Dairy

At the end of 2022, Russia's first cloned cow gave birth to a healthy calf. Generic photo: Canva

21-04-2023 | News

Cloned dairy cows – what’s the situation?

In terms of resting time, calves spent more time lying down in the hour following feeding when they received human contact, irrespective of the housing system. Photo: Misset

20-04-2023 | Article

Human contact enrichment improves dairy calf welfare

Source full-fat colostrum designed to deliver energy, growth factors, hormones, vitamins and minerals to calves quickly and conveniently. Photo: Nettex

19-04-2023 | News

Adequate colostrum helps ensure dairy calf health

“Success looks to me a team that works really well with each other, that respects each other, that is all working toward a goal and all working towards the farm’s success,” says Dairyman Jeremy Natzke from Wayside Dairy in Greenleaf. (Generic) Photo: Canva

14-04-2023 | News

Bringing in a non-family partner into the dairy business

The Russian veterinary body Rosselhoznadzor estimated that 14.37% of dairy products on the Russian dairy market were falsified in 2022. Photo: Canva

12-04-2023 | News

Fraud persists in Russian dairy industry

"We did it one group at a time, where we would take out the sand and then start filling the beds with the solids,” says dairyman Jeremy Natzke. (Generic) Photo: Jan Willem van Vliet

06-04-2023 | Article

US dairy: Switching from sand bedding to dried manure solids

In the last few years, a growing number of farms have been switching to breeding Holstein cows. Photo: Ronald Hissink

29-03-2023 | News

Diminishing Russian dairy cattle breeds

Consistent with the idea that milk fed calves experience hunger when the milk supply decline, the study found that cognitive performance dropped when milk allowance was reduced by half. Photo: Canva

28-03-2023 | News

How milk reduction at weaning affects dairy calves

A guide to good hygiene practices: Edition 1 is available!

02-03-2023 | News

A guide to good hygiene practices: Edition 1 is available!

Market watch...

While big players like Fonterra and Saputo experienced a strong first quarter, European dairy producers faced challenges in the first half of 2023. Photo: Canva

25-09-2023 | News

Dairy industry trends and challenges in 2023

The milk pricing system will continue to evolve into the future, and further changes in the system will likely be forthcoming. Photo: Canva

09-03-2022 | Article

United States: Milk pricing and its future

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