Dairy

Bull fertility: Improving cow conception rate

12-06-2024 | Article

Bull fertility: Improving cow conception rate

The project aims to meet 50% of Algeria's national demand for powdered milk. Photo: Canva

28-05-2024 | News

Qatari dairy developing record milk powder plant in Algeria

This latest £70m investment, said to be the largest ever in Northern Ireland’s agri-food industry, will expand the cheddar cheese facility at Dunmanbridge in County Tyrone. Photo: Dale Farm

22-05-2024 | News

£70m investment: Northern Ireland dairy co-op boosts cheddar production

This long-awaited law will ensure that Britain will never return to the dark days of exporting up to 2.5 million sheep and calves annually to Europe or beyond for slaughter or fattening. Photo: Chris McCullough

21-05-2024 | News

Great Britain becomes first European region to ban live animal exports

Sex-sorted semen (SS) allows dairy producers to control the ratio of bull to heifer calves and better manage their profits. Photo: Canva

20-05-2024 | News

Enabling genetic progress twice as fast in dairy

Lactating camels generally produce between 1000-2,700 litres per lactation in Africa, but camels in South Asia were reported to produce up to 12 000 litres per lactation. Photo: Camelicious

15-05-2024 | News

Camel dairy investments are growing

The Agency recommends adopting a system of five welfare levels, from the highest (A) to the lowest (E). Level E corresponds solely to compliance with the requirements imposed by European legislation on animal welfare, whether during rearing, transport or slaughter. Photo: Canva

13-05-2024 | News

Why current animal welfare labelling is not enough

Findings suggest that Holstein heifers calving at younger ages have the potential to increase herd productivity.

10-05-2024 | Article

How age at first calving influences productivity and fertility

Ainhoa Perojo Gutierrez, Head of Animal Segments, Commercial Development APHN, Novonesis (top left). Dr Liz Homer, Sustainability Manager Ruminants ECA, Trouw Nutrition (bottom left). Zana van Dijk, webinar host and editor Dairy Global (centre). Phil Garnsworthy, Emeritus Professor of Dairy Science, University of Nottingham (right). Photo: Misset

09-05-2024 | News

Webinar on demand: Sustainable Dairy Farming

A cow being manipulated by an osteopath during the trial. Four EFOA osteopaths took part in the trial, manipulating Prim'Hostein cows. Photo: EFOA and Lab To Field

08-05-2024 | News

Osteopathy: A new approach to improving dairy cow production?

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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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