farms in China have big milking parlours and often those have so many employees that the efficiency drops dramatically. Photo: Snorri Sigurdsson

28-02 | Expert opinion

Is it better to have many employees on a dairy farm?

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02-01 | Expert opinion

Optimising gut integrity

Provide shade for cows or youngstock to help combat heat stress. Seeking shade is a clear sign that they are trying to avoid the sun. Photo: Snorri Sigurdsson

19-12-2022 | Expert opinion

Cooling dairy cows in Africa does not have to be complicated